John Longhurst has been writing for Winnipeg's faith pages since 2003. He also writes for Religion News Service in the U.S., and blogs about the media, marketing and communications at Making the News.

In my tradition’s Christian and Hebrew Scriptures, hope is concrete — something we stand on, and something that can be ripped away in a disaster, like the roots of a tree in a storm.

Hope is everything. Hope is life.” The Apostle of Christ, Paul, beautifully encapsulates all this by asserting that “faith, hope, and love abide.” ...

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Businessman and faith leader Robert D. Hales emphasized this by stating, "When we want to speak to God, we pray. When we want Him to speak to us, we search the scriptures." ...

The Christian scriptures say there is faith, hope and love. Of that triad, I have always struggled the most with hope. Easter is above all else about hope.

Hope in God who taught us in the Quran, as well as in scriptures and revelations, to not despair and to arm ourselves against trials and tribulations with hope and faith.

Have you been revisiting scripture to connect to all that is going on in the year 2020, and this seismic shift in our world? I’m always searching the scripture and I’m always studying.