Hope is such a strange thing. Theoretically, I think of hope as being life-giving, but what it more often feels like is a current agony of waiting. I can tell you right now that you’ll be seeing frequent thoughts along the themes of... Continue Reading →
On a recent roadtrip up I-85, I came across a sign, warning "BRIDGE ICES BEFORE ROAD." You know the one I'm talking about. Yellow diamond, right before a bridge. I was up in the Appalachains, and for a split second,... Continue Reading →
Don't worry. I'm not forming some kind of fascist religious group. But “submission is liberation” is written underneath a rather unlikely passage of my Bible. I noticed it the other day as I was puzzling over what it means to be surrendered or... Continue Reading →
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Sunday afternoon, about an hour before sunset, I woke up from my Sunday afternoon nap and decided to bag the leaves in my front yard. You may be thinking, "Becca, it's spring! Why are you bagging leaves?" Well the fact... Continue Reading →
As I was leaving campus last night, one of my students was telling me about a conversation she'd had with a guy about how hard it is for men to identify with the image of being "the Bride of Christ." ... Continue Reading →
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Have you ever had an "aha" moment? You know, one of those moments when the lightbulb comes on over your head, and you suddenly seem to see something very clearly? Maybe the solution to a problem suddenly became apparent to... Continue Reading →
Over dinner at Christmas Conference last week, one of my co-workers asked me what I was going to write my first book about. I laughed, since I’m not planning to write a book, but then I thought about it. “What... Continue Reading →
For the last few weeks, I've been thinking about God's character as He reveals Himself in Genesis. I've started teaching a series at Agnes Scott on the story of the Bible from beginning to end, and I've realized as I've... Continue Reading →
A few years ago, I was talking with a sweet Vietnamese-American student about Jesus and why I believe in him. As we talked in the student center, I felt that it would be helpful for us to have something to... Continue Reading →
Becca Hermes 