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Year B Advent 4: Annunciation
The archangel had had a busy season. Nothing is heard of him for the greater part of the Bible, but now within six months he has visited Zechariah in the temple to announce the advent of John, who would become … Continue reading
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Tagged annunciation, Edwin Muir, Elizabeth, Gabriel, Hannah, Mary, poetry, prayer, Sarah laughed, waiting on God, Zechariah
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Hannah’s hope: Eli’s affirmation
One last story about Hannah and me before Sunday. Eli saw Hannah praying in the temple, and assumed that she was drunk, because her lips were moving but she made no sound. He tried to send her away; but she … Continue reading
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Tagged Eli, Hannah, hope, pregnancy, Year B Proper 28
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Hannah’s hope: Anticipation
I don’t often tell this story, because it makes me seem a little bit mad. But Hannah understands. Hannah left the temple and she ate and drank and her countenance was no longer sad. She wasn’t pregnant; she had no … Continue reading
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Tagged Hannah, hope, miscarriage, pregnancy, Samuel, Year B Proper 28
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Hannah’s hope
I could say a lot about Hannah. I feel as though I almost know her, I have almost met her, across a crowd, just out of reach. I recognize her, the tilt of her head, her hair obscuring her face. … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Samuel 1, call, God, Hannah, vocation, waiting, Year B Proper 28
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Hannah, holding on
Hannah had promised the Lord of hosts that if God would give her a son, then she would give her son back to God all the days of his life, “and the Lord remembered her, and in due time, Hannah … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Samuel 1-2, college, family, growing up, Hannah, motherhood, Samuel
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