5 Minutes of Hope

Sharing the HOPE and encouragement we have in God.

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Doug Dial, a native of Maine and longtime New Jersey resident, is an author known for his inspirational, easy-to-read poetry and heartfelt insights. With a background in theology, decades of teaching and speaking experience, and a deep love for Jesus and his wife of 40+ years, Doug writes with warmth, wisdom, and real-life relevance.

Category: Hope

  • Nick the Dad

    Nicholas G. Fornarotto was most truly an amazing family man. Just shy of reaching his 95th birthday, Nick Fornarotto achieved and accomplished numerous successes. But make no mistake: He did what he did because he was who he was. Of his many titles— I would like to give him the following handle: Nick the Dad.…

  • Ever Building

    He tears down He builds up He empties me He fills my cup Ever shaping Ever building His part: working My job: yielding Except the Lord build the house; they labor in vain. Psalm 127:1

  • Death to Life: the Jesus Way

    One will NEVER come to know and experience the “Jesus life” without first undergoing the “Jesus Death.” He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. Isaiah 53:3 Have this mindset:…

  • Our Burden Bearer

    Praise to our Burden Bearer Who’s with us along life’s road He daily bears our burden And carries our heavy load

  • Happy Birthday Babs

    I do not know of a more godly woman on the face of planet earth! Tisha Karen Emily Liquori Dial 👉 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • Jesus, Friend of Sinners

    The odor of sin Will get in your clothes Yet Christ loved the sinner Like nobody knows Don’t be in a hurry To look down your nose Jesus loved the sinner man Like nobody knows Some days we seem offended At the stench of their sins But oh, they need a Savior And that’s where…

  • The Song of Mary

    Listening to His Word While sitting at His feet Wiping them with her hair This was a fragrance sweet She anointed His precious body With her costly perfume And in the breaking of the bottle The aroma filled the room No doubt, this sinner loved her Lord She gave Him everything That even after all…

  • Breathing Through The Impossible

    Tisha and I first met Laurie in the early eighties. She was a student at Shore Christian Academy, a small church-operated day school and she faithfully attended the youth group we were leading at the same church. Well, she just published a book on her and her husband’s journey over the last several years. She,…

  • Does Jesus Care?

    Dear one— does He care? OH, does He EVER! Jesus cares Jesus cares for me. And therefore carries me. What am I to be? A vessel who carries Thee.

  • The Lord is my Shepherd

    The Good Shepherd Dear one, don’t you just wanna snuggle up in His arms ever closer and love on Him today? Let’s do that very thing. Jesus, we love You! God bless you real good, dear reader.