i knew i had to tell the story of how hagar fits with our life and the kids we hang with when i came across the passage a year ago in Genesis 16.

so i finally wrote a song.

u can click on the quicktime thing over to the right to hear it.

here are the words:

we are born and we're given names

she was born and she was given away

so to her that name isn't worth

anything anymore

she gave it away when she ran away

does she know that you know her name

does she know an angels on its way

now she's running away from pain

she was powerless like a slave

so she took to the highway

will you find her, will you save?

does she know that you know her name

does she know an angels on its way

you are the god who sees her

you are the god who will find her

you are the god will heals her

you are the god of the run-aways

where have you come from, where are you going?

what is your story, girl?

who sinned that she should end up this way?

who is to blame for the run-aways?