Busyness is a hallmark of our modern lives. It’s proudly paraded in our culture as though a busy life is equivalent to a meaningful one. If you listen carefully, you’ll hear the boast beneath people’s busyness. A calendar full of commitments is our adult version of a Girl Scout’s sash full of merit badges....
Increasingly, when I’ve been asked to share HOPE’s mission statement, it catches in my throat. Somehow, it has become harder and harder to choke out two small but incredibly significant words: “the poor.” Our mission statement is, “To invest in the dreams of the poor in the world’s underserved communities as we proclaim and...
By Jeff Rutt, Founder, HOPE International; Chair, HOPE International Board of Directors; Founder/CEO, Keystone Custom Homes I didn’t intend to found HOPE International. We were just church members looking to help a sister church in Ukraine. Year after year, we dropped shipments—of clothes, food, supplies. But we received a wake-up call. The pastor took...