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Proverbs 29 highlights the challenge of the church today, “Without a vision the people perish.” Or, as Rick Warren has said, “Without a vision people will go to another parish.” The primary role of church leaders is to discern God's preferred vision for the congregation. A basic assumption is that God's vision is always more expansive, bolder, wider, and deeper than ours.

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Here's a question to which the answer seems obvious: Who was the first staff member hired at Lutheran Church of Hope after it was launched in 1991? Some hints: He was very tall, mid-to-late 20s, had an infectious sense of humor, and was named Mike.

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Jesus says he is the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. At Hope, Alpha is a 10-week introduction to a spiritual journey with Jesus. Over 20 years, more than half of Hope members have experienced Alpha, and through Alpha, experienced the Holy Spirit.

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Jesus lays out a blueprint for his followers in Matthew 5: “Let your light shine before others, so they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.” Lutheran Church of Hope was called to shine that light in a very different way in the summer of 2012.

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Mainstream American music changed almost overnight in the mid-1950s. African American music, which had been ruthlessly suppressed by segregation, suddenly broke through the barriers. Rhythm and blues, doo wop, gospel, soul, and rock ‘n' roll all emanated from Black experiences and musicians. Even Elvis Presley, sometimes called “the King” of the new music, admitted he was singing “Black music.”

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