1KHO 935: The Altar of Almost | Ebie Hepworth, Midnight Hallelujah

Ginny Yurich (0:34)

Hey friends, welcome back, and happy Sunday. We have such a good week ahead, and I'm really glad you're here to start it with me. Ebie Hepworth is joining me today. Her brand new book is called Midnight Hallelujah, Why Hope Is Still Worth the Risk, and it is beautiful and heart-wrenching and hopeful all at once. Ebie has walked through some incredibly hard things, and one thing I really appreciated about this book is that she isn't writing from the other side of all of it. She is still in the middle of her story, and she's writing about what it looks like to I'm glad to hope there. I love this conversation, and I think you will too. Here is Ebie Hepworth.

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My name is Ginny Yurich and the founder of 1000 Hours Outside, and I'm honored to bring Ebie Hepworth to you today. Ebie has written a brand new book, and it's a beautiful book, and it is a heart-wrenching book, and it is a book that will help you in your life. It is called Midnight Hallelujah, Why Hope Is Still Worth the Risk. Ebie, welcome.

Ebie Hepworth (3:27)

I'm so happy to be with you, Ginny.

Ginny Yurich (3:29)

So this is a book I would imagine that was hard to write, and probably a little nerve-wracking to put out into the world because you're sharing some of your deepest disappointments. And alongside of that, you are helping the reader to walk themselves through their own disappointments and still hold on to hope. Yes. And you did this really, really unique premise of this book.

It was sort of like hand-in-hand, you share your story, and then you also are relating it and using your imagination to think about Sarah's story from the Bible.

Ebie Hepworth (4:04)

Yes.

Ginny Yurich (4:04)

So could you take us back to the moment? You know, everyone has like a spark of inspiration at some point, because this is a very unique way to write a book. Do you remember when you were like, that's what I'm going to do?

Ebie Hepworth (4:15)

I do. I do remember it. And it's funny because even when I was pitching it to the publishers, I really had to be clear. I want you to know I'm not talking to the dead, and I'm not talking to this imaginary. And this imaginary conversation with Sarah, it really was where it started was I thought, God, I deeply want a friend that I can relate to in scripture that points to Jesus. Someone who is well versed in sorrow, well versed in disappointment, you know, that is named faithful. And then Hebrews 11, it calls Sarah faithful. But as I look at her story, I'm like, this chick has lived a story.