Our Journey to Hope
We all have the potential to have our hope challenged by life events, or we know someone whose hope is currently being challenged.
I invite you to explore this critical topic with us and please, share this with others. Our goal is to strengthen our own hope while helping others discover, sustain, or regain hope.
Remember, no one walks alone.
The opinions expressed by guests on this podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the host. Guests are encouraged to express their opinions and insights freely in the interest of providing understanding and encouragement to others.
For more information, please visit my website at: https://ourjourneytohope.com/
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 128
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Episode 108 - A Conversation With Ana Murby of Honest Christian Conversations
All of us face challenges to our hope. Sometimes these challenges come from directions we least suspect. Sometimes we might not even realize our hope is being challenged. We know we …
Episode 107 - A Conversation With Lisa Espinoza About Recovering After the Tragic Loss of a Child
Unfortunately, all of us face tragedy in life to some degree. My guest in this podcast experienced the heartbreaking loss of a son. Chandler was a young man full of life with a bright …
Episode 106 - A Conversation With Dennis Doughty of the Magnolia Messenger
There are many ways to help bring hope to others. Perhaps we have a close relationship and can encourage. Perhaps we know someone that can help when a person’s hope is challenged. Th…
Episode 105 - A Conversation With Kim Stilp - Maintaining Faith and Love for a Gay Child
Challenges to hope come in many different forms and from directions we might not expect. And sometimes those challenges to hope can become encouragements and enhancement to hope.
In th…
Episode 104 - A Conversation With Craig Dehut of Appian Media
Most of us are visual learners. When we read something, our imagination takes over to form an image. This helps us learn. Such is among the many benefits of Appian Media. This outst…
Episode 103 - A Conversation With Debbie McNinch About Transgender Children
There are so many questions, concerns, or just life issues that we face as parents. And just when we think we’re home free, looking to the great times, issues are behind us that we get…
Episode 102 - A Conversation With Drew Kizer - Hope Through Chronic Ilness
It is easy to feel our hope is challenged when we receive a devestating diagnosis of a chronic or deadly disease. Some even give up hope. But it doesn't have to be that way. We can f…
Episode 101 - A Conversation With Rene Whitt ~ Mother of a Down Syndrome Daughter
There are many different situations in life that some might consider a challenge to hope. And perhaps they are in some ways. But sometimes what others think of as a challenge to hope …
Episode 100 - A Conversation With Shara Goswick of Life Stories
Friends, this is my 100th podcast episode published. Thank you for listening. The support and encouragement from so many is deeply appreciated.
One of the joys I experience with my pod…
Episode 99 - God's Amazing Grace
Of all the gifts God gives us, and the one that is the most important, is God's grace. In this episode I talk about that gift and how we find eternal hope because of it and through it.
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Episode 98 - A Conversation With Julie Harris-Fain, Fellow Cancer Survivor and Volunteer
It is common to see volunteers serving at hospitals, clinics, cancer centers, and other such medical providers. These volunteers often share the commonality of having received themselv…
Episode 97 - The Three Crosses
Have you ever wondered why most images of Calvary show three crosses when truly only one cross is important? I thought about that recently and came to understand the symbolism of not o…
Episode 96 - A Conversation With Enhabit Hospice
When we hear that hospice has been called in to assist someone, we often think the person is at the end of their life, that there remains no more hope for living. This is not always tr…
Episode 95 - A Conversation With Dr. Steve Wages of the Cloverdale Center for Youth and Family
It is exciting to find someone living their passion in life. My guest on this episode is Dr. Steve Wages, Director of the Cloverdale Center for Youth and Family. You can hear the passio…
Episode 94 - A Conversation With Kyle Johnson on True and Lasting Hope
In this episode I have the honor of discussing true and lasting hope with Kyle Johnson, minister at the Lafayette Church of Christ in Ballwin, Missouri. We have a detailed discussion a…
Episode 93 - A Conversation With Eddie and Madolyn Lewis of the Student Christian Center, Moorhead, Mississippi
In today’s episode I have the joy of interviewing my dear friend Madolyn Lewis and my new friend Eddie. They are associated with the Christian Student Center in Moorhead, Mississippi. …
Episode 92 - A Conversation With Phil Rizzo About Truth, Justice, and Hope
Among the things I enjoy as a podcaster is meeting fascinating individuals and making friends. Such is the case in this podcast as I am chatting with someone who is also a fellow podca…
Episode 91 - Blessing of Hope ~ A Poem By Jan Richardson
In my continued searching for deeper understanding about hope I come across many excellent thoughts from a wide variety of sources. Recently I read a poem by Jan Richardson from the bo…
Episode 90 - Hope Revisited
Please forgive this as a rebroadcast of a previous episode from 2023. I felt it would be a good idea to reach back and revisit foundational information on the concept of hope. In this…
Episode 89 - Discovering God's Will
A question that often comes up is whether something is according to God's will. It is certainly a good idea to seek God's will in everything. However, sometimes we might feel that it …