Today’s message was written by my friend, Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. I love the short story with this unusual title: “The Man Whose Wife’s Hair Was Too Long but Whose Understanding of Music Was Too Short.” In the story, the husband is playing a cello. He plays the same note over and […]
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 Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. One of the greatest truths of the Bible is … We – you and I – are made in the image of God. Talk about a miracle! God made cats and dogs, hummingbirds, red cardinals, squirrels, elephants, giraffes, pelicans, dolphins, and the duck-billed […]
Today’s message was written by my friend, Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. Many years ago, someone asked Pavlova, the great Russian dancer, what she meant, what she was saying in a certain dance. She replied, “If it could be said in words, there would be no need to dance it!” Certain truths are […]
Today’s message was written by Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. It is no secret that I have a passion for encouraging people to base their lives on gratitude. Paul put it like this, “Give thanks in all circumstances.” (1 Thessalonians 5:18a). Let me point out that Paul didn’t say to give thanks ‘for” all […]
Today’s message was written by Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. Friend of Dial Hope, do you sometimes feel like your problems are so overwhelming that you can barely keep your head above water? In the Bible, God tells you to cast “all your care upon him,” knowing he cares for you. (1 Peter 5:7) […]
Today’s message was written by my friend, Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. In John 1:5 we read, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not over it.” Friend of Dial Hope, many of you are groping in darkness right now. Separation and divorce come, but they always seem to happen […]
Today’s message was written by Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. A young woman stood before Beethoven’s piano in a Vienna museum. Presently she struck a few discordant notes. “I suppose,” she said to an attendant, “that many noted musicians have inspected this instrument.” “Oh, yes,” replied the man. “Recently Paderewski was here.” “Paderewski!” […]
Today’s message was written by Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. It is an old story, but it is true, and it is good. The famous British author John Ruskin one night in his later years sat watching a lamplighter who, with a torch in his hand, was lighting the lamps on a distant […]
Today’s message was written by Rev. Roger Kunkel, founder of Dial Hope. The pain of this world is an opportunity for us to be an instrument of God’s redemptive healing. Or said another way, we have the opportunity to be an ambassador for Christ amid someone else’s pain. Dr. James Stewart, the brilliant professor of […]
