Storms of Life : A Devotional from C.H. Dyer
*Bright Hope President C.H. Dyer reflects on current events and themes from Genesis to bring us today’s encouraging devotional. Over the past two weeks Hurricane Dorian has ravaged the Bahamas…
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URGENT: Devastating Fire in Kenyan School
Have you ever been to a slum? Probably not! If you were to walk down the streets of the Kariobangi slum in northeastern Nairobi, Kenya, you would see closely…
The World Series of Hope
I want you to think of someone living in absolute poverty. If you can, though, think of a young man and woman, with a young son and daughter, living in…
Fathering Rich Kids
I have very wealthy kids. Let me clarify: they each have a room with a bed, heat in the winter, air conditioning in the summer, enough food to eat to…
You Can Help Save a Life
Nearly 200,000 people are in urgent need of food in Turkana County, a region in northern Kenya where Bright Hope works. The people are suffering from a devastating drought. One…
Why Do We Always Capitalize the “H” in Hope?
Have you ever noticed that in our blog posts and newsletter the “H” in the word Hope is capitalized? This isn’t a typo or grammatical error that has gone unnoticed.…
Fresh, Clean Water in Haiti
In Paulette, Haiti, they are struggling to find clean, fresh water. Here is one solution we are looking at to help our partner church, their elementary school and the community.
The simple, but deeply moving prayers of the extreme poor
One of a few defining moments in my life happened when I was 21. I was in the Philippines, in the mountain city of Baguio, and the mission team I…
Hope in Huruma Slum
Twenty-four-year-old Lillian had a difficult childhood. She grew up in the Huruma slums near Nairobi with her four siblings. They would walk to school each day by 6 am, being…
Free Prayer Guide: 7 Ways to Pray for the Extreme Poor
On a trip overseas last year, I stood in a home of a poor widow—a middle-aged woman who had lost hope because her husband had died, and she was left…