In the shadow of the tabernacle, Hannah the wife of Elkanah is kneeling, praying, weeping. I’ve been reading through her story, looking for the characters, cross references and patterns—the things storytellers look for. She’s praying in desperation for the Lord to look on her, remember her. But the first person who looks at her is […]
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A Storyteller’s Bible Study—1 Sam 1:7-18
Crying, fighting, not eating—no this isn’t me finishing an anime binge. This is Hannah, the woman we met reading the first two paragraphs of the Biblical book of 1 Samuel. I’m reading through the Bible looking for the things that storytellers look for, strong characters, cross references and patterns. In verses 1-6, we saw “a […]
