Christians With Chronic Illnesses

A candid journey from lupus diagnosis to a resilient yes for God’s global mission, weaving art, identity, and mobilization into a grounded path forward. We share five concrete ways to engage the nations even with chronic illness, and why weakness can sharpen calling. • lupus diagnosis reshaping life and dreams • identity shift from artist to mobilizer • Urbana and putting a yes on the table • what...

What if the loudest voice questioning your pain is your own? We open the Halftime Q&A with a brave question—how to tell if you’re exaggerating—and get honest about self-trust, integrity, and the quiet courage of listening to your body. From there, we tackle the push-or-rest dilemma with a practical day-to-day approach that respects both progress and limits, and we share simple scripts that hel...

The beat drops, the lights glow, and something unexpected happens: people who feel out of place on Sunday morning find themselves at home praising God on a dance floor. That image frames our conversation with Jess—a wife, mom, and worship leader—who shares a candid, deeply human story of living with bipolar disorder while building spaces where bodies and hearts can worship without apology. We trac...

What happens when your body unravels right as your calling takes shape? Myra joins us to share a raw, thoughtful journey through Sjögren’s syndrome—years of nausea, fatigue, and brain fog; “normal” test results; a job she couldn’t keep; and the long search for a clinician who would truly listen. The turning point came through a rigorous, personalized routine: consistent sleep and meals, hydration,...

A baffling itch with no rash led to a dermatologist’s double take: yellow eyes, yellow skin, and a blocked bile duct. That moment set Keith on an unexpected path through scans, biopsies, and a terrifying possibility—bile duct cancer—before a lung biopsy brought clarity: sarcoidosis. What he shares next is more than a medical play-by-play; it’s a grounded, hopeful look at how faith, gratitude, and...

A chance hello by a riverside turned into a testimony of courage. Meet Carol Fitzsimmons, "Dory"—former teacher, award-winning swimmer, kidney transplant recipient—whose life was reshaped by a friend who said yes to donating and a faith that would not let go. From teenage fatigue and a frightening diagnosis of chronic glomerulonephritis to late‑night home dialysis and the moment a collea...

Welcome to Christians With Chronic Illnesses, the podcast that magnifies the voices of chronically ill brothers and sisters to inspirit their health journeys and their faith. Get to know your host L. A. Sprague. She is a Jesus loving POTSie who enjoys her husband, Paul, people, plants, whales, the color green, and pizza. She aspires to create a community for believers with long-term and terminal i...

Christians With Chronic Illnesses (CWCI) is the podcast that magnifies the voices of chronically ill brothers and sisters to inspirit their health journeys and their faith. The first episode of CWCI premiers November 30, 2025. Feel known by God and inspired by interviewees on this CWCI teaser as they speak on their diagnoses, symptoms, and truths about God and living as Christians with incurable s...