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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Advocate or Accuser
Essays, Other Graci Lowe Essays, Other Graci Lowe

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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