It's really not in some ways about doing big things for God.

But one thing that was really beautiful about Harriet's story is that it really, her story is more about, like, quiet, everyday faithfulness

and serving people where you're at.

And what man sees is certainly not what God sees, especially when

it comes to how he will use people. And you might not see the impact of your story now, but

I believe in eternity. And in heaven one day we will.

Shar Walker is a writer and communicator and spent eight years in college ministry before transitioning to the corporate world,

where she now works in communications, marketing, and change management.

And her new book is The Story of Harriet Tubman, the Trailblazer who led Minnie to Freedom,

which is part of Crossway's Lives of Faith and Grace biography series for middle grade readers.

Shar, thanks for joining me today on the Crossway podcast.

Thanks for having me, Matt.

So I would imagine most, if not all of our listeners, are at least familiar.

They at least recognize Harriet Tubman's name and probably have a very high level, at least, memory of her story.

Perhaps they learned about it in, you know, middle school or high school history classes.

Maybe they've read a little bit more beyond that. But I wonder if you can just help us,

for those who their memory is a little bit shaky, give us a quick, you know, one paragraph summary of who she was and when she lived and kind of what she's well known for.

Yeah, so Harriet Tubman was born. We think around 1820. There aren't intricate details about, like, her birthday.

So that's an estimation.

And she died.

We do know she died March, I believe March 10th, 1913.

She was born a slave to Ritt and Ben Ross.

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