Good News for Tough Times: Lifting You Up When Life Lets You Down - Softcover

But the title would have seemed just as appropriate in the 1980s, to a generation struggling with its own unemployment, economic uncertainty, and threats to world peace.

Or in the 1960s, to a nation wrenched by war in Vietnam, turmoil on its campuses, and race riots in its cities.

Or during all the cold war years, when U.S. and Soviet missiles held each nation hostage and the potential annihilation of civilization could be measured in minutes.

Tough Times aren't new. They're as modern as terrorists flying jetliners into buildings and spreading lethal toxins. But they're also as ancient as cavemen fighting off wild animals, starvation, and disease.

Good News isn't new either. It tends to speak in a quieter voice than bad news and, therefore, doesn't get as much attention. But in every generation, behind every tragedy and crisis, there's an abundance of personal heroism, courage, and kindness waiting to be discovered.

The tougher the times, the more important it is that we make the discovery. That we find reasons for hope, confidence, and optimism.