Posted on Sep 14, 2018 in Hopes Happenings | Tags: Andrew Wahlstrom
Do you know the story of the Titanic? It was a huge ocean liner, a luxury cruise ship that was the toast of its time in 1912. It boasted an on-board gym, swimming pool, libraries, wireless telegraph (sorry, no WIFI), high-class restaurants and opulent cabins. Nothing like it had ever been launched before and it was the largest ship afloat at the time. It also happens to be something that has been studied in history as one of the worst maritime disasters
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Posted on Aug 26, 2018 in Hopes Happenings | Tags: Andrew Wahlstrom, Sunday's Messages
A number of years ago, I flew on several occasions with a co-worker in his private plane. He had a beautiful twin engine Cessna with a pressurized cabin. It was fun because I got to sit in the seat right next to him as he piloted the plane. There was one flight in particular that stands out in my memory. We were headed for Detroit and he filed a flight plan with the FAA since we were going to be flying instrument Flight Rules (IFR for you aviation buffs). Despite the fact that it was clear where we were flying out of, our destination was ‘socked in’ with a very low
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Posted on Aug 3, 2018 in Hopes Happenings | Tags: Andrew Wahlstrom
December 14, 2017 is the day that I said goodbye to the corporate rat race. I had been a sales rep with a medical device company for almost 15 years. When I started, things were good. We were a solid #2 player in our market. We had a good product line and some well received and innovative new products. But then, the company became stagnant. There was no research and development and no new products. No acquisition of new technologies. Meanwhile, all of our competitors were innovating like crazy and they passed us by like we were standing still.
During this time, there were several changes in upper management and no matter who was running the company at any given time, they all said the same thing, “We want to
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Posted on Jul 8, 2018 in Hopes Happenings | Tags: Andrew Wahlstrom, Sunday's Messages
~ We welcome back Andrew Wahlstrom to bring us our Sunday message.
Every year, when the weather turns nice, I think back to the days when I had a convertible. Years ago, I owned an MGB. It was a fun little car. I used to run around with the top down, drive it to the dunes or on a date. The car was in perfect shape. It was up on blocks every winter and never saw bad weather. There was only one flaw, the gas gauge didn’t work. But that wasn’t a problem, I had a system.
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Posted on Jun 3, 2018 in Hopes Happenings | Tags: Andrew Wahlstrom, Hope Church Lowell, Sunday's Messages
~ We welcome back Andrew Wahlstrom to bring us our Sunday message.
In the 1990’s, Chicago had the privilege of witnessing one of the greatest decades for any team in the history of sports. I wasn’t a true basketball fan before that but I admit to getting caught up in what was going on. The Chicago Bulls won 6 NBA
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Posted on May 17, 2018 in Hopes Happenings | Tags: Andrew Wahlstrom, Hope Church Lowell
~ We welcome back to the pulpit Andy Wahlstrom.
I like stories. I really enjoy a good story. Stories can be very entertaining. They can take us to a place that we’ve never been or transport us to another time period. We can learn about history or just Read more…