Best Carol Amp Kristen Podcasts (2025)

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Walking with Your Loved One Through Chronic Pain and Illness - A Conversation with Nate Brooks 56:18

3h ago56:18

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The title of Nate Brooks’ book, Disrupted Journey: Walking with Your Loved One Through Chronic Pain and Illness, describes the transparent conversation he had with hosts Sharon Betters and Heidi Nequist. Caregivers are one of the most forgotten communities. They often find themselves in this position quite suddenly and must navigate a whole new way…

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Hidden Wounds and Scars of Chronic Illness – Is there Hope? - A Conversation with Rosann Coulon 36:05

1d ago36:05

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Rosann has experienced disappointment, pain and loss – but her scars and wounds are not obvious – very much like many of you. Today Rosann lives with the kinds of chronic illness that many of you contend with – often alone in your struggles because they are not visible wounds or scars. In this conversation with Sharon Betters, Roseann offers encour…

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030: Here We Go Again… 35:27

2d ago35:27

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Sometimes the best-laid plans… fall flat. And when you’re raising a neurodivergent young adult, those pivots can feel like earthquakes. In this episode, Gwen and Kristen get honest about something big: Rylan is back home from college and the beautiful, carefully supported experience that seemed guaranteed… wasn’t. This isn’t a story of failure. It’…

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Retiring Well - A Conversation with Dr. John Dunlop 36:00

9d ago36:00

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Preparation for retirement requires more than just financial planning. For most people, and especially for Christians, it comes with a host of other considerations—when to retire, where to live, and how to spend one’s time. Many find themselves asking, "Is there a right way to retire?" And what about the cultural perspective, “I’ve worked hard all …

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Flourishing in Every Season of Life - A Conversation with Carol Arnold 26:32

15d ago26:32

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In the book co-authored by Susan Hunt and Sharon Betters, Aging with Grace: Flourishing in an Anti-Aging Culture, each chapter ends with a storyteller who is at least seventy years old. Each woman gives the readers a glimpse into what aging with grace looks like for her. One of those storytellers is Carol Arnold. Carol was eighty-three years old at…

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Living Life with Eternity in View - A Conversation with Lucy Malmberg 48:32

22d ago48:32

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Lucy Malmberg’s grand adventures in life began when her parents hid her in a blanket-covered box as waited in line to board a plane to America from Ukraine after World War II. Her parents passed on to her a legacy of not only love for America but a passionate love for Jesus. In this conversation with Sharon Betters, Lucy freely shares how her faith…

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The Afternoon of Life - A Conversation with Elyse Fitzpatrick 1:12:59

30d ago1:12:59

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Flourishing in an Anti-Aging Culture - A Conversation with Sharon Betters and Susan Hunt 59:31

1M ago59:31

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There are many blessings that come with age: retirement, grandchildren, travel, and life experience. Today’s culture, however, marginalizes old age, often portraying it as burdensome and hopeless. Many older women can feel like an encumbrance rather than a blessing to their friends and family members. In this conversation with Chuck L. Betters, whi…

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I Forgive You - A Conversation with Wendy Alsup 31:46

1M ago31:46

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Many people have experienced betrayal, someone violating your trust perhaps by lying, cheating, some kind of abuse, putting their own interests ahead of yours when they promised otherwise. Betrayal affects every part of our hearts, often in ways we don’t understand at first. Some hurts we carry with us to the day we die because they are so deep and…

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Best of: Suicide Prevention for the Neurodiverse Population with Anne Moss Rogers 1:07:11

2M ago1:07:11

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TW: This episode discusses suicide. Please listen with care. It's suicide prevention month and we know that our population of neurodiverse youth and adults are impacted greatly by suicide, by suicidal ideation, and mental health issues because of bullying and other social challenges. It’s a vital topic, and one that’s hard to discuss, but we really…

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Ministry Wives: Betrayal and Restoration - A Conversation with Karen Grant 31:50

