The Unfolding

Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give.     We'd love to hear what God has done in your life. Share your story.       Holly Schell thought she knew God. She and her husband were raising four children, going to church, praying together, and enjoying a happy, busy family life. But everything changed on October 4, 2020, when their 15-year-old daughter, Grace, die...

  Pastor Stan Parris recalls the day his son Briggs's arm suddenly doubled in size from a blood clot, raising fears of cancer and leading to emergency surgery. In desperation his wife prayed, and believes God gave her a verse - Jeremiah 33:3. A  hospital water failure then canceled all surgeries, opening the door to specialized care at Johns Hopkins ,  and the verse , as well as their son Briggs'...

He was an alcoholic atheist and a country artist whose life was falling apart. Walker Hayes had written off faith and was running out of hope. Then came Craig, a friend whose relentless love, years of kindness, generosity, and one unforgettable gift made Walker start asking a question he'd avoided his whole life: What if Jesus really is who He says He is ?   In this episode of The Unfolding , Walk...

Missionary Stephen Price and his family were preparing to move to Guadalajara, but they  didn't have a place to live. Then a conversation at his home church in Illinois led them to a house in Mexico. On the way to see it, Stephen sensed God telling him what the owners would offer to sell it for. He shares what happened next, along with other moments of God's faithfulness during his family's years...

We'd love to hear what God has done in your life. Share your story.       When you've prayed for someone for years, how do you keep believing their life can change?   Juan Morales joined a gang at fourteen, finding belonging in a world that would lead him through years of prison. His mother never stopped praying. But after his release, a broken marriage stirred an anger that threatened to pull him...

    "And  so one day I stopped praying." Laura Wifler had believed in God since childhood, but after a season of suffering, she began questioning whether he existed at all. When she finally told her friend and husband, their response surprised her and helped her face the questions she'd been carrying alone. Laura shares how her trust in God slowly returned, even as some doubts remain .   Listen to...

Faith Podcasts are made possible by your support. You can click here to give.   We'd love to hear what God has done in your life. Share your story.       After moving through twelve foster homes and experiencing abuse and neglect, Tori Hope Petersen believed she was unwanted. She questioned how a loving God could allow children to suffer. But a woman who offered meals, a hidden key, and a safe pla...

      "It doesn't feel like I know how to see a bright future." Laura Wifler's husband needed major surgery when doctors told them their newborn daughter would  probably never walk or talk. Laura shares how God gave her peace amid uncertainty and helped her see that her daughter's worth never depended on what she could achieve. Her new book, This Side of the Sky: 101 Poems and Scriptures for the H...

  Do you feel responsible for keeping everyone happy, or like you  have to prove your worth whenever you walk into a room?   Bestselling author and Bible teacher Angie Smith, known for Seamless and Matchless , learned early to put others' needs and emotions ahead of her own. Through painful experiences and honest conversations with God, she began recognizing how those patterns shaped her relations...

    Pastor Alan Ratta was teaching on the Lord's Prayer when bullets began striking his church, with children at the other end of campus. Everyone survived, but a different crisis later left Alan a single father of four, stepping away from ministry to care for his family. Through both experiences, that familiar prayer became deeply personal. Alan shares how God protected his congregation and why "...

We'd love to hear what God has done in your life. Share your story.       What happens when the wounds of your past shape what you believe about yourself and God?   As a child, Stasi Eldredge learned to be invisible and need nothing. Later, abuse and betrayal deepened her belief that she wasn't worth loving. Even after encountering Jesus, she spent years trying to earn God's acceptance.   Stasi sh...

    Shame convinced Crystal Renaud Day that she was the only Christian woman struggling with pornography. For years, she loved and served God while keeping that part of her life hidden, until another woman shared that she had struggled, too. That conversation helped Crystal speak openly about her own experience, and today she helps women around the world through  SheRecovery . If you're facing thi...

