Expectations help us plan, motivate, anticipate. They give structure to our days and meaning to our striving. Yet the same structures that steady us can also confine us. Expectations—our own or those placed on us—can quietly narrow our imagination, shrink our sense of possibility, or convince us that hope lives only on one particular path, … Continue reading Hope Beyond Expectations

Hope is often described as a feeling inside an individual heart—but hope, at its deepest and most transformative, is a communal force.  Something that lives between us, not only within us. Something we generate and sustain together.  In times of discouragement, it can be hard to kindle hope alone.  But when we step into community—into … Continue reading Rallying Hope

Darkness is not the enemy of hope.  It is the place where hope goes to gather strength.  Yet we live in a world that urges us to avoid the darkness and move toward the light as quickly as possible.  But spiritually and emotionally, darkness is not always a problem to be solved.  Often, darkness is … Continue reading Dark to Light