HopeWords Literary Journal
The HopeWords Literary Journal exists for writers, artists, and readers who long for hope and heaven and who look for timeless stories from diverse voices that all point back to the good, true, and beautiful. The HopeWords Literary Journal is not clickbait, it's not artificial, it's not breaking news. It's a community of writers, painters, preachers, thinkers, musicians, photographers, cartoonists, and storytellers who foster colorful conversations that are rooted in humble hospitality.
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Trash
As the piano whispered hymns behind his closing prayer and the rustling of the plastic that surrounds old ladies’ mints, the ones that’d ready their tongues for post-church gossip, filled the room, Pastor Michael Altizer couldn’t help but think that this had been the worst week to ever be so rudely interrupted by a Sunday…
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A Conversation with Linwood Berry: The Painter Prophet
Born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1951, Linwood Berry grew up in a nomadic family, living on both the east and west coasts at different points. After graduation, he left home and continued in his nomadic ways, working various jobs before fulfilling his military duty. Back stateside at the age of 21…
Light of the World: Behind the Music
At the HopeWords writer’s conference, we have a tradition of opening our time together with a reading of Travis Lowe’s essay entitled “Bluefield: Light of the World.” It’s a liturgy of sorts, a habitual invocation and annual reminder of who we are and where we are. Travis’s essay reflects on the history of Bluefield – the boom and bust of the coal industry…
Spring Keeps Asking This Question: Who Are You Becoming?
When I was too little to remember my age, I sat on a mustard yellow, long and low 1960s couch where my grandfather asked me who I wanted to be when I grew up. Predicting who you’ll become is not easy at any age, but being too young to read seems to make it a little bit easier…
Strange Tales*
Hi, friend! This is Episode 1, Act 1 of Strange Tales*, a podcast/audio drama that I’ve been working on this year. The show focuses on a student journalist who begins investigating when strange things start happening at her school. It’s a little bit Veronica Mars and a little bit X-Files, if you’re a fan of either of those shows…
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