It seems like many of the usual things we might ‘hope for’ are not as reachable as they used to be. The things we take (or took) for granted that enabled us to make plans for our future no longer as accessible, or guaranteed as they used to be. Our entitlement has taken a hit, and we find ourselves living in days where, from all angles, life is somehow not so predictable.
Read MoreHope lifts us up and helps us find stability in the absurdity of situations that we cannot change on our own, a rock, an anchor, a solid force that transports our imaginations into new ways of seeing the world. Hope lifts our hearts by putting a new song in our mouths, a subversive hum of reverence that refuses to be laboured by the present reality, creatively energising our lives to push ahead into our new becoming.
Read MoreIt was in this place of exile that the prophet Ezekiel speaks vividly of their reality. He sees a vision of a valley filled with dried bones, an image that represents their loss of hope and the disintegration of their sense of future. But like many of the ancient prophets, Ezekiel insists that that even when reality itself tells you that there is no hope, hope remains. God is still interested, a future still exists even when we’re unable to see it.
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