Foundations of Love and Hope .com  

 Healing Broken Lives with Faith, Courage, and Inspiration

Harrison Kelly, Editor

...walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called.... (Ephesians 4:1 NASB)

Foundations of Love and Hope is dedicated to this verse.  Five years ago, I was working on a similar project.  I had a good start, a major literacy agency interested, and was feeling great.  Suddenly, doors began to be shut in my face and I almost loss my ability to walk.  I was hit with a major attack in what turned out to be Multiple Sclerosis. 

I have spent the last five years obsessed about the first part of the verse, but neglected the heart of this passage. Now, though I fight each day to walk, I consider myself blessed that I can walk at all.  After a sermon from my beloved pastor, I began to realize I need to concentrate on my calling rather  than what challenges I may face.  God started opening doors and nudging me to reopen the pursuit of this labor of love.  Thus, this website ...

   As for my qualifications, I have been uniquely blessed. My work in the literary world has been read worldwide over the past ten years. Over twenty-one million copies of my short stories have been published in ten languages around the world.  Among my blessings:

v  Seven stories in the popular Chicken Soup for the Soul series including two #1 New York Times Bestsellers:  The 2^nd Chicken Soup for the Women’s Soul and The 1st Chicken Soup for the Golfer’s Soul.  My seven story total is the most by any author in the entire Chicken Soup collection.

v   Stories in two of the Christian short story collections, Stories for the Heart by Alice Gray.  “The Friendship Tree” appeared in Stories for a Man’s Heart and Stories for a Teen’s Heart. Alice remains a mentor and I consider her a dear friend.  

v  “The Friendship Tree” was also reprinted in a 2008 edition in the widely-popular Reader’s Digest. Also, the state of California declared it an American Classic and placed it on their No Child Left Behind graduation test.

v  Over thirty stories have appeared in Christian magazines such as HomeLife, Standard, Whispers from Heaven, The Plain Truth, and Purpose.

v  “The Not-So-White Christmas Gift” was reprinted in one of Canada’s largest Christian newspapers, The Living Light News and has been considered for adaptation to television.

            Not just a creative writer, I have written SEO website content for a number of Internet companies.  Recognized nationally as an expert on business writing techniques, I have conducted seminars throughout the country.  As a ghost writer, I have written two popular books on the history of Christian Hymns and a chapbook collection of poems. In 1982-1985, I co-authored a series of high school debate research books entitled Extensions released by Podium Research Associates nationwide.  As a public speaker in high school and college, I won three state championships and one national debate title at the University of Notre Dame in 1976. In 2000, I was one of twelve writers that wrote column entries for The Boy's Bible, published by Zondervan.

Besides the first four books, I one day plan on a book on Multiple Sclerosis in which I will share my daily struggles along with my hope for tomorrow.

Associate Editors

Helping on Foundations of Love and Hope, we have a crack staff of assistants that serve special tasks. Brad is an award-winning film director and a sophomore Journalism major.  He served on his college newspaper at Austin Peay State University last year, having his first article published on the front page.  Recently, he was on a missionary team to Tanzania, Africa.  His job with us is to serve as the voice to those that feel they have no voice. 

Kristina is a very important voice with us, serving as the liason on behalf of youth.  She edits the stories from children and teenagers and works to see that their stories are heard. Her passion is creative writing and will enter college as an English major. Her job with us is to help other young writers to express their stories.  Who would be a better editor for youth than a young person themselves?

 But, I am saving the best for last.  Nothing in my life would mean anything without my chief proofreader, Lucretia.  God blessed me with a wonderful partner in life for the over twenty-five years.  How was I to know that one day God would call me to be a writer and editor?  And how was I to know that she was the world's best proofreader?  I have had editors remark to me how clean and error-free my writing would come to them.  It's the same as all things in my life.  It's all because of you, Lucretia!