by Miranda Valentini | Nov 6, 2025 | General
Holistic Hope When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?” John 5:6 | NIV Present Hope John 5:1-9 records a story of a man who had been sick for 38 years and cannot walk. He...
by Miranda Valentini | Oct 10, 2025 | General
Harvesting Hope: Women Today and Women in the Bible Empowered through World Hope programs, women in hard places are harvesting hope. They stand on the shoulders of women over the centuries, including women in the Bible, like Ruth, who in the midst of difficult...
by Miranda Valentini | Sep 4, 2025 | Acting in Faith, General, Resources
A Simple Yes For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’” 1 Kings 17:7-16 (NIV) Elijah and the Widow I was listening to a sermon on 1...
by Miranda Valentini | Jul 24, 2025 | General
United in Prayer Photo by Amaury Gutierrez on Unsplash “Moses’ arms soon became so tired he could no longer hold them up. So, Aaron and Hur found a stone for him to sit on. Then they stood on each side of Moses, holding up his hands. So his hands held steady until...
by Miranda Valentini | Jun 7, 2024 | Clean Water and Energy, Liberia
Unintended Consequences of Clean Water Sometimes our actions can have unintended consequences, and when we hear that, we might assume something negative. But in one community in Liberia there have been some surprisingly positive, unexpected benefits resulting from...
