If a homeless person showed up on your church property, how do you think you would respond? Mike Yankoski found out. Mike spent six-months as a homeless person and wrote the book Under the Overpass to share his experience. He met with us at HOPE a few weeks ago and one story in particular stood...
Vampires, Valkyries, and the Mission of HOPE
This week teenagers (and perhaps my wife) will flock to see the opening of the vampire-romance film, “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn,” once again unleashing vampire mania around the country. While vampires have caught the public’s imagination, they aren’t the only fascinating creatures in mythology. In high school, I took a course on European...
The NINES: Watch From the Comfort of Your Home
Normally, if you went to a conference with the likes of Mark Driscoll (pastor of Mars Hill Church, Seattle), Rick McKinley (pastor of Imago Dei Community, Portland) , and Margaret Feinberg (author of Transparent Faith), you’d have to pay a hefty fee (and travel a long way). But at The NINES conference on Tuesday,...