Most people confuse optimism with hope, and pessimism with despair. But they’re not the same things at all. Hope goes much deeper. And the hope of Abraham goes even deeper than that. It is not confidence in that things will go well. Hope is confidence in the faithfulness of God.

Sunday, May 3, 2026 The Rev. Megan Collins Watch | Listen Dave and I will be traveling at the end of this month for a trip to Olympic National Park in Washington. We are planning to do some camping, and we are also renting this little minivan with a mattress in it, from when it rains. (Dave and I’s idea of a vacation is a little weird). Then we’ll visit some friends in Seattle before we head back home. They say that when people travel together, there’s usually one person wh

What if the Tower of Babel isn’t about punishment… but about liberation? In Genesis 10–11, Babel is stitched into a larger story of human diversity. Instead of explaining where languages come from, it exposes what happens when people consolidate power and build systems that depend on control. God doesn’t destroy the tower…God takes away the workforce. And when the system stops…people are set free.