Hope & Faith

How do you find joy?

How I got started

A bird was singing outside my room in Chiang Mai in Thailand.

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Do you consider yourself…normal?

Most of us laugh when we think about it. I mean – what is normal?

We’ve all got a mental picture.
But it’s usually someone else’s life or family – the one’s who seem to have it altogether.

But why squeeze your picture into their frame? Listen, it won’t fit. Because God has special plans just for you.

But, you’ve got to honestly search…
Ask.
Seek.
And knock.

It will be open to you.

Listen, “normal” is a fickle thing.
But God…is, was, and always will be.

You’re not normal. You’re special.
And I can picture you…Turning It Around.



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It was such a beautiful day…

I picture her in faded blue jeans and an old red T-shirt – sleeves rolled up – tending the garden she and her husband planted. And after 20 plus years of marriage, their fire still burns. Love runs deep.

I see her in quiet meditation at dawn by the fish pond. Then the bustle and craziness of home schooling 5 kids – and loving every minute of it.

There’s a church missions meeting to plan, a call to an old friend feeling down, dance recital costumes to sew… And it was such a beautiful day.
Much too nice to be laying her to rest.

The wise King Solomon said time and circumstance happen to us all. He tried to explain it, but couldn’t. No one can.

Hold on to hope. And set your hope on Heaven. That’s God’s plan to Turn It Around.


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The parable of the prodigal son helps Jesse Rice experience God’s love in both his heart and his head.

After living a “good Christian life” for a number of years, Kathy Escobar realized that she no longer wanted to aim for comfort, rather a “downwardly mobile life”.

A quarrel over a barking dog changed drastically after Mark Thomson learned that his neighbor had cancer.

Tom and Angela Wheaton’s neighborhood came together after they let their kids start playing in the front yard.

Ken and Janis Baney count the costs of being good neighbors.

After throwing a block party, Jane Mangone realized that she didn’t know her neighbors as well as she thought she did.

A group of roommates decide to get more involved in their community after encountering the effects of violence first hand.

Casey Corum thinks God is not impressed by our “shows”, but that shouldn’t stop us from worshiping with excellence.

Inspired to change up the rhythms of his consumption, Cody Birkey set out on an experiment: he would live on $5 a day for forty days.

Mark Scandrette thinks we ignore some of the most sensational teachings of Jesus because they seem impossible. What could we learn by actually trying to do the things Jesus did and taught?

Interview on "Heart to Heart" talking about my book, why i wrote it and how good Daddy God is!

If your family and friends do not make the resurrection it will not be God's fault or mine. We do everything we can to help. When the moment comes planes and cars will not crash. A warning shot has been fired pay attention.

The author Arthur Cola when he was a child had as a hero a dead Renaissance artist. Michelangelo, the genius who created the Creation painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, sculpted the inspiring Pieta of St. Peters in Rome and Moses as well, would inspire him to write a novel blending faith, history,legend and adventure into a tale which is thrilling and inspiring.

Portions of a message preached by Rev. Dr. Juan P. Barrientez II, Senior Pastor of Shield of Faith Baptist Church in Oklahoma City.

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Where is Christ in the midst of our suffering? Why doesn't God heal us when we ask? Is God really good? These are questions that I have wrestled with as a Christian walking with cerebral palsy. This interview was conducted October 2010 at Church of the
Open Door, Maple Grove, MN. Associate Senior Pastor Steve Wiens had me (Jenny Hill) share about my walk with the Lord and with CP. The central premise of the sermon is that character is primarily formed in us through suffering. You can read more on my blog
at: https://jwalkinguphill.blogspot.com/