Posts from May 2010

What I Didn’t Say About Pentecost

Sam Hamstra | May 25, 2010

Not sure why, but this past Sunday I cut a page out of my sermon.  Perhaps I wanted to leave time for the testimonies which followed, even though all but one were NOT planned. Perhaps I was afraid to drive the point home, afraid to offend someone. Whatever the reason, I thought the blog would provide a venue to deliver that  which I failed to deliver this past Sunday. Here it is: Friends, Pentecost was the greatest … Read More …

“Roots” by Julianne Woodroof

Sam Hamstra | May 12, 2010

Trinity Christian College student, Julianne Woodroof, recently wrote a poem entitled "Roots." She read it during Living  Hope's May 16 gathering. You may listen to is by clicking here, and you may also read it:      she is beautiful branches dripping with glossy leaves boasting blooming flowers bowed low with the weight of her beauty   serene and still, glowing softly in morning springtime sun   no hint of the rot that lies beneath, creeping even … Read More …

Prayer Asthma

Dan Lugo | May 8, 2010

If praying is like breathing, I have prayer asthma. Sometimes I breathe just fine. I can stretch out my arms, open my mouth wide, and breathe in the goodness of the world. But sometimes, in certain seasons, I'm coughing, weezing, gasping. Can you relate? I've been gasping lately. In fact, several people I know have. Not only gasping for breath because of the unusually high pollen this season. But also for God's presence, because of the … Read More …