"Surprised by Hope," by N.T. Wright.
How frustrating it must have been for Jesus.
N.T. Wrights book does not give hope. Obama's book does not give hope. They give something that we can grab onto. And if we simply grab onto a book, or a person, or a leader, or, or, or...our hope will turn to despair before long. Surprised? I didn't think so...we all know this, we just keep falling victim to it.
What would be most surprising, is if we would find and put our hope in something (better said as someone, but that someone, Jesus, is also talking about something) that really could deliver. That would be audacious.
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12:34 PM
"Well I can live it, communicate it, teach it etc. but that doesn't mean I'm giving it or that people will grab hold of it."
It does however point towards your own Hope. The source of your Hope. Which in turn may be our only means of 'giving' Hope.
If living, communicating, teaching hope (though living with it is likely most undisputed and effective)is what we do, then my own Hope (I hope...) must be contagious.
12:49 PM
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2:54 PM
i do believe we can learn hope from each other. maybe it's imperfect, maybe we tend inevitably toward letting people down, but if in the process we learn even a small part of what it is to hope, then it's always worth it. people might disappoint, but the promise is that hope won't.
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