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  • Bring More Hope. Find More Hope.

    Bring More Hope. Find More Hope.

    Good morning from Westminster, MD! As I prepared for the launch of my new book, Hope Realized, I brainstormed a small phrase I could put on bookmarks we planned to give away at the book launch party. The goal was to come up with something short yet meaningful and encouraging. The phrase I landed on Read more

  • Article in the NicaWorks! Newsletter: A Message from James Belt, the author of “Hope Realized” about the motivation behind his new book

    Good afternoon from Westminster, MD! I had the opportunity to write a guest newsletter article for NicaWorks!, the organization I worked with while living in Nicaragua and continue to work with today. In the article, I share how I started working with NicaWorks! and how that led to writing Hope Realized, my book that releases Read more

  • The NicaBike Shop Story: From a Seed to a Tree of All-In Hope

    The NicaBike Shop Story: From a Seed to a Tree of All-In Hope

    Good morning from Westminster, MD! The NicaBike Shop is today one of, if not, the largest retailer of preowned bicycles in Nicaragua. However, it did not start out that way. Like a tree, the NicaBike Shop started as a seed, sprouted through the ground into a seedling, and, in time, became a tree of all-in Read more

  • Mining Your Story to Understand All-In Hope

    Mining Your Story to Understand All-In Hope

    Good morning from Westminster, MD! Sometimes mining your own story is the best way to truly understand something. I have found this to be the case with all-in hope. Earlier this year, I wrote an article about how understanding my own story gave me more hope for others (click here to check it out). This Read more

  • Sweet Corn Cobs of Hope

    Sweet Corn Cobs of Hope

    Good morning from Westminster, MD! Growing up in central Maryland sweet corn has always been a part of my life. There is almost nothing better than a piece of corn on the cob with just the right amount of butter and salt on a hot summer day, unless of course you add some steamed crabs Read more

  • Bringing Hope to Appalachia

    Bringing Hope to Appalachia

    Good morning from Westminster, MD! Often when we think of poverty and hopelessness, our minds go to developing nations such as Nicaragua or to communities in cities such as Baltimore and Detroit. However, that is only part of the story. Once a thriving region in the United States due to its abundance of coal and Read more