Marnie Hammar
When God's Answer is a Question
By Shawna Sullivan Hear Him Louder Essay Series: Shawna's Story My two-year-old pressed firmly on my growing belly in an attempt to...
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Marnie Hammar
Feb 22, 20211 min
For Those Days When Faith Feels Naive
There are days when my faith feels naive. Days when the tragedy and darkness of this world feel more real than my citizenship in His...
Marnie Hammar
Feb 11, 20212 min
Holy Conformity Won't Do
Published in the Anticipation issue of Fathom Mag. It stuck out, an anomaly. In the collection of toothpick-thin pine trees, one tree...
Marnie Hammar
Jan 19, 20215 min
Five Ways to Combat Christian Complacency
Published by Sarah Koontz for Living By Design. As winter drags its feet and the fluff on my slippers wears thin, I’m often tempted to...
Marnie Hammar
Jan 16, 20211 min
Chasing Winter's Sun
In winter, I play a little game in my house. It’s a secret game—one that I didn’t even know I played until recently. It’s called: “Wander...
Marnie Hammar
Jan 8, 20214 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...
Marnie Hammar
Dec 22, 20201 min
The Weary World Rejoices
My rush to pull out the ornaments and set up the tree and string the lights isn’t actually rooted in holiday cheer this year. The allure...
Marnie Hammar
Dec 10, 20202 min
God's Answers in My "Why's"
I was on my knees again over one of those confusing, painful situations that just hasn’t resolved. I was asking God, again, why He had...
Marnie Hammar
Nov 17, 20202 min
The "Happy Jesus" Guy in the Chicago Loop
My first fancy job required a daily train ride into downtown Chicago. On Fridays, as I joined the throng emerging from the train station,...
Marnie Hammar
Nov 10, 20204 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...
Marnie Hammar
Nov 9, 20201 min
Learning Resolve from Fallen Leaves
My footsteps cracked acorns as I came up the hill. The morning light highlighted the greens and reds and golds ahead of me. I delight...
Marnie Hammar
Oct 29, 20203 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...
Marnie Hammar
Oct 20, 20202 min
The Way Out of My Mess
I used to hate the question, “Have you prayed about it?” Because when people would ask me that, most likely, I hadn’t. I loved Jesus, but...
Marnie Hammar
Oct 13, 20203 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...
Marnie Hammar
Oct 8, 20202 min
Hi, I'm the Preacher's Daughter: How I Exploited that Label
Published in the Language issue of Fathom Mag. I was eight or nine, maybe ten. I remember the day, because a playdate outside the...
Marnie Hammar
Oct 2, 20202 min
On Needing an Untamed God
I used to want a “tame” version of God. My love for checkboxes and predictability and control was drawn to the parts of God that I could...
Marnie Hammar
Sep 29, 20204 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.
Marnie Hammar
Sep 25, 20202 min
Am I Doing This For God or With God?
I was camped out in the ER with a teenage boy who did not belong to me. During a flag football game gone wrong at the senior high...
Marnie Hammar
Sep 17, 20202 min
The Brave Fight to Hear God Louder
Published by Becky Beresford for the Brave Women Series. When I was in grade school, I counted the days in between visits to the roller...
Marnie Hammar
Sep 8, 20205 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 —...
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