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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Poems on Living
It was the wind, when first it grew,
that carried news of rain that brewed;
it made the sun more true.
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Clean Sheets
Sometimes God speaks loudly like the roar of an engine or the booming of thunder, and I’ve heard people tell stories about how this Big Voice changed everything for them in an instant. I’ve heard God speak, but not in this loud voice. Whenever He comes calling on me, it’s usually in the garden…
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…
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