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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Free Read of the Month!
Bird Cathedral by Emily Charlotte.
I can’t sleep tonight because the mourning doves are crying out and I know that, across the room, you are watching me. The birds in daddy’s aviary never keep me awake this late…
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God’s Story Covers Our Past, Present, and Future in Hope
When it comes to our past, present, and future, the future is the one we cannot see: it requires imagination. The future is the one that begs for hope, the kind of hope that is more than wishful thinking, but an expectation that everything will be okay…
Reflection on Psalm 62
My friend Jen and I stayed in Bramwell for HopeWords 2024. On Friday, before we would settle into our seats in the Granada Theater and Travis Lowe would stir in us a desire to love a place like he loved Bluefield, we decided to stop at Pinnacle Rock on our way to the evening session…
The Gift of Fear
I grew up a free-range child. Our neighborhood gang daily dared death. We swam Bear Creek lifevestless, rode stingray bikes and Tecumseh minibikes helmetless, engaged in B. B. Gun wars safety-glassless, roamed miles from home mapless. All this took place virtually parentless. Therefore, I considered myself fearless…
Advocate or Accuser
I once received an email from a friend who saw something in my life and felt called to point it out to me. It was about how my wife, Gina, and I parent our kids. I am not always good at receiving this kind of feedback. It’s embarrassing…
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