Entries by Roger Kunkel

Why Does God Do That?

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 […]

What Are You For?

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 […]

You Are Somebody!

Today’s message was written by my friend, Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. To the multitude thronging Jesus, the woman who touched his clothes was a nobody. But, to Jesus, she was a person, someone of value. He stopped, looked around, and said, “Somebody has touched me.” Christ individualized the woman’s touch and brought healing […]

God’s Management

Today’s message was written by my friend, Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. We often see a sign over stores reading “under new management.” Friend of Dial Hope, when God takes over the management of our lives we may still blunder, and we may still present the same old face to the world, but there […]

Assurance of Help

Today’s message was written by my friend, Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. Psalm 121 is one of my favorites. “l will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord who made heaven and earth.” In THE MESSAGE, Eugene Peterson translates Psalm 121 this way: […]

Majestic

Today’s message was written by my friend, Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. In Psalm 8:1 we read: “O, Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!”  The sun was taking its last breath of day and the moon began to shine in its place of honor. Only a small sliver […]

Dealing with Worry

Today’s message was written by my friend, Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. Friend of Dial Hope, how are you dealing with worry? Worry is a major contributor to physical illness. But we must not confuse worry with concern. We should be concerned about the conditions of the world, the plight of the poor, the […]

Being Yourself

Today’s message was written by my friend, Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. Martin Buber wrote, “Before his death, Rabbi Zusya said, ‘In the coming world, they will not ask me, “Why were you not Moses?” They will ask me, “Why were you not Zusya?”’ Friend of Dial Hope, one of your main goals while […]

To Care or Not to Care

Today’s message was written by my friend, Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. There is only one thing more costly than caring and that is not caring. It must break God’s heart when we are calloused, unfeeling, selfish, and uncaring. How do you treat other people? In the parable of the Good Samaritan, found in […]

Open to Surprises

It was Betty Tallmadge who said, “Life is what happens to you when you’re making other plans.” Serendipitous things happen if we are willing to let them. Our plans must be adjustable to allow life to do what it will with us. We collect seashells with our children but fall in love with the hobby […]