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30 or more results for “hope” — showing the 30 most recent matches
Nov 7, 2026Daily ReflectionPatience
Mississippi's Senate Count Continues: What It Means to Wait at the Edge of History
As ballots are still being tallied, a verse about patient hope meets an election that hasn't yet arrived.
Nov 6, 2026Daily ReflectionJustice
A Late-Night Vote Clears the Arch for Construction — but a Federal Judge Holds the Next Word
As construction looms, the slower work of legal review invites us to ask what our haste protects — and what it risks.
Nov 4, 2026Daily ReflectionHope
Two Native American Women Win Governor and Senate Seats — a First Generations in the Making
A historic election night reminds us that joy and long waiting often arrive together.
Nov 4, 2026Daily ReflectionJustice
An Appeals Court Tosses a Tax Notice Lawsuit — and Draws a Line Between Flawed and Illegal
A real grievance with no legal home points to a justice no courtroom can supply.
Nov 3, 2026Daily ReflectionWisdom
A Fake Job Interview Nearly Opened Binance's Doors: What Deception Teaches About Discernment
The trap worked because it looked exactly like the real thing — and that says something about how wisdom actually works.
Oct 14, 2026Daily ReflectionHope
A Tapeworm Drug, of All Things, May Point Toward Relief for Endometriosis
In an unlikely early finding, a reminder that hope often begins small — and that noticing it honestly is its own kind of faith.
Oct 8, 2026Daily ReflectionUncertainty
86 Degrees in the Central Pacific: A First-Time Record Has Experts Rethinking a Familiar Pattern
The measurement is solid. The meaning is not — and that gap may be familiar to more of us than we think.
Sep 15, 2026Daily ReflectionUncertainty
The Senate's Crypto Bill Is Gone, Leaving an Industry to Build Without Rules
When the framework you were counting on collapses, the psalmist offers a two-step for honest hope.
Sep 1, 2026Daily ReflectionJustice
The Met Cancels Its Galliano Exhibit — and Leaves Us With a Harder Question
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has canceled a planned exhibit honoring British designer John Galliano, a show that had been tied to the Met Gala.
Aug 31, 2026Daily ReflectionHope
An Arthritis Drug Gave Alopecia Patients Their Hair Back — and a Lesson in Waiting
The same trial that announces a breakthrough also measures its limits. That's where honest hope lives.
Aug 21, 2026Daily ReflectionHope
Peter Heller's *The Dog Stars* Heads to Film, Asking What Hope Looks Like After Loss
A survival story built on real-life skills returns, inviting us to consider what we would still tend after loss.
Aug 21, 2026Daily ReflectionHope
Fnideq's Migrants Dream of Ceuta as Neighbors Warn of Danger: Can Hope Stay Honest?
Longing and risk sit side by side in a Moroccan border town — and honest hope has room for both.
Aug 1, 2026Daily ReflectionPeace
The Merging of Two Wars Tests Whether Peace Was Ever Just the Absence of Conflict
When conflict spreads even to those who wanted no part of it, an old psalm reminds us why harmony is called wonderful.
Jul 29, 2026Daily ReflectionJustice
Nine Activists, 37 Years: Myanmar's Court Sentence Raises a Question of Enduring Justice
When the institution meant to uphold justice becomes the instrument of silencing, a prophet's single word — 'perhaps' — carries its full weight.
Jul 27, 2026Daily ReflectionPeace
Oil Prices Fall as US Strikes on Iran Pause, but Peace Still Needs More Than a Ceasefire
After 13 days of strikes, a pause near the Strait of Hormuz invites prayer that costly restraint becomes peace.
Jul 26, 2026Daily ReflectionLoss
1,405 Ebola Deaths in DR Congo: Lamenting the People Behind the Numbers
When statistics overwhelm, Paul's words remind us that honest grief is not the end of the story.
Jul 26, 2026Daily ReflectionLoss
Two Hundred Thousand Evacuated Near Bordeaux as Wildfires Test What We Call Refuge
A mass evacuation in France asks where refuge lives when home itself is lost.
Jul 25, 2026Daily ReflectionPeace
After 17 Years, a UN Chief Visits Syria and Tests the Hard Work of Loving Enemies
What does it cost to show up where a relationship is broken — and what does Jesus' command to love enemies reveal about that crossing?
Jul 24, 2026Daily ReflectionWisdomReid Hoffman
Prentis' $100M AI Bet: Automating Routine Tasks and an Ancient Question of Wisdom
When founders wager nine figures on the future, we're reminded that vision and discernment are not the same thing.
Jul 23, 2026Daily ReflectionPeaceDonald Trump
A Saudi Nuclear Deal Tied to Recognizing Israel Raises a Deeper Question About Peace
A proposed US-Saudi nuclear deal tied to recognizing Israel reveals diplomacy's fragile conditions, inviting reflection on a peace that outlasts negotiations.
Jul 23, 2026Daily ReflectionJustice
Google's €890 Million EU Fine Revives an Ancient Question About Justice
The European Commission’s €890 million Google fine exposes how power favors itself, inviting people of faith to choose quiet fairness when no one watches.
Jul 23, 2026Daily ReflectionLoss
Wildfires Force Thousands in Southern France to Flee: God Draws Near to the Displaced
When the place that meant safety becomes the place you must leave, where do we anchor our shelter?
Jul 23, 2026Daily ReflectionPatienceLindsey Graham
Senators Choose Patience Over a Third Shutdown, Buying Time Before the Election
When every pressure demands immediate action, waiting can be the braver choice.
Jul 22, 2026Daily ReflectionLoss
Dignified Transfer Honors Four U.S. Soldiers as Strikes Continue and Grief Looks for Hope
Four soldiers’ remains returned to American soil Wednesday as U.S. strikes on Iran continued, inviting honest lament and prayerful hope beyond the day’s grief.
Jul 21, 2026Daily ReflectionLoss
Weeks After Venezuela's Earthquakes, Families Sift Through Rubble and Grief Refuses to Rush
Where is God in the long, quiet aftermath of loss?
Jul 21, 2026Daily ReflectionProvision
The UN Says Global Hunger Is Falling, but the Work of Provision Remains Sacred
A UN report finds global hunger falling but still above pre-COVID levels, inviting people of faith to help fill the table.
Jul 21, 2026Daily ReflectionCompassion
Nigeria's 19 Million Out-of-School Children Reveal a Wound That Needs Shared Compassion
When the scale of suffering numbs us, a familiar verse insists on the dignity of one child at a time.
Jul 21, 2026Daily ReflectionJustice
Paramount-Warner Bros Merger Paused by a Judge: Where Human Power Meets Divine Vindication
When even the largest corporations must stop and answer, something deeper about justice comes into view.
Jul 21, 2026Daily ReflectionLeadership
Britain's New Cabinet Under Andy Burnham Starts a 10-Year Plan With Justice in View
Power changes hands overnight. Justice takes longer.
Jul 20, 2026Daily ReflectionLoss
Guyana Ferry Capsizes, 27 Dead and 83 Missing: A Psalm for the Long Night
When grief is not a metaphor but a literal Saturday on dark water, the Psalmist's words meet us where we are.