Today’s message was written by Rev. Dr. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. Scientific research is now confirming what many of us have suspected all along – that love plays a big part in the healing of a hurting body. The poet Elizabeth Barrett was an invalid for many years, unable to lift her head […]
Today’s message was written by my friend Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. From the Bible, come these inspiring words that lift our spirits: “While (the Prodigal Son) was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and put his arms around him and kissed him.” – Luke […]
Today’s message was written by Rev. Dr. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. One of my favorite Peanuts comic strips is one that was printed some years ago, just a few days before Thanksgiving. Lucy is feeling sorry for herself, and she laments, “My life is a drag. I’m completely fed up. I’ve never felt so low […]
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 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. George Bernard Shaw called Beethoven, “the most turbulent spirit that ever found expression in pure sound. The power of the Ninth Symphony is the turbulent joy of humanity.” Of course, when turbulence runs our lives, everything becomes chaotic and crazy. But that […]
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 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 my friend, Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. 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 and […]
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 […]
