Hope is being able to see the light despite the darkness.
01922 – Seeing the Light
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01876 – Seeking Peace?
What peace can we hope to find elsewhere if we have none within us?
01820 – Hope & Love are Everywhere in Our Lives
The signs are all around us. We can see them springing up like wildflowers after the prairie rain. People who had fallen asleep are waking up. People who had been content to watch are wanting to join. People who never said a word are speaking out. The tipping point of...
01755 – Children Need a Laptop
All children need a laptop. Not a computer, but a human laptop. Moms, Dads, Grannies and Grandpas, Aunts, Uncles--someone to hold them, read to them, teach them. Loved ones who will embrace them and pass on the experience, rituals, and knowledge of a hundred previous...
01747 – The Opposite of Despair is Hope
If God doesn't give up on us, we had better not despair of ourselves. We can always do better--especially if we remember the opposite of despair is not optimism but hope. Hope criticizes what is, hopelessness rationalizes it. Hope resists, hopelessness adapts. But...
01677 – Hope & Faith; Hearing & Dancing
Hope is the ability to hear the music of the future. Faith is having the courage to dance to it today.
01653 – We All Need Hope
We all need hope. No sparkling promises or wishes. No well laid intentions or plans. Hope. Four letters. Four letters that carry the weight of our whole world and all of our life hidden in the depth of their meaning. Whether we are waiting on a check to arrive, a door...
01637 – Love: The Soul of Christian Existence
If love is the soul of Christian existence, it must be at the heart of every other Christian virtue. Thus, for example, justice without love is legalism; faith without love is ideology; hope without love is self-centeredness; forgiveness without love is...
01636 – A Fire from Hope’s Ember
Even if hope is just a low ember at night, in the morning you can still start a fire.
01612 – Diversity is a Strength
Until we recognize that diversity is a strength, we cannot hope to recognize the God who created it.