Oh, Freedom
Songs of struggles for a better life while facing slavery, facism and border crossings.
Topic: Hope
Other Hopes
In this service, I will explore three (what I am calling) contemplations on hope. Perhaps, like me, you have experienced challenges with understanding hope and feeling its presence in your life from day to day. While I would like to say the contemplations I will share are my own, they are informed by many sources … Continue reading Other Hopes
Give Us Hope
On this Easter Sunday, we will celebrate the importance of hope and the reasons for hope even when so much around us looks bleak and discouraging. Come hear stories of hope from our youth who went to DC for the March for Our Lives. Come hear the choir sing the timeless music of Vivaldi’s Gloria. Come, because our … Continue reading Give Us Hope
Plugged in to Hope
Albert Schweitzer reminds us that “at times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person.” Hope is the lifeline to what comes next, it is “the argument that refutes death, the genius that invents the future” in the words of poet Lisel Mueller. Yet hope is neither guaranteed nor … Continue reading Plugged in to Hope