The summer series for our Circle of the Word class at the Montgomery County (Ohio) jail starts this Wednesday and runs for seven weeks. We will be engaging the Genesis stories of Sarah and Hagar, two strong women of faith who might well be called “founding mothers.” Sarah is the founding mother of the Jewish and Christian faiths. She was Abraham’s wife and Isaac’s mother. Hagar is the founding mother of the Islamic faith. She was Abraham’s concubine and Ishmael’s mother. She was also Sarah’s Egyptian slave. It’s a relational triangle that results in lots of drama. It will be interesting to see the degree to which the women in jail relate to these stories.