He Washed Their Feet
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,…
A heaping helping of thankfulness this Thanksgiving
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…
Lonely
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…
What Am I? (November 2020)
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 piece of this photo: It’s a DIY water filter! This photo…
Super Smash Bros, some YouTuber “merch,” and a Bright Hope Coin
My heart skips a beat when I look at my kids. Time is going by so fast, and they are growing up right before my eyes. I feel an urgency to hurry up and teach them everything they need to…
Lend Your Support
Undergirding the U.S. office Working in the operations department for Bright Hope, I spend a lot of time behind the scenes or under the scenes. “Undergirding the U.S. office” is a term that my team uses quite often to describe our efforts to provide a good foundation…
The Doubling Penny
There’s a clever lesson, often taught to children, that poses the following question: would you rather have a penny that doubles every day for thirty days, or a million dollars right now? Most kids will opt for the million now,…
The Secret to Happiness
(Disclaimer: this post is directed to families who have enough money to meet all or most of their basic needs, and some of their wants too.) I have two elementary-aged kids. As a mom, I want to give my son…
19 Babies Around the World—Too Cute!
Around the world, 275 babies are born every minute of every day… that’s a little more than 4 every second. Every baby is beautiful and precious, and we might be a little biased, but we think there are some especially…
What Am I? (October 2020)
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 piece of this photo: Did you guess right?! It’s a kitchen…
Winning Against Poverty: Sustainability Vs. Dependability
Reprinted with permission by Kevin Dyer.* Haiti is trapped in the very painful cycle of disasters, donations and dependency. Each year there is a disaster – a hurricane, a riot, a flood, a drought or an earthquake. Donations flow into Haiti as long as the disaster is fresh in the minds of people around the world. However,…
Reaping a Harvest of Sustainability
If you’ve been following Bright Hope this year, it’s no surprise how excited we are about the Natoot Farm in Kenya! (In fact, we are so tickled with their progress we feel kind of like proud grandparents. So much so,…