The topic of one of my classes this week has been hope.
Christians have an incredible capacity to hope for better things.
What is it that keeps us going, even when we see our hopes crushed. Especially in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community, we have seen our hopes dashed many times. The life and untimely death of Matthew Shepard is a hope crusher for us. We had hoped that kind of crime would no longer be acceptable. Despite the outrage, we still have no laws on the books to help punish those who act violently on their hatred.