Church News viewpoint: Be of good cheer

Published: Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009 12:01 a.m. MST
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The daily headlines rarely fail to deliver their heavy litany of bad news. Staggering economies and job woes. Terrorism and war. Tsunamis and earthquakes. Flu pandemics and health-care worries. Broken homes and broken lives.

Indeed, there is darkness about. For many, getting through the day means navigating an obstacle course of worry and dread. Hope can seem a vague, even unattainable concept.

Yet even amidst the all too real troubles of the day, hope exists. Despite the din of cynicism, a spirit of optimism can sustain, and is sustaining, the lives of many.

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