Henri Nouwen once penned this statement that I chalked in my notes a long time ago: “Our lives are full of brokenness—broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How shall we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful,” he said, “except by returning again and again to God’s faithful presence in our lives.” Now let me go back to the God of all comfort who comforts us so that we in turn can—what?—comfort others. We become, then, ambassadors of hope. I want to anchor