Category Archives: Hope Changes Everything

The Capacity to Dream

Posted on February 1, 2015 by livingasapprentices

  What makes us grumpy?  What makes us frown deep inside even as we walk in golden sunlight under blue skies?  What makes us respond immediately with “That won’t work!” to an idea someone proposes or a fix to a … Continue reading →

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Living inside Hope

Posted on January 26, 2015 by livingasapprentices

Barbara Kingsolver is one of my favorite novelists; The Poisonwood Bible, Flight Behavior are my favorites.  She is also seemingly well acquainted with Hope.  Here’s a Kingsolver quote about hope:  “The very least you can do in your life is to figure out … Continue reading →

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Hope is Contagious

Posted on January 16, 2015 by livingasapprentices

The  following poem by Denise Levertov is one of several occasional posts in 2015 focusing on the fact that “hope changes everything.” The poem helps us understand that hope is contagious – as is pessimism. Understanding that fact, 0ur mission as … Continue reading →

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“The Thing with Feathers”

Posted on January 9, 2015 by livingasapprentices

HOPE CHANGES EVERYTHING When I started thinking about writing a blog series on hope, the first words that popped in my mind were “Hope is the thing with feathers  . . .”   Emily Dickinson has been my favorite poet since … Continue reading →

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Word for the Year: Hope

Posted on January 1, 2015 by livingasapprentices

MY JOURNEY I for one am very happy shut the door on 2014! While many lovely and some astonishing things happened in my life last year, I struggled to keep from wallowing in discouragement as violence, hunger, injustice, depravity, ignorance, greed,  self-centeredness … Continue reading →

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