Hope
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A Star To Guide Us By
There is something timeless about the glow of a Christmas tree on a winter night. Its soft lights invite us to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with the quiet magic of the season. One of my most cherished holiday traditions… Continue reading
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Days 336-340 – How Storypower Made Illness a Gift
After essayist Anatole Broyard learned he was terminally ill he made a transcendent choice: To change his life story. “All of my old trivial selves fell away and I was reduced to my essence,” he wrote. Thus, he took control… Continue reading
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Days 299-300 Hope In The Midst of Struggle
“Everywhere I looked, hope existed – but only as some kind of green shoot in the midst of struggle. It was a theological concept, not a spiritual practice. Hope, I began to realize, was not a state of life. It… Continue reading
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Days 137-141 – Hopeless Romantics
“What I remember is love, all love – love of this dirt road, this sunrise, a day by the river, the stranger I met in the cafe.” Continue reading
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Days 291-295 Great Expectations?
“Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.” Continue reading
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Days 359-362 – Christmas Hope Returns
“Most adults are cynics…But, some folks live long enough to learn that the myths & the magic are true.” Hope lost is hope revived when the truth dawns in our hearts that Love is as real as God. Continue reading
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Days 112-116 – After Easter – “A Trace of Eternity” & Letting Go
“On the day before the resurrection, all hope was lost. In the days after all hope was gained…In these days after Easter can you celebrate the power of the resurrection mystery? Could you exist without the light this mystery offers?”… Continue reading
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Days 31 & 32 – Becoming a Carelover
“How do we become care lovers rather than job haters? How do we move from gray world to bright hope?” – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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Days 359-362 – Toys & Dreams
“We can’t ever see the real Santa. We can’t ever see the real God. But, we can see the hope of Christmas in every believing child and we can see the face of God sealed on the heart of every… Continue reading
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Days 327-328 – Those Who Rekindle Our Light
“…hope is a ship on the horizon. And it is sailing our way.” – Erie Chapman Continue reading
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