Today’s message was written by the founder of Dial Hope, the Rev. Roger Kunkel One of my favorite movies is “Forest Gump” which came to the theaters over 10 years ago. It literally took America by storm! Do you remember these Forest Gump sayings: “Stupid is as stupid does,” and “Life is like a box […]
Today’s message was written by the founder of Dial Hope, the Rev. Roger Kunkel Friend of Dial Hope, I have a small calculator on my desk which I use to figure out my finances and store personal data for ready reference. It’s amazing how much information can be typed into the memory factors of this […]
Today’s message was written by my friend, Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. Today I want to focus on this passage from Galatians 2:20: “It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me.” Helen Keller dedicated one of her books: “To Anne Sullivan, whose love is the story […]
Today’s message was written by the founder of Dial Hope, the Rev. Roger Kunkel One of my favorite subjects is gratitude. Henry David Thoreau wrote, “I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.” Friends of Dial Hope, most of us specialize in periodic outbursts of gratitude. Rather than a continuous […]
Today’s message was written by the founder of Dial Hope, the Rev. Roger Kunkel A doctor devoted as much of his spare time as he could to a charity clinic. One day an elderly gentleman was ushered into the physician’s private offices downtown. “Remember me, Doctor?’ the man asked. “You treated me over at the […]
Today’s message was written by Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. You know, when trouble comes into our lives or when tragedy strikes, we ask, “Where is God?” And the answer is – God is in the same place he was when his son was on the cross. God does not abandon us; God […]
Today’s message was written by my friend, Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. I thank God for my Scottish grandmother who urged me to preach my first sermon on the story of the ten lepers found in Luke 17:11-19. Ten lepers were healed but only one returned to say, “Thank you.” Thanks may be […]
Today’s message was written by my friend Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. In the Broadway musical, “STOP THE WORLD, I WANT TO GET OFF,” actor Anthony Newley sang a powerful song: “Once in a Lifetime.” It contains these poignant words: “This is my moment… I’m gonna do great things.” Sadly, we must confess […]
Today’s message was written by my friend Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. Keith Miller tells a wonderful story about a busy executive in an eastern city who was rushing to catch a commuter train one morning. The executive had an important meeting at the office, and he needed to make this train in […]
Today’s message was written by my friend Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. Friend of Dial Hope, I have a confession to make. Are you ready for this? I am an in-curable hoper and I want you to follow suit. I have a bias that no problem on earth is ever truly insoluble; problems […]
