Hope Blog

8 hours ago

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

6 days ago

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

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

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 Proto...

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Rev. Jon Fogel M.Div

Oct 3

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

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

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

Coffee... and Jesus

What we consume, we become accustomed to.

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Knowing the End of the Story - Open Water

Phil Vestal

Sep 7

Knowing the End of the Story - Open Water

I’ll never forget the first time I saw the movie Open Water. I don’t remember this experience because the movie was good or because I lea...

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Rev. Jon Fogel M.Div

Aug 31

Finding Space for God in Fall Routines

The amount of things vying for your attention will only increase it's up to you to set your schedule and priorities in line with your values

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