Pastor's Corner

Dear Hope Family, A recent conversation with a friend started innocently enough. We followed the course of usual pleasantries and standard small-talk. Our “catching up” turned decidedly more [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: October 22nd, 2021

Dear Hope Family, Stress, conflict, uncertainty, and entitlement have a nasty habit of reducing our circle of concern to our immediate needs, our lingering wants, our overfull schedules, and our [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: October 15th, 2021

Dear Hope Family, I have enjoyed a wealth of conversations and meetings with Hope members and people in our orbit this week. Without fail, I enjoy, learn from, and savor those precious times of [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: October 10th, 2021

Dear Hope Family, Several weeks ago we formally welcomed Sydney and Luke, our Winston-Salem Fellows, to Hope Church for a year’s worth of partnership in learning and ministry. I am thankful that my [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: October 1st, 2021

Dear Hope Family, A steady diet of social media, news headlines, articles, and streaming shows can quickly numb the mind and stifle the soul. The pandemic’s flow of such offerings seems endless. [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: September 24th, 2021

Dearest Hope Family, Over my nearly 20 years of ordained ministry, a common refrain of lament and a sincere plea for help occasionally come through my inbox or the elders and I hear about after the [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: September 17th, 2021

Dearest Hope Family, My family and I extend our deepest, warmest, and most heartfelt thanks for your gift of sabbatical rest for us this summer. We are still savoring the sweetness of our time away [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: September 10th, 2021

Dear Hope Church, As we come to Labor Day weekend and many of us enjoy a day off from work before Fall, I’m sure it’s hard to remember what true rest looks like. Some of us associate “rest” with [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: September 3rd, 2021

Dear Hope Church Family, You may have heard by now that one of our longtime members, Lauren Kossler, died this past Wednesday. We are putting together arrangements for a service and will inform the [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: August 20th, 2021

Dear Hope Church, As our leadership looked at Psalm 42 together this week, we were struck by David's approach to dealing with his grief. In one sentence, he calls the Lord his rock, and in the very [read more] about Pastor’s Corner: August 6th, 2021