“Active Hope: A Post-election Journey” by Mary Sue Reutebuch

Hope is not a vague feeling that things will “just work out,” because history tells us that life rarely goes that way. Rather, hope is a verb, more than a conviction, that the human spirit is tenacious and persistent. In Barbara Kingsolver’s novel, Animal Dreams, she writes, “The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.” 

Mary Sue Reutebuch will invite us to explore what a world might look like when we foster an active spirit of hope not only in our inner lives but the greater community as well.