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Waiting in the Dark

Waiting in the Dark

by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Dec 3, 2017 | Fostering Faith, Living the Liturgical Year

Happy New Year! Advent, the start of the Christian year, is upon us again. Rather than being a season for shopping and celebrating, Advent creates space for us confront the injustice, evil, and brokenness we see around us with the holy expectation of God’s coming....
God Has a Plan for Your Life—And It Might Be Horrible!

God Has a Plan for Your Life—And It Might Be Horrible!

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...
The Chaos Waiting Around the Corner

The Chaos Waiting Around the Corner

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...
Mothering, Blame & Control

Mothering, Blame & Control

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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