On April 3, 1968, standing before a crowded church, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. painted his vision for justice. “I’ve ...

Hope has always been present in leadership quests aiming to achieve better futures. Hope has been an intriguing topic throughout the history of humankind. Many thinkers, from the ancient Greeks to ...

Pope Leo XIV closed the door at St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 6, 2026, just days into the new year. The act formally brought ...

I’m stuck like a dope with a thing called hope” is a famous lyric from the musical "South Pacific." But maybe in our uncertain world, hope isn't a crazy choice.

Advent reminds us that Christian hope is shaped by what has happened and what’s going to happen again. My mother, Young Kim, was born in Korea in 1948 as the nation was on the precipice of civil war.

Life in America is deeply anxious. Where are we headed? How bad could it get? Who are we, anyway? What’s particularly scary is that everyone’s scared. Even the people whose candidate just won are ...

I know I sometimes feel cynicism or despair when I think about the new year, and it seems many of my friends do, too. With so much uncertainty and seemingly intractable world problems needing ...