We have to get practical. Really practical. The most practical thing we can do is hear what God says and act in appropriate response to it. “Arguments are ineffectual unless supported by events.”8 Hope-determined actions participate in the future that God is bringing into being. These acts are rarely spectacular. Usually they take place outside sacred settings. Almost never are they perceived to be significant by bystanders. It is not easy to act in hope because most of the immediate evidence is