Sunday, August 17, 2025

You’ve seen the posters—the iconic “READ” campaigns from the '80s and '90s with celebrities encouraging us to open a book and expand our minds. Figures like Charles Barkley, Harrison Ford, Whoopi Goldberg and others posed with one of their favorite books to encourage the public to be like them. Just like those posters, the author of Hebrews gives us our own set of stories—featuring everyday people whose lives of faith still speak today. These folks aren’t superheroes or musicians, but rather flawed and faithful figures who placed their trust in God in bold ways. This week we will explore the lives of those who have gone before us, flawed yet faithful, and how their lives serve as a witness to our everyday lives today.