Historical Novel on the life of Hagar

Reimagining the deeper story of Hagar’s life to reveal God’s love and care for the unseen and unchosen.

As a slave, she is the first woman to experience oppression, abuse and rejection in the Bible. Hagar is the first person to receive a visit from a divine messenger and the only woman to receive a direct promise of many descendants. She is the only person to give God a name. Finally, she is the first female in scripture to liberate herself from oppressive power structures when she flees to the wilderness and the first freed slave.

How we understand her story sets the trajectory for seeing everyone’s story in the Bible.

Her story matters. Your story matters.

Banished to Freedom Book Group

6 weeks, 6 sessions, 2 hours each

Cost: $450

2026 Dates: Wednesdays: Jan 21, 28, Feb 4, 11, 18 & 25 (8:00am-10:00am MST)

Open to 8 participants

This 6 week discussion book group will explore 6 key themes:

What is our relational history with the Bible?

What if we imaginatively used our stories to read the scriptures?

How can we feel seen and heard by the Lord in stories of suffering?

In what ways do we live in the middle space of trauma?

How can the betrayal of banishment lead us to freedom?

What does it mean to imagine our flourishing?