Episodes
Show Notes:
My guest today is Mindy Nix. Mindy is a mom and a widow.
After the tragic loss of her husband six years ago, she didn’t know where to turn or what to do, so she leaned into Jesus, the great healer of all.
Connect with Mindy:
https://www.facebook.com/mindy.hedbergnix
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Angela is sought out as a worship leader and teacher. She travels nationally and internationally, leading worship and speaking in conferences, events, churches, camps, and training centers.
Her heart, passion, and “first love” relationship with Jesus are contagious, and her desire to run after Him in complete obedience shines through in every song and message. Her friendship with the Holy Spirit and longing for the manifest presence of God mark her life and ministry.
Angela and Michael were married for 15 years before separating and eventually signing divorce papers. Through fa...
My guest this week is Christian Radio DJ, Weez Stockton.
In 2013 Weez got really sick with pneumonia that almost took her out. and followed up with years of sickness. She literally went from using a cane, a walker, and continual heart meds - to no cane AND no pain! The Lord healed her! Not only did He heal her body, but He showed her the power of prayer!
Connect with Weez:
https://www.facebook.com/weez.stocktonb
https://www.instagram.com/wonderweezy/
My guest this week on the Bringing Her Hope podcast is author, Kathy Howard
Through an ongoing, intense family crisis, Kathy fervently prayed for change. Although God didn’t change the circumstances, He did use the circumstances to change Kathy
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Connect with Kathy:
https://www.kathyhoward.org/
https://www.facebook.com/kathyhoward1
https://www.instagram.com/mkathoward/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/KathyHHoward
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My guest today is Heather McMillan. Heather is a wife and mom. She has ministered to women and parents, but especially children in the US, India, and Africa for decades. She's the author of We Choose Virtues, a curriculum for parents and teaches that helps them inspire kids to live lives of character.
Heather's life has been one painful physical catastrophe after another, and yet somehow, she thrives. Heather is a two-time cancer survivor and a two-time kidney transplant recipient.
Connect with Heather:
https://wechoosevirtues.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/961490220722780...
My guest this week on the Bringing Her Hope author Hillary Ferrer. Hillary is the founder and Mama-Bear-in-Chief of Mama Bear Apologetics. She feels a burden for providing accessible apologetics resources for busy moms. Hillary is the co-author Mama Bear Apologetics: Empowering Your Kids to Challenge Cultural Lies.
Hillary’s heart helps parents gain wisdom to help us listen well to our children- to discern their thoughts and questions and then guide them into thinking critically and biblically about the culture that they face.
Connect with Hillary:
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/...
My guest this week on the Bringing Her Hope Podcast is Kelsey Chapman. Kelsey is an author, community builder, online educator, and host of The Radiant Podcast. She wholeheartedly believes dreams are worth pursuing and is passionate about teaching women how to walk with purpose in their gifts and live from a place of identity and rest — all so that they can carry their dreams and vision for the long haul.
After a few years of fumbling her way through post-grad life and a brief stint overseas, Kelsey realized that her entrepreneurial itch wasn’t going away. She came home, got to work, and ...
My guest today is Gina Defa. After one term in the Air Force and a brief stint as a stay at home mom, Gina has built a successful leadership career in the insurance and financial services industry. She also serves in the non-profit arena, speaking on leadership skills and principles for various organizations. Her proudest success, however, is being the mother to her three adult daughters.
Coming from a home filled with alcoholism and abuse, Gina knows the grit & grace it takes to not just survive, but to move into a life filled with the peace that only Jesus can provide. Her greatest passio...
My guests today are Holly and Jake Strasheim. Holly and Jake have been married for seven years and have three sons and another baby on the way! They love adventuring outside, working on D.I.Y projects, and spending time as a family unit!
Everything was perfect within their marriage, or so Holly thought. Her husband (Jake) turned away from Christ, dealt with a secret addiction, along with marital betrayal. But then God stepped in with His undeserved mercy. Redeeming, restoring, and rebuilding a marriage that they thought was shattered forever. God made a way where there was no way.
Connec...
My guest this week is Meredith Andrews. Meredith is passionate about writing and leading songs that keep people's hearts and minds set on Jesus. Throughout her career, the Dove Award-winning artist has been using her musical gifts, love for God, and her huge heart for His people -to teach and remind us all about the enormity of our awesome and loving Savior.
Over a year ago, Meredith woke up from a dream with the words "Healed and Whole" on her mind and her heart, words that she initially thought were mostly about what God wanted to do *through* her. Little did she know He wanted to start t...
My guest this week is Dawn Brown. Dawn is a wife, mom, and women’s ministry leader at her home church in Eugene, Oregon.
