1st Samuel beings the story of one of the greatest figures in the Old Testament, however before Samuel’s story begins, we are given a very brief view of a long and painful personal ordeal in the life of a woman named Hannah. See, Hannah was unable to have children, anyone who has faced this in […]

Read More Stories from the Middle 2: Hannah

We often read Bible stories in the most unhelpful of ways. We read through the narrative much too quickly to grasp what it was like for the people we are reading about. Or, because we have grown up around many of these stories, we already know the ending of the stories. Maybe we don’t feel […]

Read More Stories from the Middle 1: Jehoshaphat’s Night Between