Hope Blog

Dec 24, 2020

Christmas Eve Outdoor Worship

Call To Worship L: The people who once lived in darkness have been given a great light! P: Praise be to God who has heard our cries. L:...

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Rev. Jon Fogel M.Div

Nov 3, 2020

Christian Politics and Elections

Apolitical vs. over political is killing us.

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Considering Ourselves as the Robber in the Parable of the Good Samaritan?

Rev. Stephanie Thompson

Oct 26, 2020

Considering Ourselves as the Robber in the Parable of the Good Samaritan?

It stopped me in my tracks. Scanning through my social media landscape, I encountered a post that drew my attention. Though it alluded to...

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Phil Vestal

Oct 21, 2020

Wrestling with the Right Questions

There is this mysterious story in Genesis about the forefather Jacob wrestling with a man at the Jabbok River. Some believe this man was...

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Rev. Jon Fogel M.Div

Oct 18, 2020

Print is Dead

What is lost is the societal ability for people to change their perspective based on a good journalism and, well-researched argument.

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Hope Guest Contributor

Oct 18, 2020

A Letter on Church Cancelation Tomorrow

Mission Friends, Our Parking Lot service tomorrow, October 18th, has been cancelled for two reasons: First, though our indoor COVID...

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Rev. Jon Fogel M.Div

Oct 3, 2020

This World Doesn’t Have to Change You

Because if practice the sacred art of knowing who you were created to be, nothing, no pandemic or other adversity, can change that.

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Rev. Jon Fogel M.Div

Sep 25, 2020

Blurred Boundaries

We live in a world of blurred boundaries and it’s getting to us.

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Rev. Jon Fogel M.Div

Sep 24, 2020

Social Distance

So what do we do? We must be alone for each other and we must not be alone for each other.

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Rev. Jon Fogel M.Div

Sep 22, 2020

Coffee... and Jesus

What we consume, we become accustomed to.

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