Dawn’s life is a love story that spans a lifetime. She has felt the Lord’s gentle and intentional hand on her and her path all of her life- through many ups and downs. The most meaningful difference in life came when Jesus became her Lord and not only her Savior. God’s word exposed His heart and will for her life and she has NEVER been the same. Today we unpack the topic of learning a whole new way to live in this adventure called life with Jesus!
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My guest this week is Diana Janz. Diana is the founder of Hope Ranch Ministries, a private home that offers shelter and healing for victims of sex trafficking.
At the age of 13, Diana was forced into a sexual relationship by an upperclassman at her school. Through that experience, Diana felt like her world had fallen apart... BUT God ...used that relationship, all the things that came before and after to teach about His unfathomable love for her. All the ugly events together became stepping stones to begin Hope Ranch and the ministry that they have today.
Connect with Diana:
www.hoperanc...
Camille Ogden is writer, wife, and working-mama. Her passion for education and Jesus led her to a career at Bushnell University in Oregon. A talent with true and tender stories, Camille is also a poet, columnist, blogger, and the founder of a boutique creative agency, Camille Creative Co., offering professional writing services for business and life. A country girl–she and her family live in the Coburg Hills on a small homestead in the woods.
Tired of going through the motions, Camille’s story of redemption is about embracing the royal and beloved daughter she is meant to be. Moments of cla...
My guest this week is Jennifer Hutsell. For more than four decades, Jennifer lived her life driven by fear. Early childhood abuse and instability laid a foundation for her to have difficulty in trusting those closest to her, especially men.
This led to a life entangled with severe codependency, divorce, addiction, and estrangement with her daughter and other family members. In the last eight years, God has graciously walked her through a healing journey where she now lives at peace and in freedom to be who He created her to be. Join us as we hear from Jennifer about her journey from fear ...
Friend, do you ever feel the pressures from society, social media, and even yourself weighing heavy upon you: do more, be better, try harder. No matter how well you can fake it, this hustle to act like the model woman, wife, mother, and friend only leaves us all feeling exhausted and unworthy.
Well my guest this week Crystal Stine author of “Holy Hustle” and her newest book "Quieting the Shout of Should", spent years striving to meet those same impossible standards, only to realize this struggle was diminishing the woman God made her to be. She shares with us how God has transformed her pr...
My guest this week is author Alisha Illian. The founder of Women (re)Purposed, she loves equipping women with biblical truth and hope for their day-to-day struggles. Her days are a mix of ministry and motherhood, fueled by salsa, coffee, and most importantly, Jesus
For Alisha, it wasn’t until she learned to abide in God’s truth that she finally found fulfillment. In Alisha's new book Chasing Perfect, Alisha shares how God awakened her heart to prioritize what matters to Him. SO girl grab your coffee and join us in the conversation as we kick the concept of chasing perfect to the curb!
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My guest this week on the Bringing Her Hope podcast is author, Harmony Klingenmeyer.
Harmony always wanted to be a mom, but when she got married she quickly found out they were not able to conceive. Devasted at that news, but knowing God was bigger, Harmony takes us on her family’s journey into foster care.
We discuss what it looks like when God’s plan for your future is greater than the dreams you had for yourself.
Connect with Harmony:
https://www.instagram.com/hklingenmeyer/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/hmklingenmeyer/
To purchase Harmony's book: https://www.amazon.com/Hear-Their-Voice...
My guest this week is Julie Scholl. Julie is a wife, mom, and an educator to many. Her gift of teaching has allowed her to work in other countries, church ministries, public and private education, and now at home with her kids.
Over a decade ago, Julie unexpectedly came into a life of managing pain. Each day in her life requires surrender, trust, and deep reliance on God. Join me on her journey as she shares about how our God has helped her with the ups and downs while faithfully bringing her hope each day.
Connect with Julie:
https://www.facebook.com/julie.goodalescholl
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My guest this week is Jamie McIntyre. Jamie is a wife to her high school sweetheart and a mother to three beautiful children.
Just one month into her senior year of high school, Jamie found out that she was pregnant. Jamie felt such shame and truly believed that her life was over. Instead, her story of regret turned into a beautiful story of God’s redemption.
Connect with Jamie:
https://www.instagram.com/byjamiemcintyre/
https://www.facebook.com/byjamiemcintyre
Bio:
Julie K. Gillies is the author of Prayers to Calm Your Anxious Heart: 100 Reassuring Devotions, From Hot Mess to Blessed, and the devotional Prayers for a Woman's Soul.
Her books help readers know God, know Scripture, and know how to pray.
Julie is the joyful wife of Keith, mom of three adults and Grammy of five. She loves baking from scratch, any day without humidity, and hanging out with the entire family, especially on days when her house is clean.
I will tell you that anxiety feels like it is at an all time high for people. The world feels upside down and backwards and we are all ...
