In an effort to deal with today’s economy and reality, the Episcopal Church is offering a free resource, Finding Hope in Hard Times: Seven Spiritual Practices, designed to provide faith communities with practical and spiritual disciplines in order to nurture a culture of generosity and hope, in the midst of fear, anxiety and despair.
“Christian hope is based on trust,” explained the Rev. Laurel Johnston, the Episcopal Church’s Program Officer for Stewardship. “Trust that God will continue to fulfill God’s promise in a new way to each generation that leads to freedom, free to be the people God intended us to be. The Finding Hope in Hard Times resource guide invites communities of faith to take on seven disciplines that nurture hope and a path towards spiritual and financial freedom.” (more…)

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