Listening at the tent flap While her husband talked to God She overheard the good news, that at last    (At ninety-whatever) She would have a child!  And she laughed.   In her remarkable poem “Sarah Laughed,” Kathleen Henderson Staudt

Young women gymnasts cheered each other on in their events as they focused on winning gold for the team. Rowers from the United States lined up, hands over hearts, and sang together the “Star Spangled Banner.” That’s what we like to see — going for the gold but going for the gold in a golden way, in unity and comradeship.

How do we move from senselessness and absurdity to redemption and hope?