This issue focuses on embracing hope, with stories from across Canada and around the world. We are particularly honoured to welcome Ruth Padilla DeBorst, an esteemed Latin American theologian who has experienced times of deep hurt and darkness. She shares a biblical framework for hope, rooted in the truth that God in Christ suffers with us and is redeeming all of creation to himself. And this truth leads us to “step out of the values of our society, so ingrained in us … and into the lives of people who are oppressed and become channels of God’s light and life and love in their lives.”