evangelist of hope...

I just finished the book Announcing the Reign of God by Mortimer Arias. The book was a refreshing look at evangelism and what it means to proclaim the kingdom of God. I have been reflecting a lot on hope these past couple of years. In places of suffering and poverty hope in Jesus and the kingdom of God is the good news we can proclaim! While the book was full of some great stuff that challenged my thinking and paradigms, the stuff on HOPE especially stood out. Here's just a taste....

“Indeed, Jesus lived by hope and died by hope. He taught hope, and he proclaimed hope. He celebrated hope, and he called his followers to become people of hope.”

"How, then, can we announce the kingdom of God as hope? By hoping. By living and sharing hope. By working with hope. By dying with hope! To be an evangelist is to be a sign of hope, a servant of hope, a minister of hope.”

This is my hope and prayer!