Hope: 3 Powerful Strategies to Conquer Life’s Toughest Obstacles

Would you still have hope if the greatest of all tragedies struck you down?

Katherine Wolf does even though, at age 26 to date (now 42), she has survived . . .

In spite of all this, she proclaims hope as she . . .

I heard her speak at a jam-packed Highland Park Presbyterian church service months ago. Her testimony has changed my life.

After reading her books and reflecting on what she says about hope, I see three proven relievers for overcoming despair.

A good father reveals three secrets for surviving disasters

Nothing like being a father.

I always knew Father’s Day was coming when Jack was little, because he would ask me what size cologne I wear.

When I was raising teenagers, I had a satellite TV, a smartphone and a laptop and my kids told me I was out of touch.

Somebody said a father is a man with pictures in his wallet, where his money used to be.

Jokes aside, fathers are the ones we consult when unnatural disasters like war or mass shootings shake the world.

Since the Ukraine and Gaza wars are rattling our souls, I thought it appropriate to share my dad’s old school advice for surviving chaos.

All his tips came on a filming trip to San Antonio by dad’s childhood landmarks.

Anxiety is locking up many.

Everything’s at stake. Everybody wants control.

Control of our feelings, time and money.

What’s it gonna be? My way or the highway?

But, the all-encompassing power found in three words sets the prisoners free.