I imagine Hagar was a woman at the absolute end of her rope. Any mother who has sent her child away because she can’t stand to watch him die would be utterly and ultimately without hope. And that’s exactly where she is in Genesis 21, sitting apart from her son in the desert, waiting for […]
Meredith Flynn
The flip side of a clean slate
Happy New Year, Illinois Baptist readers! This year marks a pivot for the Brighter Day column. Over the next 12 months, we’ll examine the stories of 12 biblical women. We’ll let their life-changing encounters with God compel us to a fresh commitment to our own churches and communities. Speaking of community, the first woman in […]
Watching our Christmas words
When my sister and I were in elementary school, she was given a solo in our church’s Christmas program. Each verse was sung from the perspective of an animal present for the birth of Jesus—the wonder of the nativity story extended even to the non-human creatures who were there. I, being a few years older […]
Miss Rabbit’s big break
The cartoon “Peppa Pig” is a delightful watch for many reasons, but chief among them is the character of Miss Rabbit. When Peppa and her friends hop on a bus, Miss Rabbit is the driver. She sells produce at the grocery store and runs the school carnival. She owns a shop, runs a recycling plant, […]
Lessons from a waiting season
I have a friend who is particularly good at identifying spiritual seasons in her life. With or without the benefit of hindsight, she seems to be able to “sit” in whatever season she’s currently in, while also enumerating the blessings and challenges of seasons that have passed. She told me recently of a prolonged “waiting […]
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