2M ago31:50

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This conversation is for pastors and ministry wives and those who love them. While there are occupational hazards in all lines of work, ministry families experience conflicts that sometimes not only result in broken relationships but the loss of their beloved church family. In most jobs, wives are not expected to be unpaid laborers, stand by their …

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Desperate Woman Seeks Friends - A Conversation with Kristen Strong 50:45

2M ago50:45

50:45

From the time you’re little, your experience with friendships can make or break your day – whether it’s a five-year-old who is left out of the game on the playground, or a thirty-year-old who sees pictures on social media of her friend group having fun without her, or facing the most hurtful season of your life completely alone – friends or the lac…

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Helping Others Go Through What We Went Through - A Conversation with Kathe Wunnenberg 31:50

2M ago31:50

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1 in 8 couples have trouble getting pregnant. That's about 6.7 million people each year who have trouble conceiving. 10—15% of women who know they are pregnant will experience a miscarriage. Some studies say it’s higher. About 1 pregnancy in 100 at 20 weeks of pregnancy and later is affected by stillbirth, and each year about 24,000 babies are stil…

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Addiction That Started at the Age of 12 - A Conversation with Doug Clarke 53:44

2M ago53:44

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From age 12 through the age of 18, Doug began to experiment with any and all drugs, from ecstasy to crystal meth, that he could get his hands on. Over the course of the next few years, oxycodone became the dominant Idol that consumed him and eventually transitioned into a full-blown heroin addiction. Doug shares his journey into drug addiction incl…

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Teens and Porn - A Conversation with Cooper Pinson 35:02

3M ago35:02

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With the explosion of the technology age we are currently in, easily-accessed porn invades younger and younger hearts, often unbeknownst to parents. When encouraged to protect their children from tech invasions, many parents vehemently declare that their child is so innocent and so protected, they are not concerned for their welfare. Their relation…

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Loneliness and Depression: Discovering Hope - A Conversation with Danielle Slaughter 33:40

3M ago33:40

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Depression affects more than 15 million American adults – 6.7% of the population 18 or older. Twenty percent of teens experience depression before adulthood and 70% will have more than one episode of depression before adulthood. 8.3% of these teens suffer depression for at least a year. Women are twice as likely to suffer from depression. Untreated…

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The Prison of Chronic Dieting - A Conversation with Constance Rhodes 43:32

3M ago43:32

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Thin. Fat. Thin again. Dieting. Binging. Starvation diets. Grapefruit Diets. Low Carb. Thin. Fat. Thin again. Constance Rhodes understands the obsession with body image. In this conversation, she shares her own roller coaster struggle with weight. Young people and adults alike will find a friend in Constance as she transparently tells her story of …

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Help for Parenting Children with Disabilities - A Conversation with Stephanie Hubach 28:54

4M ago28:54

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Stephanie Hubach is no stranger to the challenges of raising a child with special needs as a researcher in disability ministry and the mother of a son with Down Syndrome. Stephanie has spoken to thousands of parents about the struggles and the blessings of children who might be seen by our culture as dispensable but in God’s world are indispensable…

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Autism Spectrum Disorder: Speaking Hope 1:07:33

4M ago1:07:33

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In this interview, two sets of parents speak honestly about how their children with an autistic spectrum disorder impacted their dreams, challenged their marriages, and created chaos in their homes. They also describe their special joys in parenting their children. If you are parenting a child with special needs, you will relate to their transparen…

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When Your Future Turns Upside Down - A Conversation with Bryan Stoudt 26:55

4M ago26:55

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Bryan and his wife Sharon say the diagnosis of severe autism for his son Matthew confronted them with the reality that the future they had planned would never come. In this transparent conversation Bryan touches on how he and his wife went into survival mode, how he initially thought he could “fix” his son, the spiritual struggles they experienced,…

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The Thorn of Autism - A Conversation with Lori Sealy 59:28

4M ago59:28

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Nearly aborted, graciously adopted, and later abandoned, Lori Sealy has traveled the road of atheism and lived a life of autism. Lori was diagnosed with Autism as an adult, and not long after that diagnosis, learned her son had autism as well. Lori is a classical pianist and songwriter whose music gives a transparent view into the intimate struggle…

