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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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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Morning Run
My family has owned a home in Colorado since I was about 7-years old. South of Buena Vista, the Arkansas River flows through our front yard; and since it’s the only property in my family that hasn’t changed in the last 40-years, it is home of homes for all us…
Rooted Innovation
In 2010, I stood before a small congregation that had gathered for one of the earliest services of a new church plant in Charlotte, North Carolina. Center City Church was young, and so was I…
Year of the Potluck Greens
Since November, at least once or twice a week, I have snipped kale leaves from the garden, placed them in a tan basket salvaged from a produce stand, washed, and dried them. It’s become an unexpected routine and an act of gratitude…
Can I Get a Ride?
One of my great insecurities is the fact that I, as a twenty-one-year-old woman, still don’t have a driver’s license. It’s hard to pinpoint the exact reason it keeps getting put off…
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