Hope is the thing with feathers. (And some more demons.)

Monthly newsletter, April 2025

‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers –
That perches in the soul –
And sings the tune without the words –
And never stops – at all –

Emily Dickinson

Dear friends

I was asked recently about hope. Is being hopeful a moral imperative? Is there a ‘language of hope’ that transcends mainstream religious rhetoric? Although the question arrived in the context of my ‘On t…