Annnnd I found a solution. This thread has the secret. Long story short, you can use {{#get}} with pages as long as you incorporate a #foreach. For me this looks like this, and I have it on my “cover.hbs” partial, which is called on the home page. HuzzaH!
{{#get "pages" filter=tags:hash-template as |howdy|}}
{{#foreach pages as |page|}}
<h2>{{title}}</h2>
{{content}}
{{/foreach}}
{{/get}}