An open book, a white mug with a warm beverage, a potted plant with long green leaves, and a closed book on a light-colored marble table inside a living room with a beige couch and a textured brown rug.

Whether someone you love has been diagnosed, you’re building a Hope Basket, or you’re trying to find the right words, these simple guides will help you take one thoughtful next step.

Resource Library

A cover page for a guide titled 'How to Actually Help Someone With Cancer,' with sections on what to say, what to bring, and what NOT to do-ever. It features four photos of women with cancer or cancer survivors, and a green-gray banner at the top and bottom with the website 'hopelivesnow.co'.
The Hope Basket guide cover featuring a photo of a woven basket filled with toiletries on a neutral-colored table, with a quote about hope.
Web page titled "Hope Lives Now" with a subtitle "Just Diagnosed: The Questions You Didn't Know to Ask" and a photograph of a doctor holding a patient's hand during a consultation. The website address at the bottom is hope lives now dot co.

How to Actually Help Someone With Cancer

A guide to what to say, what to bring, and what NOT to do — for anyone who has just learned someone they love is facing cancer.

Get free guide

The Hope Basket Printable Guide

A complete printable guide to building a thoughtful care package — including a printable note card and a prayer for the giver.

Get Free prinatable guide

Just Diagnosed: The Questions You Didn’t Know to Ask

A practical guide for the first days of a cancer diagnosis.

Get free guide

Latest from the Journal

Notes in the Middle
When You’re Carrying Tomorrow Today
When You’re Carrying Tomorrow Today

It is easy to spend today carrying problems that have not happened yet. This reflection is a reminder that God gives us grace for the day we are actually living—and we can trust Him with what comes next.

Read more →
The Things Nobody Tells You About Life After Treatment
The Things Nobody Tells You About Life After Treatment

I thought treatment would cost me a year of my life, and then I would get my old life back. I did not know survivorship would become its own season.

Read more →
When Rest Makes You Feel Guilty
When Rest Makes You Feel Guilty

Rest has never come naturally to me. I am much better at pushing through. But I’m learning that slowing down is not failure, and sometimes receiving the rest God gives is one of the most faithful things we can do.

Read more →
What If God Isn’t Asking You to Be Brave Today?
What If God Isn’t Asking You to Be Brave Today?

Sometimes faith does not look brave. Sometimes it sounds like, “God, I’m scared. Please stay close.” You do not have to perform courage for God.

Read more →
Nobody Warns You About the Anger
Nobody Warns You About the Anger

Nobody warned me that cancer might make me angry. Not just scared or sad, but angry at what changed, what was lost, and how unfair it all felt.

Read more →