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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Imagination Bodies Forth: Preparation for Lifting the Veil ‘26
I am glad to be able to contribute to this issue of HopeWords literary journal, and, in anticipation of our forthcoming Lifting the Veil Conference, to reflect with you on the links between evangelism and creativity…
Outcry: Creating to Resist Despair
After four days of hiking and kayaking in the Montana wilderness with my oldest son, Oliver, I was wiped out, but in the best possible way. He’d just graduated from college in Seattle…
The Gifted Time
The gifted time of morning light,
White water birds yet gray their flight,
The holy spears through ancient trees…
Blessed are the Imaginative
Lately, I have been particularly taken by two quotes. The first is a thought from epic poet and friend Malcolm Guite, who said, “The imagination is a truth-bearing faculty alongside reason.” The reason I am spending time with this quote is that HopeWords is currently planning a conference…
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