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Finding Joy in the Hard Places with Autism - A Conversation with Paul and Jill Miller 51:57

5M ago51:57

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Paul and Jill Miller welcomed their sixth child, daughter Kim, into their home in 1982. It became apparent at a young age that Kim was behind in her developmental milestones. She was also nonverbal. Kim was diagnosed as having autism, a diagnosis that was just beginning to be recognized by doctors. Kim’s diagnosis not only created enormous stress o…

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Breaking the Chains of Pornography - A Conversation with Deepak Reju and Jonathan Holmes 40:43

5M ago40:43

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Pornography – do you know someone who is struggling with this particular sin? Unfortunately, it’s likely that you do, but you may not know how to help. In these two conversations, host Dr. Chuck Betters, along with Rebekah Hannah (Director of Anchored Virtual.co, an online biblical counseling service), talk with counselors Deepak Reju and Jonathan …

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Sexual Abuse: Hope Blooms After the Storm - One Woman's Story - A Conversation with Dr. Terry Eccles 1:13:37

5M ago1:13:37

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What happens when a four-year-old gets an unwanted education in the darker side of humanity and experiences sexual abuse at the hand of her father? In this powerful, sometimes difficult to hear interview, Dr. Terry Eccles takes the listener into the abyss of the sexual abuse she experienced beginning at the age of four. This interview gives hope to…

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Sexual Betrayal in Marriage - A Conversation with Ellen Dykas 42:04

5M ago42:04

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Some stats state that 50% of married couples in churches have experienced sexual betrayal in their marriage. When a wife learns about her husband’s sexual betrayal, in the blink of an eye, a bomb detonates and blows up her marriage. The very foundations on which she built her home shatter, and she can barely breathe, let alone find her way out from…

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Sexual Addiction: There Is Hope - A Conversation with Jonathan Daugherty 51:10

5M ago51:10

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"In August 1999 I sat by myself on my living room couch. Alone. Scared. I tried to piece together what 13 years of sexual addiction had just torn apart. My life was unraveling and I couldn’t harness my out of control behaviors. I remember thinking I might be better off dead than alive. As I sat there I had a lot to consider. I was a sex addict." (F…

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Ep 29: Adoption, Firefighting, and off to College. Breaking down our 7 month hiatus 32:21

6M ago32:21

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We didn’t mean to disappear for seven months… okay, maybe we did. But we’re back! Turns out, living through existential dread and trying to raise neurodivergent kids is a full-time gig (with no PTO). But we’ve surfaced—with stories, updates, and an entire dragon-themed Zoom backdrop Gwen can’t figure out how to remove. In this catch-up episode, Gwe…

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Schizophrenia: Broken Pieces and the God Who Mends Them - A Conversation with Simonetta Carr 29:32

6M ago29:32

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When a son, sister, or grandchild begins to behave in unexpected and disturbing ways, family members hope it is simply a phase. For some, it is instead a life-time illness – schizophrenia. The diagnosis of schizophrenia can bring shock, fear, and worry to everyone involved. But in the midst of the numerous challenges, hope doesn’t have to die. In t…

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Praying Through the Fog of Suffering - A Conversation with Bob Allums 42:39

6M ago42:39

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Pastor Bob Allums, husband and father, learned at thirty-two years of age that he faced the battle of his life against throat and mouth cancer. The possibility that the disease and treatment would destroy his ability to speak, to preach and teach was real. Before the diagnosis, Bob struggled with overwhelming depression, a darkness whose roots he c…

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Faith That Doesn't Quit - A Conversation with Andrea Herzer 46:15

6M ago46:15

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Andrea Herzer, a woman well acquainted with long term debilitating health issues, having spent the last twenty years with multiple illnesses, including regional pain syndrome and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, joins Sharon Betters for this Help & Hope podcast. Numerous times Andrea experienced moments of hope only to have it dashed by another diagnosis, a…

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See Me, Not My Disability - A Conversation with Tim Merkel 36:28

