Genesis 21:8-21 or Jeremiah 20:7-13; Psalm 69:7-10,16-18; Romans 6:1b-11; Matthew 10:24-39
Jackson uses the story of Hagar and Ishmael to examine life on the margins. “The margins are not the end of the story,” she says, “for our God is able to do exceedingly, abundantly more, than all you can ask, think or imagine, according to his mighty power that is at work within you — even in the margins!”
Rev. Dr. Leah D. Jackson is grant director for the Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative Lilly Grant at Mercer University. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Spelman College, a juris doctor from Mercer University School of Law, and both a master of divinity and a doctorate of ministry from McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University.