Finding Hope: Cultivating God’s Gift of a Hopeful Spirit

This practical guide gives you the inspiration, encouragement and practice you need to cultivate a hopeful spirit and, thus, live a more fulfilling and joyful life. Writing from personal experience and her broad knowledge of many faith traditions, Marcia Ford helps you recognise - or develop - your own personal images of hope and create a place where you can go to see the many evidences of hope in your life any time despair seeps in.She provides important learning tools that you can apply to everyday life experiences, inspiring personal stories of hope from the famous and not-so-famous and realistic exercises for creating the overall balance and peace you look to achieve in living your life connected to God. Drawing from Christian and Hebrew scripture and the wisdom of spiritual teachers from all traditions, Ford helps you realise that we all can receive a gift of hope and grace from the Divine - we just need to be open to accept it. The topics include: Dealing with Disappointment; It’s Not Wishful Thinking; Impossible Situations; Recovering from Loss; Hope amid Suffering; Overcoming Hopelessness; Real and Imagined Threats; The Heart of Healing; Cultivating a Hopeful Spirit; and Freedom’s Fascinating Power.