Category: Hope

Sweets and Sweet Advent

It seems irreverent to combine Advent and sweets into my blog title today, but hear me out! I’m going somewhere with this! I sat by a kind man last Sunday at church. He said “Happy Thanksgiving” to me; I said “Merry Christmas” to him. He patted his tummy and told me he had way too…

By Donna Wuerch Noble December 1, 2021 Off

Hope Springs Eternal

Yesterday, the co-leaders of what was to have been our 2020 Women’s ACTS 4-day Retreat in April, met to catch-up. Obviously, our retreat didn’t happen, but we’re counting on a coast-is-clear later this year. We’re all still together in heart and spirit. Yes, I was disappointed about the six months of preparing for the retreat…

By Donna Wuerch Noble June 23, 2020 Off

Let’s Be Hope Dealers

I looked up “hope dealer” and ran across a website that literally “deals in hope”. Behind the website is its founder, Kyle Michael Miller, who uplifts and encourages people with powerful faith-filled stories that embody hope, resilience, strength, and trust in God while journeying through life’s toughest challenges. He says: “The heartbeat of what I…

By Donna Wuerch Noble December 9, 2019 Off

Being a Messenger of Hope

Being a Messenger of HopeOn this first Sunday of Advent, we celebrate HOPE — the great expectation that something good is on its way — by lighting the first candle (the HOPE candle) on the Advent wreath. Advent means a coming or arrival, especially of something or someone extremely important. In biblical terms we speak…

By Donna Wuerch Noble December 1, 2019 Off

When We’ve Run Out of Hope…..

This is my second day in a row to blog about hope. Maybe it has to do with some of the assignments God has given me in the last few months to encourage others to hold onto hope. So many are sick. Sick and tired. Sick of hearing so much negativity and hate. Sick of…

By Donna Wuerch Noble June 18, 2019 Off