When Our Fathers Are Not With Us

Send us Fan Mail When Our Fathers Are Not With Us Sometimes we find ourselves without our fathers. Because they couldn’t be there. Because they wouldn’t be there. Or because they are no longer here. The story of Abraham’s other son reminds us that our story does not end in absence. We are told: “God was with the boy, and he grew up; he lived in the wilderness and became an expert with the bow.” — from Genesis 21:20 God was with him and his mother in the wilderness. He ...