Chris Hughes
Thoughts on a New Year
“And so my prayer is that your story will have involved some leaving and some coming home, some summer and some winter, some roses...
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Chris Hughes
May 11, 20154 min read
Everything I’ve Learned This Year
[On] Writing: shitty first drafts. Butt in chair. Just do it. You own everything that happened to you. You are going to feel like hell if...
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Chris Hughes
Jan 21, 20144 min read
Tuesday Toasts: My first great teacher
Every so often, a friend of mine from high school will post on Facebook a “Tuesday Toast” giving a shout out to someone who has had an...
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Chris Hughes
Jan 6, 20147 min read
2014: My New Year’s Resolutions
I’ve never been one to make goals and have always had a terrible time actually putting some thought into things like New Year’s...
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Chris Hughes
Jan 2, 20144 min read
Thanks and Yes
We gathered in the familiar living room of the Trinity Center, the counseling center where I work part-time as a front desk assistant,...
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Chris Hughes
Dec 9, 20137 min read
What I learned as a Help-Portrait first time organizer
Since about mid-September, I have been working to organize a local Help-Portrait event for Winston-Salem this year. Help-Portrait was...
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Chris Hughes
Dec 2, 20135 min read
The Arrival Gate and Advent
My father has never been one to want to wait. When I think of my days in school, I think of all the times I rushed and rushed myself out...
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Chris Hughes
Nov 1, 20136 min read
An Open Letter to Steven Furtick on All Saints Day
Pastor Furtick, Much has been made about the recent revelations of the lavish house you are building for yourself in North Carolina. Such...
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Chris Hughes
Aug 5, 20134 min read
Reflections on “The Way, Way Back” and Why I Believe in Youth Ministry
For Duncan, the beach vacation only makes things worse. He struggles to get along with his mother’s new beau and even more to get along...
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Chris Hughes
May 16, 20133 min read
The Office: A Tribute
And something great happened that summer seven years ago. I met some really great friends – people that I love very dearly to this day –...
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Chris Hughes
Nov 6, 20124 min read
Will We Pray After the Election, Too?
Like many religious persons, I have watched this presidential election with particular interest. As far as religion is concerned, this...
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Chris Hughes
Jun 17, 20124 min read
The Gospel of Farming
“The Kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout...
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Chris Hughes
May 28, 20124 min read
The Ending Possibilities
I always love good stories. I love good stories because in good stories, people face daunting challenges and decisions. Part of a good...
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Chris Hughes
May 7, 20125 min read
Why I am voting against Amendment One in North Carolina
On May 8th, North Carolina voters will cast their ballots on a proposed amendment to the constitution that reads like this: Marriage...
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Chris Hughes
Dec 23, 20115 min read
13.1
As I look back on the day – how I felt, what was happening, who was there – I can only describe it in one word: “Spiritual.” Not...
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Chris Hughes
Apr 23, 20114 min read
The Drawing Board
It seems that all my bridges have been burned, But you say that’s exactly how this grace thing works, It’s not the long walk home that...
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Chris Hughes
Feb 18, 20114 min read
A Correspondence with Senator Mitch McConnell
It was mid-December and the New START treaty was on the Senate floor. With the 2011 session of Congress coming to a close, and power...
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Chris Hughes
Feb 7, 20114 min read
The Human Story of God
Because some parts of the Bible are downright haunting. And I’m not entirely sure what to do with them. In the Bible, I read the stories...
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Chris Hughes
Jan 24, 20113 min read
Sabbath Living
There’s a new conversation gesture that is taking over us 20-30 somethings, and it’s probably even worse in younger people. It’s the...
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Chris Hughes
Dec 2, 20103 min read
A Soul to Thank
The street lights dance across the black waters of the Ohio as I trek through the mountains of West Virginia and slide into the gently...
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