by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Oct 27, 2016 | Fostering Faith, The Bible
I hate it when well-meaning people tell me that God has a plan for my life. Why do I hate it, you might ask? Because it is exactly what I’m afraid of… The idea that God has a plan for a person’s life is a notion that ought to strike fear into the heart of any sensible...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Nov 26, 2015 | Fostering Faith
“Be joyful, Though you have considered all the facts.” Wendell Berry, “Manifesto: Mad Farmer’s Liberation Front” My husband and I bought a Great Dane puppy a few years ago. (Think of Marmaduke or Scooby-Doo and you have a good idea of what we’re dealing...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Feb 6, 2014 | Fostering Faith
I have a confession to make: I am deeply afraid of the chaos that lingers at our doorstep, the chaos that rips into our mundane lives, forever marking a particular moment. It is the moment of the cancer diagnosis, the car accident, the death of an infant. The moment...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Nov 4, 2011 | Raising Christian Kids
Helicopter Parenting. Free-Range Parenting. Attachment Parenting. Natural Parenting. Feminist Parenting. I could list may more but the point in each is the same: each offers a way, a method for producing the perfect child…and if not the perfect child, at...
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