“I include it on my list of most personally, theologically shaping stories from Scripture because it tells us something about God that just overturns our overly simplistic, culturally reinforced assumptions that God is kind and gracious, gentle, tender, not terribly demanding, and that our every genuine encounter with God will bring us peace, serenity and clarity of purpose,” Carla preached about Jacob wrestling with the Being. “That has not actually been my experience in my relationship with the Almighty.”

Carla J. Bailey, Senior Minister