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...
Disarming the Ugly American
Despite what Ann Coulter says, I am convinced that compassion is one of America’s greatest exports. I see evidence of it every summer, as droves of men and women—stirred by dreams of radical service and love—leave their sanitized, suburban lives behind and board planes bound for the ends of the earth. That desire is a...
The Boy with the Brown Eyes
Do you ever feel like there is just too much global need and become numb to it all? Ashley Dickens, a gifted writer and member of HOPE’s staff, brings us into the horror of a story in India, but leads us to hope. You don’t want to miss reading her words of challenge and...