Working at Bright Hope, I hear a lot of stories about poverty. Truthfully and tragically, my cushy life in middle-class suburbia prevents me from really being able to relate to those living in extreme need. I’ve never been so hungry…
Do you want to go to Uganda? I had just started my third month at Bright Hope as Operations Manager when I was asked that question. And there was no question in my mind that I wanted to go. The trip…
“For to us a child is born to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6 From all…
If you don’t know what to give for Christmas this year, Bright Hope has a gift you can give to the person who has everything. This is the perfect gift for those who have all they need because it is…
I have always been a lover of the outdoors and of my neighborhood but, because of my busy schedule, I have only been able to get to know a few people around my community. On Sundays, my family usually takes…
You saw the above picture in your email or in a social media post, and we asked if you knew what it was. What you were seeing was a part of this photo: The Turkana women wear these vibrant beads…
*Guest blog post reprinted with permission from the The Chalmers Center At this point, 2020 has become a cliché—a year of collective trauma and upheaval likely to be remembered by many of us as one of the hardest years of…
Being a mom that has just sent her first child to college, I know what it feels like to want to make sure she is prepared. We took evaluation of this 2 years before making a “to-do” list of talks,…
Sometimes it’s hard to feel thankful. When you lose your job, your health, or a loved one to an incurable disease, grief can feel suffocating. Just like a fire that dies without oxygen, gratitude often gets extinguished when pain and…
The times in which we are currently living are creating more lonely people. COVID-19, the fear of catching COVID, civil unrest, election uncertainty, churches and restaurants limiting seating, and other gathering spaces altogether closed; these have created spaces in our…