Margot Käßmann: Farben der Hoffnung – Was uns Kraft & Zuversicht schenkt

In the organizer's words:

Every day, the news is full of horror stories and many conflicts are coming to a head. And it is difficult to maintain hope in the face of all this. Hope for justice, for reconciliation, for peace, for love, happiness, comfort - for a good future.

That we can put a stop to hatred, defend democracy, create justice and somehow stop climate change. We need a good way of dealing with fear. Repressing fear, not talking about our fears, makes us ill. Unresolved fears have a destructive effect. Fear can paralyse, destroy lives - and it can be instrumentalized. We can learn this from the past. Today, it is the alleged "foreign infiltration" that brings neo-Nazis onto the streets. Those who sow fear will reap hatred and violence.

In her new book (to be published by bene Verlag on 02.09.24), Margot Käßmann approaches hope and fear from a biblical and theological perspective, but also from a very personal point of view. She has had to deal with serious illness herself and knows the feeling of distress, which - unlike fear - does not always have to be triggered by a specific event. Margot Käßmann does not stop at fears, she knows about the power of faith, the power of love and hope.

Margot Käßmann, born in 1958, is one of Germany's best-known church personalities. During and after her time as Bishop of Hanover and Chair of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany, she won the esteem and sympathy of many people with her open and straightforward manner. She is the mother of four grown-up daughters and grandmother of seven grandchildren.