by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Feb 6, 2017 | Fostering Faith, Raising Christian Kids
Simeon was born on February 2nd, 2014 and died 40 minutes later. My friends were very excited for his birth—they had both lost a parent earlier in the year and were very much looking forward to something to celebrate. Five days before his birth, they received the...
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 | Jul 25, 2013 | Raising Christian Kids, The Christian Imagination
My nearly three-year old daughter has a beautifully illustrated version of the Lord’s Prayer* that we read almost every night. She piously folds her little hands and says the words along with us, slowing coming to understand each phrase. She knows that “thy kingdom...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Apr 11, 2013 | Reading Well, The Bible, Victorian Studies
Between 1846 and 1849 Charles Dickens wrote The Life of Our Lord, a simplified version of Jesus’ life for his children, who ranged in age from newborn to 11 years-old at the time of its completion. The work was never intended for publication—it was a family text,...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Oct 29, 2012 | Fostering Faith
Unless you live in a cave, you are probably well aware that the US elections are on next Tuesday, which means that we should have some relief from US politics by late next week. Due to the US’s international position both militarily and economically, I’m not terribly...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jun 17, 2011 | Fostering Faith
There is a version of faith that slides very nicely into middle-class, middle-aged life, giving those who are a bit insecure the answers that they need to be relatively confident members of society. In its Christian version, this sort of faith provides insurance...
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