Nobody knows who is going to win the US presidential election. Nobody knows what is going to happen in the Middle East in the next several weeks. In fact, no of us knows if this is going to be the best or worst day of our lives.

I was noticing that in my own life (and expressed by many of my friends and colleagues) that hope has been a bit hard to find recently. What is happening in the world at large has been downright tough, troubling, and exhausting.