American Families of Faith
The Growing Famine of Hope
How does hope influence resilience? Studies show faith-based practices foster optimism and unity.
Loren Marks
April 29, 2024
How does hope influence resilience? Studies show faith-based practices foster optimism and unity.
It’s natural to wonder about the future for those navigating the intersections of faith, sexuality, gender and identity. I believe that future can be filled with peace, happiness and love beyond even their fondest imagination.
A near-death experience at 39 leads a mother to challenge her perceptions of entitlement, faith, and mortality.
A prisoner unravels his mother’s adoption, revealing a legacy marred by racism, abuse, and addiction.
Is there hope after post-traumatic stress? A story of trauma that reveals a pathway to resilience.
Can Christmas heal sorrow? Those present for Jesus’ birth reveal how the holiday’s true meaning offers solace and hope.
Why is the trust declining in today’s society and how does forgiveness factor into the solution? In this quick episode, Ben shares his thoughts and insights into these two important questions.
Many are seeking ways to ensure their faith can meet this perilous cultural moment. I find in Lehi’s epic dream in the Book of Mormon some insight that can point the way for all of us.
After years of dealing with depression, at the hardest part of a very hard year, peace has finally come. The only way I can explain it is through God.
It’s more than mere disagreement we must tolerate. Tolerance means bearing the suffering of others and taking our own uncomfortable turn in history to face uncertainty and challenge.
After years of studying contrasting health narratives and their correspondence with actual scientific data, I can’t help but say, be wary of the medical salvation story. It’s usually too good to be true.
However challenging it has been to make sense of evil as believers, try doing that without God in the picture. As many conclude there is no ultimate purpose or justification in evil, there is likewise no sense of ultimate redemption from it either. How could you not then feel despair and outrage?