Advent, Hope, and Canceled Parties
This year the calendar walks us through a season of Advent, hope, and canceled parties. The weird thing about being a practicing Christian in America in December is that the…
S3 E14 | The Astonishing Hope of a Mortal Life with J. Todd Billings
Mortality is often connected to fear, so how does embracing a mortal life provide hope to individuals and communities? Professor Todd Billings, author of “The End of the Christian Life:…
God Is Always Doing a New Thing
"There is nothing new under the sun." It’s such a depressing line from Ecclesiastes, and it reads as depressingly true right now. Futility of Life I’ve been reading through Ecclesiastes,…
AJB Recommends: The Sun Does Shine
I have gone to bed late every night this week because I stay up to read more of Anthony Ray Hinton’s new memoir, "The Sun Does Shine: How I Found…
Some Stories of Hope in a Week of Hardship
Hope and racism. Ta-Nehisi Coates is feeling hopeful. I didn’t think I would ever type those words. Coates is famous for his 2015 memoir, Between the World and Me, in…
AJB Recommends: Resources for Hope
I talked about hope on my podcast last week (and tomorrow’s episode will be a bonus episode, also about hope), so I wanted to offer a few other recent podcasts…
It Doesn’t Have to Be Groundhog Day
I’ve heard our moment compared to Groundhog Day again and again and again. If you missed it, Groundhog Day is a great movie from the 1990s in which Phil Connors…
Head, Heart, Hands Audiobook
I have a gift for you—a free audiobook of Head, Heart, Hands! After I wrote White Picket Fences, I heard back from many readers that they wanted more. They wanted to…
John Lewis on Nonviolent Resistance, Love, and Hope
If you’ve found yourself with additional time to read in this era of social distancing, I want to recommend Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement by Congressman…
Reading Hope in Trying Times Interview
“Reading Hope in Trying Times.” Now there’s an awesome title for you! Brian Allain, founder of Writing for Your Life, Publishing in Color, and Compassionate Christianity, decided to broadcast a…
