Hopelifter
My husband, Rich, lost his dad unexpectedly when he was eight. When father and son functions happened through the years, men from church and his friends’ dads always included him. Perhaps that’s why my husband has such a heart for Little League baseball and is known throughout our community as a caring coach.
When our next door neighbor and her husband divorced, Rich stepped in and invited her son to be a part of our son’s team.
He understood what it felt like to be a fatherless child.
He drove him to practices and games, and provided snacks and equipment as needed.
One day, Rich got the shocking news that his assistant coach had died suddenly. Rich’s first thought was about Chris’s eight-year-old son. “I wonder how Jacob is,” he said. Then he called Jacob’s mom. Ironically, she told him the first person Jacob asked her to call about his dad’s death was “Coach Rich.”
Sometimes we go through what we go through, to help others go through what we went through.
My husband, Rich, a fatherless child, reached out to spread hope to boys like him.
Get in the game of encouraging fatherless boys or girls. Become a big brother or big sister at a local organization. Invite a fatherless child to play sports or attend an activity with your children. Play catch or shoot baskets. One man I know escorts an extra girl to the annual Daddy/Daughter Dance at school because her dad lives in another state. The possibilities are endless!
*** Excerpt from Hopelifter: Creative Ways To Spread Hope When Life Hurts by Kathe Wunnenberg.
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How often do you see a friend in distress or crisis, but feel helpless to really make a difference? Hopelifter: Creative Ways to Spread Hope When Life Hurts takes the mystery out of how to be the hands and feet of Jesus to anyone in need of hope, comfort and care.
Kathe Wunnenberg, whose hope-lifting ministry has impacted the lives of thousands, demonstrates simple, practical ways that acts of creative compassion can transform lives.
Whether it’s encouraging a jobless friend, lifting the spirits of someone trapped in depression, leaving an anonymous gift for a grieving mother, hosting a starting-over shower for a divorced friend, or playing one small part in long-term support for a family in deep crisis, daily opportunities to make a difference in hurting lives are limitless for a Hopelifter.
This book includes
• 100 Recipes of Hope
• Discussion Guide for Groups and Book Clubs
The perfect book for anyone who want to spread hope in your friendships, workplace, neighborhoods, and homes, and ideal for those in caring roles in churches and ministries.
When our next door neighbor and her husband divorced, Rich stepped in and invited her son to be a part of our son’s team.
He understood what it felt like to be a fatherless child.
He drove him to practices and games, and provided snacks and equipment as needed.
One day, Rich got the shocking news that his assistant coach had died suddenly. Rich’s first thought was about Chris’s eight-year-old son. “I wonder how Jacob is,” he said. Then he called Jacob’s mom. Ironically, she told him the first person Jacob asked her to call about his dad’s death was “Coach Rich.”
Sometimes we go through what we go through, to help others go through what we went through.
My husband, Rich, a fatherless child, reached out to spread hope to boys like him.
Get in the game of encouraging fatherless boys or girls. Become a big brother or big sister at a local organization. Invite a fatherless child to play sports or attend an activity with your children. Play catch or shoot baskets. One man I know escorts an extra girl to the annual Daddy/Daughter Dance at school because her dad lives in another state. The possibilities are endless!
*** Excerpt from Hopelifter: Creative Ways To Spread Hope When Life Hurts by Kathe Wunnenberg.
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How often do you see a friend in distress or crisis, but feel helpless to really make a difference? Hopelifter: Creative Ways to Spread Hope When Life Hurts takes the mystery out of how to be the hands and feet of Jesus to anyone in need of hope, comfort and care.
Kathe Wunnenberg, whose hope-lifting ministry has impacted the lives of thousands, demonstrates simple, practical ways that acts of creative compassion can transform lives.
Whether it’s encouraging a jobless friend, lifting the spirits of someone trapped in depression, leaving an anonymous gift for a grieving mother, hosting a starting-over shower for a divorced friend, or playing one small part in long-term support for a family in deep crisis, daily opportunities to make a difference in hurting lives are limitless for a Hopelifter.
This book includes
• 100 Recipes of Hope
• Discussion Guide for Groups and Book Clubs
The perfect book for anyone who want to spread hope in your friendships, workplace, neighborhoods, and homes, and ideal for those in caring roles in churches and ministries.
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