<p><strong>In this week’s message, our Pastoral Resident, Amelia Hamiter, explores with us what it means to find </strong><em><strong>hope</strong></em><strong> in the shadow of empire.</strong> Scripture reminds us that while dominant powers insist on telling us who matters, what’s required, and which stories are “real,” God disrupts that narrative in the most unexpected way—not through palaces or positions of authority, but through a voice crying out in the wilderness.</p>
