text: Why the continued "gloom and doom" and darkness theme in so many NCR articles?  Rarely a day goes by without some author jotting out a too hastily written article on some gloom topic...darkness, pain, abuse, oppression,  disaster, shadows, crisis, angst, anguish, bad memories, did I say pain already?
  
  It's easy to write about gloominess. 
  
  The Christian message is one of hope, liveliness, intimacy with God, growth, positiveness, cheerfulness, beginning again, energy, beauty, goodness, reconciliation, work, solving problems for others, vitality, resiliency.
  
  Not getting any of that in the "naitsirhC" message of NCR.