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…
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…
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…
(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…
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…
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…