  Marcel Patillo seemed  born for a life in music. His father, Leon Patillo, sang with Santana before launching a Christian music career. His mother, Jackie, became president of the Gospel Music Association. And his brother, Gabe, toured with TobyMac for decades.   But talent, opportunity and a childhood surrounded by faith couldn't give Marcel an identity, or a faith, of his own. He chased record...

"I witnessed the tragic shooting of my fiancé."       Diana Kannady was 22, pregnant, and planning a wedding when her life changed in an instant. More than 20 years later, Diana would face another devastating loss when her husband, Chris, drowned just hours before their daughter's wedding. In both moments, Diana made the same decision: to trust God. Her story is a powerful picture of the peace Phi...

  Content Warning – not appropriate for  children.    Bruce Van Natta's childhood was filled with abuse and trauma, but he had one encounter with Jesus that marked him .   He knew God was real .   What he  didn't  understand is why God  didn't  rescue him. As he got older, he clearly heard God call him into ministry, but he was angry, skeptical, and cynical. As a diesel mechanic, Bruce  regularly...

    Tara Sierra Mosely didn't  feel equipped when she was asked to pray for a dying woman in a remote village in Uganda. But she said yes, and God used that simple act of obedience as part of a much bigger story of salvation and new life. Tara's new book is  House of the Forest: Life-Giving Declarations for Strength and Abundance in Every Season .  

  At seven years old, Lauren Burns was taken by her father from Texas to the Middle East , and her mom had no idea where she was . When the  United S tates government  couldn't  help, Lauren's mother- supported by private investigators Rick and Beverly Lambert, parents of country artist Miranda Lambert- turned to a team of former military operatives for an extraordinary international rescue.   The...

Before Roland Warren became CEO of Care Net, one of the largest networks of crisis pregnancy centers in North America, he was just a scared 20-year-old college student facing an unplanned pregnancy with his girlfriend. The pressure to choose abortion was intense. But they made a different choice. And that one decision changed everything.   Roland's story is a powerful reminder that when we follow...

  Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, two remarkable World Trade Center survivors tell the story of the day they met as   strangers and  walked out as brothers.   Brian Clark and Stanley Praimnath were both inside the South Tower on September 11, 2001. Stanley was on the 81st floor when United Airlines Flight 175 came directly toward him. Brian was on the 84th floor when the tower wa...

    Joshua Broome spent years trying to outrun rejection and prove he was worthy of love, but success in the pornography industry only left him more broken and ashamed. Then Jesus met him in the middle of his mess, and today Joshua is a husband, a father of four, and a son who found the freedom to forgive his own dad. In his latest book, 7 Lies That Will Ruin Your Life , Joshua exposes the empty p...

  It was a story that made national headlines. In April of 2019, a five-year-old boy was thrown from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America by a stranger.  Landen Hoffman's injuries were catastrophic, and his survival was uncertain. But his mother, Kari, responded with unshakable faith. Drawing on what  she'd  learned growing up in church, Kari  immediately  turned to prayer, refusing to giv...

    When Jacob Coyne saw his father transformed by Jesus, he wanted that same hope for himself. That decision began  a chain reaction that would bring hope to others facing some of their darkest moments.   Jacob's book, The Secret Life of Christians  

We'd  love to hear what God has done in your life.  Share your story.       After experiencing sexual abuse, the death of her father, a move from New York to Puerto Rico, and years of bullying and rejection, Christine D'Clario was angry with God. She blamed Him for her pain and wanted nothing to do with Him.   But that  wasn't  the end of her story.   In this episode from The Unfolding archives, C...

After four years of infertility, Debbie Simmons was shocked and ecstatic to learn she was expecting four babies. But when complications came much too early, she lost all four of her sons. As Debbie walked through unimaginable grief, God gave her enough light for each next step. Exactly seven years later, five children entered her home through adoption, turning April 1 into a day of God's faithfuln...

  How can knowing your God-given identity change the way you respond to fear, conflict, and uncertainty?   As a young police officer i n  Washington, D.C., Jamie Winship quickly realized that his training alone  couldn't  prepare him for the situations he faced. He began learning how to hear God's voice and trust His direction, even when it led to unconventional and  seemingly impossible  solution...