Lots of people wonder how the idea of Hope Magazine originally came to be. When I started it in its print form in 2005, I originally planned to design a newsletter for a group of 300 women. That was what felt comfortable for me – but I soon realized that wasn’t what God was telling me to do. He was… Read more…

The statistics about marriage are enough to put anyone off from walking down the aisle: According to some sources, nearly one-third of all marriages fail in the first five years and more than one-half end in divorce. Marriages often collapse because couples are not prepared to go the distance and withstand the inevitable conflict that comes as the years go… Read more…

Hope staff and readers pick their favorite and most meaningful books of the past year.

Meet Karen Acker Our January reader of the month.