Songs that Bring Hope Good Morning Friends, My guess is that you at some point will sing or at least listen to a Christmas Carol this season. Some will be old ones like Silent Night but others will be newer ones...secular ones. We may think about it starting with Irvin Berlin and White Christmas, followed … Continue reading Songs that Bring Hope →

Never Alone with Hope Good Morning Friends, Perhaps it is rare for a child to grasp this but somehow early on in my life I discovered that there was something unseen and invisible I could trust. It remains part of me even now. I cannot really explain the deep comfort and assurance positioned in my … Continue reading Never Alone with Hope →

Rejoice in Hope Good Morning Friends, Here is the deal...no one thinks they are the problem with the church but virtually everyone acknowledges there is a problem. Blaming others for the state of the church just robs everyone of energy. So if we are to get better as a church we must learn...we must prepare … Continue reading Rejoice in Hope →

What Comes After Hope Good Morning Friends, So what keeps us going against all the evidence? In good times we could just be hopeful about our lives. But in trying times, one needs something spiritual....something active to influence change. One must take a step, sometimes alone but better with another person believing in What Comes After … Continue reading What Comes After Hope →

Educating Children to Find Hope Good Morning Friends, Some of my Christian friends are taking their families to see the new movie, Exodus: Gods and Kings. It opens this weekend. I have not seen what I understand is a spectacle of Biblical proportions with some plagues of its own. The point here is that the … Continue reading Educating Children to Find Hope →

Cultivating Hope Good Morning Friends, People do not always understand what we do in our work at Leadership Foundations. Perhaps it is because the act of helping people to discover new possibilities that empowers change is a work typically done below the radar screen. Amidst the personal tragedy, injustice and turmoil and angst of the … Continue reading Cultivating Hope →

The Very Focus of Our Hope Good Morning Friends, There are many key terms and concepts in Scripture like faith, love, joy, grace and peace that we come across as we read our Bibles, but often these are just vague concepts for most people. What I have been doing over the last few weeks is … Continue reading The Very Focus of Our Hope →

A 24/7/365 Trinity of Hope Good Morning Friends, Although various traditions sometimes emphasize different Advent themes almost always one is dedicated to hope because the long-prophesied birth of the Messiah was something that God's prophets and people had looked forward to for ages. The parable of the widow and the unjust judge shows the kind … Continue reading A 24/7/365 Trinity of Hope →

In Hope of a Heart that Loves God Good Morning Friends, Praise of God changes things because it is a confirmation of our hope in the eternal. In meditating on today's psalm it draws my mind not just to creation but also in praise of the twilight of time. It draws my attention to the … Continue reading In Hope of a Heart that Loves God →

A Highway of Hope. Good Morning Friends, Today I play John the Baptist for the lighting of the Advent Candle and for the Children's' chat. And as I consider that character that prepared the way for the Lord I also contemplate the roads God has paved that have led my life into greater joy and … Continue reading A Highway of Hope. →