Less Than
Posted by KHoke on Feb 10, 2012 in blog | 0 comments
Who of us has never felt “less than”? Less than smart. Less than pretty. Less than capable. Less than successful. Less than loved. Fill in your own descriptor. We all have been there, haven’t we? How do you cope? Because it’s in these moments that we discover the source of our value, of our dependence. When you have a less than moment, to where (or to whom)...
Read MoreFeatured Guest — Taylor Pfaff
Posted by KHoke on Jan 25, 2012 in blog | 0 comments
Positive Surprises Growing up as a pastor’s kid, I viewed Bible stories as simple, boring, and irrelevant. As a child, I had heard the simplified stories: you know, the “happy” stories of David killing Goliath, Moses freeing the Israelites, and Noah’s ark. These were great – during my childhood. But of course, my teenage years challenged my thinking. I started to dislike and feel bored...
Read MoreFeatured Guest . . . Guillermo Arboleda
Posted by KHoke on Jan 11, 2012 in blog | 0 comments
It’s a couple of weeks into the New Year. If you’re like “most people” you made a bunch of resolutions leading into 2012, but you’re probably just hanging on by a thread by now. It’s getting harder by the day to stick with those goals you had. If you’re like me, though, you didn’t make any resolutions. You might have said, That’s just a silly tradition, or I’m already doing...
Read MoreA Twist on Resolutions
Posted by KHoke on Jan 5, 2012 in blog | 0 comments
2012. Happy new year! A time for reflecting back and looking ahead. A time for renewed hope and purpose. It’s the time of year when we all are uniquely focused on how to become a better, healthier, stronger, more disciplined (fill in the blank with any other admirable, comparative adjective) person. We call them resolutions. Do you have one for 2012? If you’re like me, you ride the wave and...
Read MoreMy Life as a Snow Globe
Posted by KHoke on Dec 1, 2011 in blog | 0 comments
My life is much like a snow globe, you know, those ubiquitous baubles that tend to emerge at this time of year. I have one on my shelf as I write. It’s cute enough just sitting there, but I didn’t buy it so that it would just sit on my shelf untouched. No, because it’s when I shake it that its intended purpose and beauty is revealed in the swirl of sparkly, glittering snowflakes that I see...
Read MoreFeatured Guest . . . Julie Hillard
Posted by KHoke on Nov 14, 2011 in blog | 0 comments
Hey, Everyone! My name is Julie Hillard, and I’m currently the youth director intern at Speedwell Heights Brethren in Christ Church. The past few months have been an exciting time for the youth group and its leaders. I started my internship at the end of August 2011 and will finish at the end of this year. Some new and exciting things we have started are bi-monthly GNOs (girls and guys...
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