My guest this week is Lauree Austin. Even though Lauree is originally from Boring, Oregon, she has lived and traveled to over 51 countries and is always excited to discover a new city, a new culture, and a new expression of God’s amazing creation! Although she’s had some crazy adventures in her life: tour manager for Tony Hawk and So You Think You Can Dance, missionary to the Czech Republic, skydiving-bungee jumping adrenaline junkie, being at gunpoint 12 times, online dating; Lauree is most proud of her honest, loud, faithful, funny family and always looks forward to sharing the holidays ...
My guests this week are Seth and Megan Halligan. When their sweet daughter Dottie was born, they were delighted! She was their first child, healthy and full of life, wide-eyed and looking the world over. They sent pictures to their families and made it “Facebook Official.” Dottie was a New Year's Eve baby, born December 31st at 8:24 pm. She weighed 8lbs 5oz and was a mere 10 days past her due date. All was well… until it wasn’t.
Friends today we are discussing a heart-wrenching conversation with parents who love their babies fiercely. Today we attempt to immerse ourselves in the question ...
My guest this week on the Bringing Her Hope Podcast is Sandy Park. Sandy first experienced the goodness of God at the tender age of 13 during a weeklong camp meeting. Though the years ahead were filled with the heartache of her parents' divorce, the bondage of her childhood abuse and the shame and pain of a pregnancy out of wedlock which ended in an abortion, that first encounter left an imprint on her heart that would continue to draw her into a lifelong love affair with Jesus.
Friend, if you have made choices in your past where you have questioned whether God’s grace can not only cover yo...
My guest this week is Alicia Marks. Alicia is a dynamic Bible teacher and author and our FIRST ever return guest on the Bringing Her Hope Podcast!! We share some crazy stories about us navigating high school and then we dive deep into another piece of Alicia's story. We talk about How in the world do we keep our hope in God when years go by without prayers being answered? Friends, Alicia has lived nearly all of her life begging God for healing for her diseased eyes. So let’s find out together how she keeps her faith in God's goodness in the midst of her daily struggle.
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S4: Episode 4 How God takes the broken parts and makes them beautiful with special guest Holly Migas
My guest this week on the Bringing Her Hope podcast is Holly Migas.
God has taken Holly from abuse, an unexpected pregnancy, and navigating infidelity with her husband to becoming an advocate for those who find themselves in situations they never expected.
Connect with Holly:
https://www.facebook.com/hollyemigas/
Instagram @hollymigas
My guest this week is author Mary DeMuth. Mary is passionate about helping you live a re-storied life. A survivor of neglect and sexual abuse, Mary was rescued by Jesus. She has spent her life healing from trauma so she can help others not feel so alone
To connect with Mary:
https://www.facebook.com/mary.demuth
https://www.instagram.com/marydemuth/?hl=en
Find out more at marydemuth.com, or be prayed for on her daily prayer podcast pray everyday show. For sexual abuse resources, visit wetoo.org.
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My guest this week is Kate Hurley. Kate Hurley is a singer-songwriter, worship leader, writer, life coach, and teacher based out of Asheville, NC.
Kate never thought that she would find herself still single in her story, so in this week’s conversation, we discuss How to make sense of your Unexpected Single Life. We learn how to stop waiting and start embracing your life—right where you are. We unpack how to live each day boldly in the exact season you are in and trust that God will not only carry you in your current chapter but onto the next as well!
To connect with Kate:
www.katehurley.c...
My guests this week are singers/ songwriters and podcast hosts of the new podcast Instrumental JJ and Dave Heller.
Today we talk about embracing every beautiful second of this incredible and unpredictable life, because the truth is, none of us knows which moment will be the one that changes everything.
Connect with JJ and Dave:
www.jjheller.com
www.jjheller.com/podcast
www.instagram.com/jjhellermusic
www.youtube.com/jjhellermusic
www.facebook.com/jjhellermusic
My guest this week is Lee Nienhuis. Lee is an author and passionate Bible teacher. She is the Communications Specialist for Moms in Prayer International and the Host of the Moms in Prayer Podcast and the Co-host of The Martha and Mary Show.
Lee’s writing and speaking have been featured on Focus on the Family broadcast and magazine; True Woman; Proverbs 31, Hearts at Home, Iron Sharpens Iron conferences; GEMS Girls Clubs; and American Heritage Girls. Lee shares a dynamic vision for the next generation of Christ-followers.
Today Lee and I are going to cover the topic of How to build cha...
My guest today is Patti Buss. Patti is a wife to Steve, mother of Daniel and Michael and, Co-Leader of One Hope, working to unite churches, and transform our city. Previously a missionary into Russia/Ukraine, Youth Pastor, and College Pastor. Her favorite activity is discipling young leaders in the Kingdom, prayer, and family. She loves gardening and all that Oregon offers by way of that, hiking, biking, anything outdoors, making pies, jam, and being together around food!
She grew up in South Dakota and is a farm girl at heart.
Patti was blindsided by her mom's untimely, full of suffering, ...