IN THIS EPISODE
Wrestling with God
Guest Rev. Heidi Haverkamp shares her interpretation of Jacob’s Wrestling with God at Peniel from Genesis 32, noting that sometimes we must wrestle with ourselves in solitude in order to meet God. Rev. Haverkamp discusses the wisdom of the Rule of St. Benedict that she strives to live by, and reads an excerpt about Hagar of Egypt from her book, Holy Solitude.
WRITING PROMPT Go back to a reflection you wrote a month or longer ago. Have you been wrestling with God in the interim and what has changed as a result? How do you see the same observation differently now? What role might God’s guidance have played in your new understanding, your new path?
About the Guest
Rev. Heidi Haverkamp is the author of two books, both published by Westminster John Knox Press. She is an Episcopal priest and for ten years, served as a full-time vicar, rector, and senior associate of parishes in the Chicago area. She has published articles in magazines such as The Christian Century, Gather, and U.S. Catholic. She is an oblate (associate) of Holy Wisdom Monastery in Wisconsin, a small, ecumenical monastic community for women.