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  • Pastors Corner

    Pastor Richard Lee, New Hope Center|Updated Dec 23, 2020

    Is there still hope, peace, and joy in the middle of a global pandemic? So many have lost jobs, finances, and loved ones. Personal losses have mounted for so many, even in our neighborhoods. Political unrest, rebellion, pestilence, and poverty have gripped the entire world. Too many have grown despondent and have tragically taken their own lives. To so many of you who have been challenged in your health, have lost family members, employment, and even faced the closure of your church and faith communities, the answer is...

  • True Hope and Change

    Pastor Richard Lee, New Hope Center|Updated Jan 14, 2016

    The new year of 2016 is an election year. Political pundits speculate on the viability of one campaign over another. Politicians promise to either carry on the standards set by a previous administration, or promise to be entirely different. Campaign slogans abound promising to stay the course, or offering “hope and change” of one type or another. It is not strange to understand why politicians are not trusted in the general population. Unfortunately, in changing times where advancing secularism is now the domineering wor...

  • New Year’s Resolutions

    Pastor Richard Lee, New Hope Center|Updated Jan 8, 2015

    New Year, new challenges! Once again, we have a New Year where so many of us make resolutions. With just a few days into the New Year, have you broken any of your resolutions yet? Some popular traditional resolutions include the following: Lose weight, quit smoking, save money, get out of debt, or drink less alcohol. It seems that most resolutions involve dropping bad habits and vices, while hoping to start new and hopefully healthier habits that last forever. New wholesome habits can be adopted and integrated into our lives...

  • Moving out of our comfort zone

    Pastor Richard Lee, New Hope Center|Updated Jan 9, 2014

    It’s so cozy and comfortable sitting in front of a fireplace in a living room when you know the temperature outside is below freezing. Wintertime can be fun to view from the safety and comfort of a warm home just looking out the window. The snow and ice can be delightful to take in visually, as long as you do not spend too much time outside being exposed to the unsavory elements. You can put your health at risk if you easily catch a cold or the winter flu. The very thought of moving out of a comfortable and safe setting i...

  • New Year is a time for life changes

    Pastor Richard Lee, New Hope Center|Updated Jan 24, 2013

    With a New Year, there is awareness of change. Each year, we become increasingly aware of our own mortality as elderly parents, relatives and even famous celebrities pass away. New births give promise to new families. Should we necessarily forget the beliefs and benefits of past years just because a new year is now here? No. It is because of the sacrifices of past generations that have led to younger generations reaping the prosperity and freedom that all of us enjoy living in a free country. Remembering lessons and...

  • A Pastor's Perspective

    Pastor Richard Lee, New Hope Center|Updated Jan 5, 2012

    “It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22, 23. With each new year, there come the usual resolutions. A humorous cartoon depicts one character saying to another that New Year’s Resolutions are a “to do” list for only the first week of January. Instead of resolving to do better this year and diminishing undesirable habits, all of us may best be served with just acknowledging our natural imperfectio...