Reality San Francisco Christ the Savior From Hopelessness
Dec 15, 2025
Ruthie Kim, a church leader and teacher known for her encouraging insights, explores how Christ brings hope and healing. She reflects on the fragility of hope during Advent, discussing the importance of memory, embodiment, and language in rediscovering it. Personal stories illuminate God’s faithfulness, while Ruthie warns against nostalgia. She shares her own experiences with illness, emphasizing that hope lives in our bodies. Engaging listeners with practices to embody hope, she invites honest reflection on grief and encourages communal prayer.
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Hope Needs Desire And Uncertainty
- Hope requires both desire and uncertainty to be present together.
- Ruthie Kim says biblical hope is not naive resignation but an overflow we are called to embody.
Rent Crisis And Remembered Faithfulness
- Ruthie Kim recounts facing a rent increase while missionary with a one-year-old and finding no housing options.
- She prayed while walking and began telling her son stories of God's past faithfulness which reawakened hope.
Remembering Reawakens Future Hope
- Scripture builds remembrance into communal life so we don't forget God's past faithfulness.
- Ruthie Kim warns nostalgia can trap us, but remembering should reawaken imagination for future hope.