This is My Father’s World!

Dear New Hope I just listened to a powerful clip:  “The Bible is not a series of disconnected stories; it is a single narrative in which every story, every character points beyond itself to One who is greater…that points to One Person: Jesus.” The...
THAT’S DISGUSTING!

THAT’S DISGUSTING!

Dear New Hope, Summertime in northern Michigan is a perfect time for beach, swimming, flip-flops, and dirty feet. Parents, perhaps your children have had dirty feet like this picture of our daughters feet this week. Imagine first century Israel. Sandals, dusty roads,...

Living at the Top of the Pyramid

The dying process is a filter for life priorities.  Like a new pair of glasses, it restores clarity to the most important things in life.  It boils the fat down until all that remains is the clear substance of top priorities.  For some, the death bed is full of...
“He Spit in My Face!”

“He Spit in My Face!”

Dear New Hope, My brother is much bigger and stronger than me.  As kids, he would pin me down, kneel on top of me, and threaten to spit in my face.  He had the remarkable ability to generate a gelatinous saliva that would string down toward my face.  Often times he...

Loophole-ism

Dear New Hope, A few months ago during a membership class at New Hope, one of the men shared his story of coming to trust Christ as Lord.  He admitted that his entire life he was “looking for a loophole” to heaven – a way to do life his way, without ever surrendering...