Caleb
Filed under the name Caleb · June 11, 2026
Caleb is one of those Hebrew Bible figures who doesn't get nearly the attention of the bigger names, but his whole role in the story is being the one who stayed hopeful when everybody around him wanted to turn back — he and Joshua scouted out a hard, uncertain situation and came back saying it was worth pushing forward anyway, even when the rest of the group was terrified. I've had exactly one moment like that in my life, twice actually, when the bakery nearly went under and I had to decide whether to keep going or close the doors for good, and both times it was other people, not just my own nerve, who convinced me the hard path was still worth it. My daughter's growing up between two grandmothers who each pray and cook and talk about faith in totally different languages and traditions, and stories like Caleb's, encouragement over fear, patience over panic, feel like something both sides of her family would recognize immediately, even with everything else about their backgrounds being so different.