Rock Star Hopes For Change On A Global Level

Two nights ago, I attended an event at the new Grammy Museum featuring Tom Morello (guitarist for Audioslave, Rage Against the Machine and in his solo incarneration, “The Nightwatchman”). He was interviewed for an hour on stage and then he played six songs alone with his acoustic guitar. Tom blends politics and music. He talked […]

False hope

Have you ever been the victim of false hope when someone tells you what you want to hear when you know he or she has already decided to the contrary . . . or, worse, when they are lying to make you hopeful and get you to do what they want? Probably even the best […]

Is Hope Foolish?

I’m gratified to report that we now have confirmed readers and phone participants in our daily Study Hall from all seven continents. Antarctica wasn’t the most difficult, believe it or not. Our numbers are small, but growing, and I appreciate all your support for our little experiment. As we explore HOPE this week, it’s thrilling […]

Hope Is A Verb

There is a store near my home that has in its display windows in letters six-feet high: “HOPE IS A VERB.” Those words caused me to look up “hope” as a verb – and it appears to me to be the intersection of expecting, wishing and being optimistic. Clearly, “hope as a verb” implies action. […]

The Struggle Between Hope and Hopelessness

This past weekend, I saw the new film, “Sin Nombre,” a very sobering look at the intersection of gang life in Mexico and the flight of immigrants into the U.S. to seek a better life. I was struck by the tense battle between hope and hopelessness. Living in Southern California and knowing many who have […]

Hope December 31, 2008

Welcome to the last day of 2008! Concluding our consideration of hope this week, what do you hope for?  For other people, animals, plants, oceans? For our planet?  For other nations?  Does that kind of hope do any good?  How does what you hope for, for others express itself in your life? Consider Thomas Merton’s […]

Hope December 30, 2008

Yesterday, we discussed the desirability of taking action in connection with hoping .  .  . the notion that hope alone might be insufficient to accomplish the desired result, but that hope and action together could be a powerful combination. That conversation elicited a question:  Is there any downside to hope?  If so, how do we […]

Hope December 29, 2008

It’s traditional at this time of year to reflect on the past and to plan for the year ahead.  For this short week of Study Hall, now through Wednesday, let’s consider the topic of hope. There seem to be two disparate schools of thought about hope:  those who embrace it and those who dislike it. […]

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