Changes for 2021

While The Hope Tapes is not the most popular website on the Internet 😁, we do get visitors every month. Server space has been donated to us free of charge since we started, but hosting over 8 GB of video files for free is not longer an option. Rather than shutting down the website, we’ve … Read more…

LGBTQ vs. Homosexual

Terminology is important. When this tape series was originally created, homosexuals was a mostly acceptable word to identify the lesbian and gay communities. Bisexuals were mostly ignored (“when are they going to come out of the closet”). Transgendered were barely on the radar and queer was considered a derogatory term, like the N-word today. In … Read more…

The Video Tape Journey

In the beginning there were a bunch of VHS video tapes. In the late 1990’s, Rev. Samuel Kader was giving this lecture series on a regular basis at Community Gospel Church in Dayton, Ohio. They decided to record the series using the state-of-the-art technology of the day – video tape – and sent copies to … Read more…

The Unique Picture

For a eunique series, you need a unique picture. I took this picture many years ago at the Sundial Bridge in Redding, California. Sundial Bridge is a unique bridge created by Spanish architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava. It functions as both a bridge and a sundial. If you are ever in the Redding, California area, … Read more…

Eunique is spelled wrong!

One of the most common comments I hear is, “Hey, do you know that Eunique is spelled wrong!” Yes, it is. It’s eunique. The official title of the series is Eunique Perspectives of Hope: Homosexuality and The Bible. This is the way it was spelled in the original opening. I am not sure if the … Read more…