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 platypus. God made the trees, flowers, and skies. God made all of […]
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) One of the most dramatic examples in the Bible of casting […]
“Today’s message was written by my friend, Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope.” -Joe I love the short story with this unusual title: “The Man Whose Wife’s Hair Was too Long but Whose Understanding of Music Was too Short.” In the story, the husband is playing a cello. He plays the same note over […]
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 hill. The man himself could not be seen, but the lights would […]
“God so loved the world that he gave…” begins the most familiar statement in Scripture. Giving is how love expresses itself. Giving is to love what eating is to hunger. The test of love is that it gives even when there is no expectation of a return. Ann Lamott wrote of an eight-year-old boy who […]
“Today’s message was written by my friend, Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope.” -Joe Many years ago, someone asked Pavlova, the great Russian dance, what she meant – what she was saying in a certain dance. She replied, “If it could be said in words, there would be no need to dance it!” Certain […]
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 he try to turn off his dark, depressing thoughts by practicing thanksgiving. I […]
One of my favorite baseball stories is about three umpires who were discussing how they did their jobs, especially when they were working behind the plate, calling balls and strikes. The first umpire said, “Some of ’em are balls; some of ’em are strikes. But I calls ’em as I sees ’em.” The second one […]
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 circumstances. Obviously, we don’t give thanks for cancer or heart attacks, […]
“Today’s message was written by my friend, Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope.” -Joe In John 1:5 we read, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not over it.” Friend of Dial Hope, many of you are groping in darkness right now. Separation and divorce come, but they always seem to […]
