“Reading Eggs” Hatch Hope in Mathare Slum
“In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” Do you recognize one of the greatest opening lines from this popular book? Learning to read opens up doors into…
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Leslee Baron
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What Makes Your Blood Boil?
The Tale of My Missing Mail Over the past few months, I started noticing a trend with my mail delivery: an alarming number of greeting cards had disappeared. When the…
Why I’d Score a Zero
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…
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…
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…
The Christian’s Responsibility to the Poor
Meh. Ho-hum. Blah. With COVID-19 still making the rounds, this summer seems exceptionally under-whelming. With not much to look forward to, each new day feels pretty mundane. Needless to say,…
Before you tell me to “get lost”
With the possible exception of the Girl Scouts and their cookies, the general public doesn’t hold a very high regard for those trying to make a living by selling us…
When Hope for Today Makes Tomorrow Possible
Bright Hope’s mission is to bring Hope and help to those living on less than $2/day. We accomplish this through a holistic, Hope for Today, Tomorrow, and Eternity ministry model…
Hope for Eternity: Jesus Cares for the Poor
Evangelism and the Extreme Poor Seven hundred thirty-four million people around the world live in an amplified state of poverty, their unmet needs as vast as the stars in the…