6M ago36:28

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How do you pursue your dreams when congenital muscular dystrophy threatens your independence? When you are born with muscular dystrophy, you face a life of muscles breaking down, and therefore being unable to keep up with growth spurts. During a normal growth spurt, Tim’s spine curved so rapidly, that without a full spinal fusion, he would die. At …

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Doing Life with Your Adult Children - A Conversation with Jim Burns 51:03

7M ago51:03

51:03

Almost 40% of young adults live with their parents or grandparents. This is the highest percentage in 70 years. The last time young adults did life in such proximity to their parents or grandparents was just before the Depression. Then it was out of financial need. Today it seems there is a whole different perspective on the part of the young adult…

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Healing After Abortion - A Conversation with Lovette Vassar 27:43

7M ago27:43

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When Lovette told her mother she was pregnant, her mother took her to an abortion clinic despite protests and tears. A few months later, Lovette was again pregnant, and though she cried, she followed the routine and returned to the abortion clinic. In this conversation with Sharon Betters, Lovette shares her story with hope that her journey to heal…

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Raising Sexually Healthy Kids - A Conversation with Dan and Heather Wilson 1:06:07

7M ago1:06:07

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It's tougher than ever to be both a kid and a parent today. The world's culture is continually pushing an anything goes sexuality on our children. What’s a parent to do in order to help their children navigate their sexuality, social media, the ever-present temptation of pornography, the continuous bombardment of our sexually explicit culture. In t…

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Motherhood, Shame and Guilt - A Conversation with Barbara Juliani 35:49

7M ago35:49

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Barbara Juliani and Jane Anne Wilson join Sharon Betters to talk about those feelings every mother experiences at one time or another. This conversation follows an interview with Barbara about prodigal children. Barbara and her father Jack Miller co-authored Come Back, Barbara, a raw and transparent story of Barbara’s rebellion against her parents …

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When Parents Feel Like Failures - A Conversation with Lauren Whitman 43:17

8M ago43:17

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If you’re a parent, it’s likely you have had more than one sleepless night reviewing the mistakes and perceived failures of that day. We resign ourselves to carry the emotions of fear, guilt, shame, and regret for the rest of our lives. But do we have to just let these emotions hang around and take over our thinking? The answer is no! Co-hosts Shar…

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Can You Just Sit with Me? - A Conversation with Natasha Smith 28:08

8M ago28:08

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Days, months, and years after the loss of her sister, Natasha Smith tried to hide the grief she carried. But the pandemic took away her ability to hide her sorrow and her five-year-old’s response to her unexpected tears gave her permission to grieve – not in a room by herself but with her daughter. In this conversation with Sharon Betters, Natasha …

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I Didn't Sign Up for This! When Peace Feels Impossible - A Conversation with Ann Swindell 39:13

8M ago39:13

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How are you feeling today? Stressed, overwhelmed, drowning in too much to do, anxiety, the rubble of broken relationships – just life? Are these feelings seasonal or do you struggle with persistent gnawing anxiety? Sometimes, something happens that feels like the straw that breaks the camel’s back and we cry out, “I didn’t sign up for this!” Ann Sw…

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Anxiety - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - A Conversation with Liz Edrington 37:08

8M ago37:08

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It doesn’t take much research to realize anxiety is a primary emotion experienced not just by teens but also by adults. Our guest, Liz Edrington, is no stranger to anxiety. As a teenager, she felt overwhelmed by anxiety. Now, she is a mental health counselor and wants to pass on what she’s learned. She has written a 31 day devotional for teenagers …

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And Then the Darkness Came - A Conversation with Edith Yoder 40:26

9M ago40:26

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“Edith, we urge you to learn Braille, train with a white cane, and learn to cook blindfolded...” These warnings from Doctors and a Rehab team along with major eye surgery and regular vision-loss monitoring by top specialists at Johns Hopkins University Hospital struck fear in Edith Yoder’s heart.. As a single Christian woman living alone in the mou…

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Anxious Teen? You Can Help! - A Conversation with Jessica Thompson 38:27

