The Climate Change and Hope Challenge

In the heart of our bustling world, where the air is thick with concern over climate change, I often think of a small community I visited in the Pacific Northwest. There, nestled among towering evergreens, a church congregation faced a bitter truth: their rivers were drying up, and the salmon—once abundant—were disappearing. They felt the weight of loss in their very bones, echoing the stories of ancient Israel, where water was a sign of life, and drought brought despair.…