The Local Church
There are some in our society that would like to resurrect Friedrich Nietzsche’s phrase of “God is dead.” Many would like to claim that the Church is simply a remnant of days gone by. I [...]
A Vehicle
Non-profits must fundraise to meet their budgets. HOPE is no different. We offer all of our services at no cost to our patients and provide roughly $550,000 worth of services every single year for men [...]
A Generation of Doers
“What can we do?” “How can I help?” “My voice will never be heard.” These are questions and statements I hear quite a bit while I am visiting with people in our community about the [...]
From Anger to Love
September 11, 2001 brought so much anger, disgust, and fear. None of us knew what the days before us would bring. The great America was no longer untouchable. We had become vulnerable and the enemy [...]
Follow Up
The work we do here at HOPE goes beyond the interaction in the room with our patients. Oftentimes, we follow up with our patients to check on them and to offer assistance. Our detractors like [...]
Thoughtful Conversations
I recently came across an article tweeted out by Planned Parenthood’s Political Action Committee. This PAC didn’t see the irony, or maybe they did, in lifting this quote: “Playing politics with abortion is playing with [...]
Pray With Us
The cause of life and abortion will be the defining issue of my generation…the millennial generation. In the past year we have seen a number of videos detailing the devastating truth of abortion. This devastating [...]
Wanted
The term, “wanted,” is often associated with the FBI’s most wanted list or an old western photography studio in Pigeon Forge. This term, though, means much more than that. When we see our society through [...]
Our Legacy for Life
I recently finished a book that many recommended to me once I started serving at HOPE. This book, Whatever Happened to the Human Race?, was written in the 70s by Francis Schaeffer. Schaeffer’s work in [...]
