Today’s message was written by Rev. Dr. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. A small dog had been struck by a car and was lying wounded by the side of the road. A doctor driving by noticed that the dog was still alive, stopped his car, picked up the dog, and took him home. There […]
Today’s message was written by the Rev. Dr. Roger Kunkle, founder of Dial Hope. Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. —Robert Frost Friend of Dial Hope, you can make a difference to someone—if you will. There’s a story about […]
Today’s message was written by Rev. Dr. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. I want to begin this meditation with a passage from the New Testament, 1 Peter 1:22: “Now that you have purified your souls by your obedience to the truth so that you have genuine mutual love, love one another deeply from the […]
Today’s message was written by Rev. Dr. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. Listen to this profound epitaph found on an English gravestone: “What I kept, I lost. What I spent, I had. What I gave, I have.” Friend of Dial Hope, as you well know, the art of keeping isn’t all bad. There will […]
Today’s message was written by my friend Roger Kunkel, Founder of Dial Hope. In Jules Verne’s novel The Mysterious Island, he writes of five men who escaped a Civil War prison camp by hijacking a hot-air balloon. As they rise into the air, they realize the wind is carrying them over the ocean. As the […]
Today’s message was written by Rev. Dr. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. Today I want to suggest an exciting idea – I want you to try giving yourself away. I once knew a man who suffered a nervous breakdown, during which he sat for months in gloom and mental darkness. One day I suggested […]
Today’s message was written by Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. You know, when trouble comes into our lives or when tragedy strikes, we ask, “Where is God?” And the answer is – God is in the same place he was when his son was on the cross. God does not abandon us; God […]
Today’s message was written by Roger Kunkle, founder of Dial Hope. It is meaningful to me that the three churches where I served as pastor were all located near water. In Duluth, Minnesota, the church was several blocks from Lake Superior. In Chicago, the church was one block from the Des Plaines River. And In […]
Today’s message was written by Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. One of the greatest truths of the Bible is … We – you and I – are made in the image of God. Talk about a miracle! God made cats and dogs, hummingbirds, red cardinals, squirrels, elephants, giraffes, pelicans, dolphins, and the duck-billed […]
Today’s message was written by Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. It is no secret that I have a passion for encouraging people to base their lives on gratitude. Paul put it like this, “Give thanks in all circumstances.” (1 Thessalonians 5:18a). Let me point out that Paul didn’t say to give thanks ‘for” all […]
