Marnie Hammar 4 days ago Five Ways to Combat Christian Complacency [This article is featured in full on the Living By Design blog. Photo credit: Living By Design by Sarah Koontz.] As winter drags its feet...
Marnie Hammar Dec 15, 2020 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.
Marnie Hammar Dec 8, 2020 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.
Marnie Hammar Dec 3, 2020 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?
Marnie Hammar Nov 10, 2020 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 di...
Marnie Hammar Oct 29, 2020 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 shoul...
Marnie Hammar Oct 28, 2020 Running the Race You Didn’t Sign Up For [This essay is featured as part of Sarah E. Westfall's Not My Story Essay Series.] “Just go ahead without me,” I implored her through te...
Marnie Hammar Oct 13, 2020 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, 2020 Hi, I'm the Preacher's Daughter: How I Exploited that Label [This article is featured at Fathom Mag, in the October 2020 "Language" issue. Photo credit: Helena Hertz] I was eight or nine, maybe ten...
Marnie Hammar Sep 29, 2020 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.