‘Encounters With God - Stories from the Old Testament, part 2 - Hannah’ by Rebecca Kishtainy - 22 May 2022

What difference can heartfelt prayer make? Rebecca Kishtainy looks at the story of Hannah to find out. Hannah suffered for years, enduring taunting from enemies and inadequate comfort from friends. People even seemed to blame God for her situation. But a powerful, life-bringing encounter with God changed Hannah and the course of history.

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Podcast discussion

How many ways can we see God working in a story about an encounter which changes a person, a family and a nation?

Rebecca Kishtainy discusses the Old Testament story of Hannah with Bern Leckie, set in a time when people did whatever they wanted (and this seemed not to be a good thing.)

As Rebecca and Bern get into the topic of big stories vs. little stories, shared vs. personal viewpoints and "you do you", they discuss whether rejecting authority is always a problem and what really good church and life with people connected by Jesus could actually be like.