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    Where We Are Doesn't Have to be Where We Stay
    Marnie Hammar
    • May 19, 2021
    • 3 min

    Where We Are Doesn't Have to be Where We Stay

    I have a thing for barns. Most weekends, back roads are our choice for getting to soccer, and if I’m lucky enough to be a passenger...
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    Is God Really Right Here?
    Marnie Hammar
    • Mar 2, 2021
    • 7 min

    Is God Really Right Here?

    I had my littlest with me on this quick grocery run. It was one of those steamy summer days where you don’t want to accidentally step off...
    101 views1 comment
    How Do I Listen for God?
    Marnie Hammar
    • Feb 23, 2021
    • 8 min

    How Do I Listen for God?

    He was relaxing on our mauve hand-me-down couch, watching our fancy new 19” television — a wedding gift we were giddy about. I was...
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    Can I Expect to Hear God?
    Marnie Hammar
    • Feb 10, 2021
    • 5 min

    Can I Expect to Hear God?

    We were having our very orange-y hardwood floors redone. If you’ve done it, you know, it’s a whole thing. I stood there, holding a...
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    Will God Speak, Even to Me?
    Marnie Hammar
    • Feb 3, 2021
    • 4 min

    Will God Speak, Even to Me?

    I’d had nightmares about it, but in 25 years, it hadn’t happened. Until it did. My oldest son and I were sitting in my...
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    If I Seek God, Will I Really Find Him?
    Marnie Hammar
    • Jan 28, 2021
    • 5 min

    If I Seek God, Will I Really Find Him?

    My brother suspiciously disappeared around the time the cookie jar went missing. He was five, I was seven, and while there was no hard...
    175 views0 comments
    Let's Begin at the Start: An Introduction
    Marnie Hammar
    • Jan 9, 2021
    • 4 min

    Let's Begin at the Start: An Introduction

    An Introduction to the Hear Him Louder Essay Series I just thought that Jesus was a decision I made that one time when I was five. I had...
    294 views1 comment
    Chasing the Thrill of Hope | Week Three: Be Still
    Marnie Hammar
    • Dec 15, 2020
    • 5 min

    Chasing the Thrill of Hope | Week Three: Be Still

    The shepherds had to decide: Guard the sheep or see the Lamb? In the middle of their must’s, they chose to be still.
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    Chasing the Thrill of Hope | Week Two: Be Present
    Marnie Hammar
    • Dec 8, 2020
    • 4 min

    Chasing the Thrill of Hope | Week Two: Be Present

    But one person stayed present in a conversation where the obvious answer was “no" and made room.
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    Chasing the Thrill of Hope | Week One: Be Open
    Marnie Hammar
    • Dec 3, 2020
    • 5 min

    Chasing the Thrill of Hope | Week One: Be Open

    I started wondering how it’s all going to fit together this year. How do I check off all the must’s, but balance all of the maybe’s?
    123 views0 comments
    On Picking Up Our Broken Pieces
    Marnie Hammar
    • Nov 10, 2020
    • 4 min

    On Picking Up Our Broken Pieces

    Whether he likes or not (he doesn’t), my middle son unloads the dishwasher every day. Last week, as he was stretching to put a serving...
    168 views0 comments
    On Chasing Light and Turning from Vultures
    Marnie Hammar
    • Oct 29, 2020
    • 3 min

    On Chasing Light and Turning from Vultures

    The sun reached forward, adorning the tops of trees and tips of houses in gold. I needed to be out in it, to feel on my face and my...
    140 views1 comment
    On Forgiveness: A Fight for the Promise of More?
    Marnie Hammar
    • Oct 13, 2020
    • 3 min

    On Forgiveness: A Fight for the Promise of More?

    The afternoon sun reached through the window, shining on my morning coffee. The day had passed without me. I pretended to not think about...
    136 views0 comments
    An Awkward Lesson in Love from Junior High Pickup
    Marnie Hammar
    • Sep 29, 2020
    • 4 min

    An Awkward Lesson in Love from Junior High Pickup

    Really, it doesn't matter whether she was right or wrong. What matters is who I was in response.
    170 views0 comments
    From Hearing to Healing: How God Spoke Into My Pain
    Marnie Hammar
    • Sep 8, 2020
    • 5 min

    From Hearing to Healing: How God Spoke Into My Pain

    It wasn’t necessarily a deception, but it felt like it. We’d been led to believe something that would change our family forever —...
    113 views1 comment
    What I Learned from Being the Liar on the Playground
    Marnie Hammar
    • Aug 18, 2020
    • 3 min

    What I Learned from Being the Liar on the Playground

    My mom took my brother and I to a park in a neighboring town that was much bigger than our little burg. I remember how its decorative,...
    133 views0 comments
    What You Need to Know About Superhero Capes
    Marnie Hammar
    • Aug 4, 2020
    • 3 min

    What You Need to Know About Superhero Capes

    When my middle son was in preschool, one of the moms made a superhero cape and matching mask for each preschooler in the class. Every...
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    Lessons from an Ivy League Library
    Marnie Hammar
    • Jul 17, 2020
    • 4 min

    Lessons from an Ivy League Library

    Once upon a time, I worked for an Ivy League university near Boston, where my job was to interview and write about students and faculty...
    81 views0 comments
    When God Shows Up in the Grocery Store Parking Lot
    Marnie Hammar
    • Jul 2, 2020
    • 4 min

    When God Shows Up in the Grocery Store Parking Lot

    I saw her, but I didn’t really see her. I was loading my groceries into the back of my car, hurrying. It was almost dinner time and I...
    301 views1 comment
    Discerning the Voice of God: A Journey of Discovering that He Speaks
    Marnie Hammar
    • Mar 1, 2020
    • 10 min

    Discerning the Voice of God: A Journey of Discovering that He Speaks

    Photos by Pam Scott, @pjscott6 It’s a Thursday morning in August, 2006. I finish vacuuming, because when you’re selling a house, you...
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