For many of you reading this, you may hear the phrase “The Next Generation” and roll your eyes. You might immediately begin to think about Millennials, Gen Z, or any number of negative thoughts (Ok, … Read More

I know a bunch of you were hoopin’ and hollerin’, partying it up, and lighting off fireworks for every score during the big game on Sunday. Due to those fireworks, I realized our live TV … Read More

This coming weekend we will be starting a new sermon series walking verse by verse through Jesus’ teaching that is most commonly referred to as “The Sermon on the Mount.” This teaching, found in Matthew … Read More

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens… (Ecclesiastes 3:1) A lot of planning, hard work, and sacrifice has taken place this past year at our church. People … Read More

In the early 90’s, country singer Garth Brooks released a song that got everyone thinking about prayer. Garth sang about a time when he and his wife ran into his former high school girlfriend. Garth … Read More

Once, when I was in college, I had a friend share with me how he “miraculously” scored an 88% on his chemistry exam.  My friend had forgotten to study for his test, walked into class, … Read More

As I was looking through my social media feed this past week, I saw something a long-time Hopester had posted. He was sharing about the “Beautiful Things” section of our services and mentioned that we … Read More

When you were a kid, did you ever make your own Scratch Art? Did you ever take a piece of plain white paper and then randomly with a heavy hand lay down various colors of … Read More

At the end of the year we start seeing the “Best of the Year” lists pop up:  the “Top 10 Movies of 2019,” the “10 most Powerful Images of 2019,” the “Most Influential People of … Read More

A week ago, I was heading downtown with my daughter and one of her friends, and we got to drive on the newly-opened, almost completed Kellogg. It was amazing! The girls had wide eyes and … Read More