Finding Grace In The Wilderness
Finding Grace In The Wilderness. This is a Christian Women's Podcast. We will share stories about how God's Grace can be found during life's most difficult circumstances. Meet with me around the table as we chat about God's never-ending faithfulnesss. We will share truth and life, and discuss faith, fears, struggles, and ictories. Join us as we see to grow deeper in relationship with Jesus, the One who makes a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
-Sharon Hawkins
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 61
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
2 Episode 60: Jesus Loves Me With Levi and Hadley Hawkins
What a treat today! Levi and Hadley Hawkins (ages 4 and 2), Sharon’s grandchildren join the podcast today. Let your heart be touched by the faith of some little ones today. They sing a …
2 Episode 59 Journey of Life: Missed Turns, Obstacles, and the Pathway Home
This episode Sharon shares a funny story about a recent trip with her friend, Carole, to a women's conference. They met with some obstacles in their path to the conference and she shar…
2 58 Interview with Jamie Smith: The Healing Journey: Breaking the Generational Cycle of Addiction and Abuse
On today's episode, Sharon welcomes a wonderful young woman, Jamie Smith. Jamie shares her testimony of her rescue by God from addition and abuse. Jamie's story is a beautiful reflectio…
2 57 How Do You Stand Firm When You Are Shaken
Sometimes God allows things to be shaken in our lives or in the world to reveal what is truly eternal and lasting. Today the podcast explores standing firm even when we are shaken. One …
2 56 The Anchor Holds: Finding Peace In Every Storm
The unthinkable happens. The unbearable lands on our doorstep. We get the news or the call no one ever wants to receive. Tragedy hits with a blow that knocks, not only the breath out of…
2 55 Bradley Hawkins' Celebration of Life: Part 2: God Wants the Unwanted
This past Thursday was the 25th birthday of Bradley, Sharon and Scott's son. In remembering him, the podcast is sharing parts of his celebration of life. Last week was Bradley's story, …
54 Bradley Hawkins' Celebration of Life: Part 1: Bradley's Story
July 17 is the birthday of Sharon and Scott's son, Bradley, who passed away on November 10, 2021 from a skateboarding accident. On Friday, July 18, 2025, the family and Scott's band, Ne…
53 Interview with Linda Byce: Caregiving with Hope and Other Miracles
What a special time as Sharon interviews her friend, Linda Byce. Linda has been through so much. She cared for her husband after his massive heart attack that left his brain without oxy…
52 Grace for Your Mistakes: Forgiving Yourself
Today is the last episode of Season 1. What a great year! Thank you for all who have listened to the Finding Grace In The Wilderness Podcast for the last year. It has been a blessing to…
51 Connected to the Vine: Finding Strength, Rest, and Fruitfulness in Abiding
Sharon takes a look at John 15 about the vine and the branch. God is the Gardener. Jesus is the Vine. We are the Branches. Without our attachment to Christ, we can do nothing. This pass…
50 When You Feel Like Giving Up - Declare Your Faith Not Your Feelings
This episode is about perseverance. Sharon shares her heart about losing her pet who has helped comfort her and her husband after her son's death. Sometimes life does not seem fair, and…
49 Sharing the Gospel: Divine Appointments and Missed Opportunities
In today's episode, Sharon discusses telling other people about Jesus. It is every Christian's job--even when we are scared, even when we don't know what to say, even when we feel so un…
48 Interview with Rebecca Wilson: Faith, Forgiveness and Fighting Cancer
This episode Sharon interviews her friend, Rebecca Wilson. Rebecca is a co-leader of Grace In The Wilderness' Hope Rising: A GITW Support Group for Cancer Survivors and Caregivers. If y…
47 Remembering the Past and Moving Forward with Faith
Today we remember. This episode is recorded on Memorial Day. Sharon embraces the remembrances in our lives. Today we express gratitude for the men and women who gave their lives so that…
46 Interview with Ali Kent: Let Me Tell You About My Jesus Part 2: Impossible Illnesses, Mom's Accident, Double Mastectomies, and a New Baby
Sharon's interview with Ali Kent continues. You couldn't write Ali's story as fiction, it would be too unbelievable. But isn't that just the way that God writes? He wants to make sure t…
45 Interview with Ali Kent: Let Me Tell You About My Jesus Part 1: Loss of a Sibling, Recovery from a Severe Brain Injury
Sharon interviews Ali Kent, a young wife, mother, and daughter. She is an incredible young woman who has experienced unimaginable trials and indescribable grace as God has carried her t…
44 How To Eat An Elephant: Initiative, Perseverance, and Surrender
Today Sharon digs deep into the lessons of overcoming life's big things--projects, obstacles, challenges, and, yes, even, or especially, trials. Sometimes these "things" look so big tha…
43 Interview with Brandy Ross: Surviving the Loss of a Loved One to Suicide
Sharon interviews Brandy Ross, the leader of the new Grace In The Wilderness Support Group: Life Line: Shining Through the Shadows, a group for women who have been affected by suicide. …
42 Jesus' Death, Burial, and Resurrection: Bible Reading Luke 22 Through 24
For Easter, Sharon does a special Bible Reading from the story of Jesus. The reading begins with Judas' agreement to betray Jesus and continues all the way to His ascension to Heaven. W…
41 Find Your People and Grow Your Relationship With God: Fighting Loneliness and Isolation
Today Sharon discusses our relationships with God and with other people as children of God. Mark 12:30-31 says, Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and wit…