9M ago38:27

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According to the National Institutes of Health, nearly 1 in 3 of all adolescents ages 13 to 18 will experience an anxiety disorder. These numbers have been rising steadily; between 2007 and 2012, anxiety disorders in children and teens went up 20%. These stats, combined with the rate of hospital admissions for suicidal teenagers also doubling over …

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The House of Hope - A Conversation with Cori Salchert 46:52

9M ago46:52

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Cori Salchert, fosters and adopts “hospice babies” whose own families find it too hard to cope with their child’s terminal diagnosis. She is the mother of over fifteen children, some of whom died in her care. Cori traveled a very painful pathway before she arrived at her calling to caring for and loving terminally ill children so that they will not…

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Adoption and Children with Special Needs: A Hard Calling Filled with Joy - A Conversation with Jim and Karen Weaver 56:29

9M ago56:29

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Jim and Karen Weaver’s international adoption journey led them to welcoming not one, but two boys into their family, making them parents of four daughters and two sons. In this transparent interview, Jim and Karen share the highs and the lows of their journey, from how they began their adoption adventure, to the realization that life would never go…

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Helping Hurting Children - A Conversation with Darby Strickland 32:59

9M ago32:59

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Darby Strickland’s children’s books, Something Sad Happened and Something Scary Happened are designed to not only help children deal with trauma but also equip their parents. In this conversation with Sharon Betters and Heidi Nequist, Darby answers multiple questions about how to help a hurting child such as: A child suffers a deep loss or experien…

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Motherhood and Its Idols - A Conversation with Christina Fox 36:28

10M ago36:28

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“I end every day feeling defeated because I lost my temper with my kids, vowing tomorrow will be better, but it usually isn’t...I don’t want my kids to be 'less than' their friends. I also want them to stand out as college applicants. But I don’t think I can keep up with this schedule of activities. They are ages 5 & 9...Whenever my child fails at …

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Telling Your Story for the Sake of the Next Generation - A Conversation with Elizabeth Turnage 37:53

10M ago37:53

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Have you ever thought about what your family will remember about you when you are gone? Have you considered intentionally leaving a legacy of faith? In this conversation, co-hosts Sharon Betters and Heidi Nequist talk with Elizabeth Turnage, life and legacy coach, author, and speaker, about questions such as: What is a "spiritual legacy"? What type…

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Miscarriage - Deeply Traumatic, Tragically Common - A Conversation with Jessalyn Hutto 44:11

10M ago44:11

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The fear of miscarriage is one of the biggest fears of a pregnant woman. Jessalyn Hutto, author of Inheritance of Tears, When Death Enters the Womb knows not only this fear but the reality of miscarriage and the accompanying grief. In this conversation with Sharon Betters, Jessalyn brings hope to women who grieve the loss of their children through …

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Prayers for Your Baby or Child in a Medical Crisis - A Conversation with Eric Schumacker and Jessika Sanders 37:45

10M ago37:45

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As a baby is growing in the womb, we often hear the words, “I don’t care if it’s a boy or girl, as long as the baby is healthy.” Sadly, sometimes, frightened parents hear the words from their doctor, “I’m sorry, but your baby….” You fill in the blank. In this conversation with Jessika Sanders and Erik Schumacher, co-authors of In His Hands: Prayer …

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Relationships - Are They Worth It? - A Conversation with Ellen Dykas 39:46

11M ago39:46

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Relationships can be so hard and sometimes painful. Are they worth it? What are some of the pitfalls of relationships? How can our expectations of others sabotage our relationships? When someone we care about disappoints us, and they will, what questions should we be willing to ask ourselves to determine how to proceed? How can God use disappointme…

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Ever Growing, Ever Green - A Conversation with Ruth Auffarth 46:41

11M ago46:41

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Lucy Malmberg’s grand adventures in life began when her parents hid her in a blanket-covered box as waited in line to board a plane to America from Ukraine after World War II. Her parents passed on to her a legacy of not only love for America but a passionate love for Jesus. In this conversation with Sharon Betters, Lucy freely shares how her faith…

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