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 Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. The musical “Godspell” has many wonderful scenes. One of my favorites is a scene toward the end when Jesus is with his disciples in the Upper Room. He takes a bucket of water, a rag, and a mirror, and he goes to his […]
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 life 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 […]
Today’s message was written by Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. Friend of Dial Hope, do you sometimes feel like your problems are so overwhelming that you can barely keep your head above water? In the Bible, God tells you to cast “all your care upon him,” knowing he cares for you. (1 Peter 5:7) […]
Today’s message was written by Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. A young woman stood before Beethoven’s piano in a Vienna museum. Presently she struck a few discordant notes. “I suppose,” she said to an attendant, “that many noted musicians have inspected this instrument.” “Oh, yes,” replied the man. “Recently Paderewski was here.” “Paderewski!” […]
Today’s message was written by my friend, Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. A famous writer once said, “I owe much to my friends, but all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies.” Critics are thorns in our sides. In fact, most of the time they are a […]
Today’s message was written by Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. It is an old story, but it is true, and it is good. The famous British author John Ruskin one night in his later years sat watching a lamplighter who, with a torch in his hand, was lighting the lamps on a distant […]
Today’s message was written by Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. The pain of this world is an opportunity for us to be an instrument of God’s redemptive healing. Or said another way, we have the opportunity to be an ambassador for Christ amid someone else’s pain. Dr. James Stewart, the brilliant professor of […]
Today’s message was written by Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. Lilian Carter, the mother of Jimmy Carter once said, “Every time I think I’m getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.” It is so true – life is filled with delightful detours if we are looking for them. Some […]
Friend of Dial Hope, one of the common mistakes in religion is made by people who try to live on negatives, people who are whiners. They are against that but do not seem to be emphatically for something of their own allegiance. They can tell you with deep emotion what they are against, but if […]
