Editor’s note: We asked community and faith leaders to answer the question: When life feels dark, what gives you hope? We will publish their responses throughout December. Get weekly roundups of the ...

Author’s Note: Interested readers can find all previous volumes of this series here. Today we study what the Bible says about “hope” because everyone needs an injection of it during these trying times ...

Q: In a recent column on deism, you said that hope is far more important to you than truth, which I liked. A story: My mother, a non-smoker, died of lung cancer. After her priest offered her last ...