A 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...
Read MoreBe Careful
Posted by KHoke on Nov 1, 2011 in blog | 0 comments
None of us is invincible. In fact, we’re warned, “If you think you are strong, you should be careful not to fall” (1 Corinthians 10:13, New Century Version). As leaders, we can tend to think of ourselves as above all that, as impervious to moral failure, can’t we? But there’s something about the power, the elevation inherent in human leadership that, if left unchecked, goes straight to...
Read MoreStop and Listen
You’ve been there. I know you have. Someone is sitting across from you, talking about whatever, when your cell phone makes its cute noise, alerting you that a new text has come through. Using all your willpower, you politely wait until the person across from you has finished speaking. Then you say, “Excuse me. I have to check this text,” and proceed to open the message. Right? That’s how...
Read MoreWelcome to Weird
Posted by KHoke on Sep 28, 2011 in blog | 0 comments
A light on a hill. In the world, but not of it. Salt of the earth. The concept is there in the Bible: distinction, difference, disparity . . . weird. When a person stands out from the rest in some way, when he/she refuses to do something the way everyone else does, we take notice. And let’s face it . . . anything different from me is “weird”. How weird are you? Pastor and author Craig...
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