Everyone seems to be talking about the economy these days, and no one seems to have any hope, only more doom and gloom.  While I do not have some sort of false sense that we will wake up 6 months from now and everything will be great, I do have hope for the future.  I have hope in part because challenges can be seen as a problem, or a welcomed chance to ask difficult questions and come up with creative solutions.  Andy Clouch, author of Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling (InterVarsity Press) and the curator of www.culture-making.com wrote an article for Christianity Today that I feel needs to be read and preached in churches all across the country who are filled with people struggling to find hope.  While some churches have allowed themselves to be consumed by the recent political campaigns and issues that were voted on, this issue of the economy crosses all barriers that exist in the church.  The article is a little long, but please stick with it until the end  "Why I am hopeful" at ChristianityToday.com