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We've Heard From People All Around The World, Telling Us That This Is Their Reality. People Need A Way To Connect The Sometimes Really Hard Reality In Which They Wake Up Each Morning With The Movement Of The Spirit.

When I Think Of Some Of The Great Renewals In The Church I Think Of Folks Like St. Francis And Clare Of Assisi Who, Through Their Lifestyle, Were Challenging The Patterns Of Materialism And Militarism And It Affected The Christianity Of Their Age.

When We Put Too Much Hope In A Candidate Or A Party We Set Ourselves Up For Disappointment. When I See A Poster With [barak] Obama's Image With The Word "hope" Under It, Something In Me Cringes - Our Hope Is Built On Nothing Less Than Jesus' Blood And Righteousness, The Old Hymn Goes, All Other Ground Is Sinking Sand.

I Say Let's Be Idealists. "faith Is Being Sure Of What We Hope For And Certain Of What We Do Not Yet See" (hebrews 11:1).

We Have To Use Our Discontentment To Engage Rather Than Disengage - Our Hope Has To Be More Powerful Than Our Cynicism.