As we continue through the season After Pentecost, the lectionary offers stories of some quite extraordinary people, drawn from the sagas that tell of the key moments in the story of Israel. The sagas we will hear are found in the narrative books, Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy, Joshua, and Judges. This coming Sunday, we hear another … Continue reading Come, lift up the boy and hold him fast: “the other son”, Ishmael (Gen 21; Pentecost 4A)