Matt Hoppe
Posts by Matt Hoppe:
Crazy Scooter Guy – New Song
There I am risking my life on my shiny red scooter, guitar on my back, riding down Route 7 on my way home from work listening to my Jon Foreman Pandora station, and this song comes on. It starts off really simple and really sappy, and for a moment I wish I could safely change […]
An Epic Reality
My four-year-old son Roman loves stories…specifically origin stories of superheroes and detailed accounts of Star Wars episodes. The push and pull of right and wrong, victory and defeat, hero and villain attract him and shape him as he grows into an understanding of his place in this world. He regularly thanks Jesus for creating bad guys so […]
Fall, Freedom, and Love
I am moved back and forth by both the simplicity and complexity of God’s love as I have let Peter Kreeft’s perspective from The God Who Loves You permeate my experiences in study, creation, and relationships. Here is a piece of Kreeft’s uncomfortable wisdom followed by one of Fiction Family’s songs that has helped me […]
Damaged
“I want to have my collection of masks, and I don’t even want to let anyone know what other masks I have.” A friend in small group was being brutally honest about his proclivity towards hypocrisy. I admired his vulnerability because I have quite my array of masks that I am learning to recognize and […]