Hope Hilton 2/9/26 Hope Hilton 2/9/26

Wait a Minute. Bad Bunny Is Doing Ancient Prophet Stuff.

This past Sunday,

A former altar boy and church choir kid from Vega Baja, Puerto Rico

walked onto the biggest stage in American entertainment

and turned it into a sugar cane field.

Then he walked through that field past old men playing dominoes,

past a piragua cart with flags from across the Americas on every syrup bottle,

past kids sleeping on chairs at a party

because that's what kids do at Caribbean gatherings when the adults won't stop dancing.

He wore a jersey with OCASIO on the back and the number 64.

His mother's birth year and her family name.

He performed entirely in Spanish.

Hope Hilton 2/6/26 Hope Hilton 2/6/26

Don't Stop Believin': How Jonathan Cain Became Public Theologian Number One (Journey Series)

This is the first of a four-part Public Theology series, concluding in

“Jonathan Cain, America's Great Theologian. The Journey to the White House”

There's a lawn at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington where I first learned prayer.

I was about eight. Journey with Foreigner. Steve Augeri was singing, Jonathan Cain was on keys, Neal Schon was doing what Neal Schon always does. The adults said we were in the nosebleeds, but we were on the lawn, which was better. The lawn is big and fun. You can move. You can breathe. Nobody's blocking your view of the sky.

Hope Hilton 2/4/26 Hope Hilton 2/4/26

How Pageants Can Teach Compassion

Pageants can be such a rich opportunity to share in our most precious stories. But ever notice how they can be so… boring?

But believe me, the story isn’t boring, it’s just when the script becomes too familiar.

So what’s the solution?

Change the script?

Yes.

Change the script.

By in my opinion, if you must change Christian tradition, always start from Scripture and always lead with doing no harm.

Let’s look closer…

Hope Hilton 2/3/26 Hope Hilton 2/3/26

We Sing Christmas Carols for a Month, and Wonder Why Advent Feels Hollow. Here's a Different Way.

I’m putting on my Music Director hat for this one.

One big problem with Christmas music,

is that we sing it all throughout Advent (the weeks leading up to Christmas), so by the time Christmas actually comes around, we’re all kinda tired of it.

Go ahead! Name an Advent hymn other than “The Advent Hymn” and “Lo How A Rose.”

If you named anything at all, please contact me so I can learn from you.

Anyways,

Problem: Christmas feels boring

Solution: five new Advent Hymns

Outcome: Christmas Eve Worship feels better.

So here are the hymns, but let’s start from the beginning

Hope Hilton 1/21/26 Hope Hilton 1/21/26

Confirmation Part 10/10: Five Hymns for Confirmation

Amazing Grace

It is Well With My Soul

Leaning On the Everlasting Arms

Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee

This Little Light of Mine