We all want to experience joy rather than sorrow, pleasure rather than pain, and victory rather than defeat. These binaries usually seem clear, but when that clarity seems elusive in a time of testing, is it possible to live with hope in the space between them?

Living with a diagnosis of Stage IV metastatic colon cancer, Amy Low has confronted this question in the context of her own mortality. In her new book The Brave In-Between: Notes from the Last Room, Amy has drawn insight from the writings of the apostle Paul in his own “last room,” and found a space of hope between tragedy and triumph.

We held an Online Conversation with Amy Low on Friday, June 7 to consider how we can live with hope in this in-between time we all inhabit.