Tag: faith
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Untethered

We are moving. We’re leaving the home we’ve been in for 14 years. Fourteen years. That is literally the longest I’ve ever lived in the same place in my entire life. Growing up I moved a lot – I think four years was the longest I’d ever lived anywhere (that was from birth to age…
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What My Car Taught Me About Faith

When My Identity Got Wrapped Around a Steering Wheel I never expected a car to unravel me – but that’s exactly what happened. This weekend, I traded in my GLS – a car I’d owned for 6 years. It was the sensible thing to do. It was getting old and it had 165,000 miles on…
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Or Can They?

After I wrote my last blog about how maybe we’re putting too much hope in the government to carry out what Jesus actually asked us to do… I’ll be honest. I started second-guessing myself. Because the problems we face are massive. Poverty. Injustice. Hunger. Health care. Housing. Immigration. Education. You name it—there’s a crisis tied…
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“The Eyes of the World Are Upon You”

It’s been a minute! These last few months have been full of transitions and celebrations in the Hofer house. We’ve been busy launching our youngest son from high school into adulthood—an adventure that has taken up most of the time I usually use to reflect and write. There are a lot of ideas bouncing around…
