by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jul 21, 2016 | Reading Well, The Christian Imagination
One of my favorite pass-times is watching TV shows on DVD (or it once was, as now we binge-watch Netflix instead). The series can be so engaging that sometimes I see myself enmeshed in the storyline to such an extent that the boundary between real life and the show...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Oct 7, 2011 | The Christian Imagination
Steve Jobs’ death on Wednesday “provoked the largest online response of any event in recent history” according to the Sydney Morning Herald. Even the briefest survey of news outlets, Twitter, and Google seems to support this claim. I became a Mac user in the late 90s...
by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes | Jul 15, 2011 | Fostering Faith
Recently, I’ve begun thinking that I may be too tired to be a Christian. Trying to juggle my PhD program, my husband’s home-based business start-up, a ten-month old who doesn’t like taking naps or sleeping generally, a Great Dane puppy, renovation work on our house...
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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