Hope orients one to look beyond the horizon of suffering and to see the resilient light of new beginnings.
Retelling of a story/text in the Word of God demonstrates the dynamic nature of the event of the God of the word. The God of the Bible is a God who reappears, reveals, re-presents, reimagines and repeats Godself to the creation in God’s own ways to each time and context.
The story of the Ascension in Acts alerts us to the task of faithfully waiting and witnessing.
By Fritz Wendt
Jesus teaches his disciples the meaning of waiting in a faithful manner. Keeping watch for God’s work within the world requires avoidance of distraction and a desperate faithfulness.
By Mark Davis