“I felt less in control, and simultaneously more at peace, than I have ever felt.”...  Read More

For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to get married. I swallowed the narrative dangled in front of me by both the world and the church: marriage was everything. Whether it was time spent in chur...  Read More

As a child I was the pastor’s kid, a regular Sunday School attendee, and there long after the janitor had locked the doors. I’ve always felt a little camaraderie with Jesus who called the temple His F...  Read More

All humans know that eternity is coming. A lot of us do our best to forget it. It can be disorienting to think about the fact that we will die and the universe will keep on going. Eternity is a long t...  Read More

In parts one and two, we looked into Hannah’s culture as well as the words in her song to earn some insight into what God is showing us through her story. In this final post of the series, I want to c...  Read More

n part one of our look at the biblical character of Hannah, we considered the cultural context of the time period that helps set the stage for Hannah’s desperate plea for a child. We left off the stor...  Read More