Who wrote this statement on Christian hope?

Please refrain from googling the answer and just guess. It was written by a prominent Christian leader whose name is known throughout the U.S. and probably throughout the world. Here's the quote:

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...Christian hope is not some news item about tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. We might put it this way: hope is now personalized. Its focus is not space and time, the question of "Where?" and "When?," but relationship with Christ's person and longing for Him to come close.