I’ll never forgot walking out of the movie theater after having seen Lone Survivor and truly not being able to express what I witnessed. The mix of emotions left me completely speechless, or that anything I would say would simply be pointless. I felt courage, passion, joy, fire, depression, ...
How to Pray for Sex Trafficking At Hope Church, we are constantly looking for opportunities to advance God’s kingdom and invade darkness in our world and city. Hope Church’s local mission focus is sex trafficking and we desperately want to see this evil ended in Houston, America, and ...
The more I think about it, the more amazed I am we already have a long-term team of missionaries going to Africa. We have only been together as a formal church for a little over a year and God is already calling some of us to the ends of the earth for His glory! I’m also so blessed to say I ...
One of our favorite passages to quote and to celebrate at Hope Church is the Apostles' prayer in Acts 4:29-30, which Peter referenced in his blog post last week: "And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness, while you stretch ...
We live in a results oriented culture and society. We live in a place where often times the worth of an individual is defined by what he or she has. We are also excellent at playing the comparison game. It is so easy to look at what another person has and feel the weight of the world pressing on ...
It was 8 am last Saturday morning, and the crowd was gathering. It was moving day at the Swann home and our Hope family was coming out. Shortly there were men and women everywhere, moving and cleaning and blessing us in every way. By noon the work was done, with the world’s greatest moving ...
I love the Olympics. I’m crazy about them, actually. Shauna joins me in that craze, and every four years, we clamor around the TV and soak up every minute we can. Our lives are almost divided into four year segments. There were the 2000 Olympics, also known as the San Francisco students, ...
It’s 8:30 pm on Saturday night and my heart and body aren’t in the same place. The former is at home in Houston, hanging out with my family watching the Olympics. The latter is at DFW, enduring a grueling flight delay. To sweeten the deal, I grab a fruit parfait (don’t judge me) ...
It is a simple question, but a profound one. To answer it requires courage, for the question defines us. Our lives, our legacies, are known by the answer to this question. And the glory of God hinges on what we do with it. It is a simple question, but a profound one: How does my life ...
