Sharing of Hope
This series of messages focuses on how one person’s hope can become the hopes of others or those of society in general.
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Peer-to-Peer Hope
Bill Wilson was born in Vermont in 1895. He and his sister were abandoned by their parents when they were young children. He struggled growing up but eventually became captain of his high school football team and principal violinist in the school’s orchestra. When his...
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The Flex Foot
Van Phillips was born in 1954 in Illinois. Growing up in a rural area with few friends living nearby, he spent much of his time in the woods. He loved to create things and his parents were supportive of his desire to explore and create. He went to Arizona State to...
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Dreaming About a Beautiful School
Sylvia Mendez was born in California in 1936. Her father was a Mexican immigrant to the U.S. and her mother came to the U.S. from Puerto Rico. The family was renting a farm in Westminster, CA from a Japanese family that had been relocated to an internment camp during...
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A Desk for Every Child
When Jubulani went to school each day, he tried to do his lessons sitting on the floor because no children in his school had a desk to sit at. He and his classmates weren’t alone. It has been estimated that 95 million children in Sub-Saharan Africa go to schools...
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Mary’s Meals
Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow was born in Aberdeen Scotland in 1968. He began his career as a fish farmer, but it was a scene in the conflict in the former Czechoslovakia that changed his life. He and his brother collected food and other relief supplies and joined a convoy...
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Hope on the Battlefield
World War I was one of the most brutal military encounters in the history of the world. While weapons had advanced, the military strategy hadn’t. Soldiers dug trenches where they would fire at the enemy. Often the trenches were so close that the opposing side could...
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Wistful Thinking
Norman Rockwell was born in 1894 and knew he wanted to be an artist. He never completed high school and opted instead to study at an art school. He received his first commission for his art at the age of 18. His last commissioned artwork was when he was 82. He died 2...
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A Declaration of Democratic Citizenship
It was a big day for Delores and Joe and their son, Steve who would be graduating from medical school. Rather than caps and gowns, the students wore white coats symbolic of their profession. At the end of the ceremony, the students joined hands and turned to the...
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One for One Hope
Blake Mycoskie was born in 1976 in Texas to a well-to-do family. His father was a doctor and his mother an author. He majored in philosophy and business at Southern Methodist University (SMU). That’s where he became interested in an entrepreneurial career. Blake...
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Hopeful Interventions
Those who worked with Jim sensed that something was wrong. He didn’t look well. And he didn’t have the same lively spirit that they were used to. Finally, Jim became so ill that he went to the emergency room. He had respiratory problems and signs of pneumonia. He...
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