Health, Hope & Inspiration for People of Faith Living with Cancer

Featuring: Rev. Percy McCray and Wayne Shepherd Join the hosts of Health, Hope & Inspiration as they discuss how the faith community is impacted when a pastor (or a spiritual leader) is diagnosed with cancer. They also suggest ways others can grow spiritually and be empowered by their example, despite present health challenges.

Featuring: Kellie Joseph Cancer survivor Kellie Joseph shares her story about her journey through breast cancer as well as her experiences as a respiratory therapist and director of the cardiopulmonary team with CTCA. Joseph talks about how incorporating her faith into her profession and experience with breast cancer helped her to realize the importance of having a strong support system in place f...

Featuring: Edward Prostate cancer patient Edward talks with the hosts of Health, Hope & Inspiration about how his faith helped him through his diagnosis and subsequent treatment, and how the value and importance of partnership with people who are invested in you can keep you going through the most trying circumstances.

Featuring: Bernice Colvin In the second part of a special two-part episode, the hosts of Health, Hope & Inspiration once again sit down with cancer survivor Bernice Colvin to discuss the importance of caregiving for those on a cancer journey, and to help bring awareness and understanding for patients and families about the needs of caregivers who undertake that calling.

Featuring: Bernice Colvin In part one of this special two-part podcast, cancer survivor Bernice Colvin talks about her experience being diagnosed with cancer, what it means to go through the highs and lows of a health challenge and how her faith was the bedrock that she relied upon to help her work through the process.

Featuring: Rev. Percy McCray and Wayne Shepherd Join the hosts of Health, Hope & Inspiration as they search the scriptures and discuss a commonly-asked question within the faith community—can God use cancer for His glory and ultimately for our benefit? Can we say that "all things can work for the good of them who love God and who are called according to His purpose"?

Featuring: Dr. David Suh Dr. David Suh, Radiation Oncologist at CTCA Philadelphia, joins the hosts of Health, Hope & Inspiration in one of several engaging discussions about faith and medicine. Suh, who is also an ordained minister, talks about his own faith journey, and how that dynamic informs and drives his practice and how he relates to his patients.

Featuring: Fran Boyd & Ossie Mills Rev. Percy McCray talks with Fran Boyd, breast cancer survivor, Oral Roberts University grad and marathon runner, about her experiences at CTCA on her cancer journey, and her unique testimony of faith about how God never left her side. Pastor Percy also welcomes back Ossie Mills, Vice President of Global Communications and Marketing at Oral Roberts University and...

Featuring: Ossie Mills Rev. Percy McCray sits down with Ossie Mills, Vice President of Global Communications and Marketing at Oral Roberts University and Executive Director of Empowered21, to dialogue about the potentiality of prayer and medicine working together as a support for patients in a healthy and balanced way.

Featuring: Rev. Percy McCray and Wayne Shepherd The hosts of Health, Hope & Inspiration discuss the dilemma of guilt, anger and fear caregivers can face on many levels, particularly when they're trying to come to terms with a situation they are unprepared for. They also talk about creative ways in which others can reach out and offer support to caregivers and their families in helpful, non-judgmen...

Featuring: Gordon Robertson In this second installment of a special two-part series, the hosts once again sit down with Gordon Robertson, host of the The 700 Club and CEO of the Christian Broadcasting Network, to talk further about being in Christian ministry and interacting with the medical environment and some of the profound and personal lessons about the dynamic between the natural and superna...

Featuring: Gordon Robertson The hosts of Health, Hope & Inspiration sit down with Gordon Robertson, host of the "The 700 Club" and CEO of the Christian Broadcasting Network, for a special two-part series discussing ways the relationship between the faith community and the medical community can be strengthened and how people of faith can and should respond when faced with sickness. Robertson mainta...

Featuring: Dr. Nathan Neufeld The hosts of Health, Hope & Inspiration talk with Dr. Nathan Neufeld, national chief of pain management at CTCA Atlanta, Georgia, about the importance of building an integrative, specialized pain management plan for cancer patients.

Featuring: Stan Reaves Cancer survivor and cancer care minister Stan Reaves talks candidly about the highs and lows of being a caregiver for his wife, and how his experience with the Our Journey of Hope Leadership Training helped to renew his faith while equipping others.

Featuring: Rev. Percy McCray and Wayne Shepherd The hosts of Health, Hope and Inspiration focus on effective approaches to cancer care ministry, and ways to meet an individual's unique needs while on their cancer journey.

Featuring: Dr. Michael Pinell Dr. Michael Pinell's career with Cancer Treatment Centers of America began a bit unconventionally. He started out as a patient. Diagnosed with Stage IV lymphoma, he was treated successfully, and was then recruited to CTCA's urgent care department. Now, Dr. Pinell shares with the hosts about how his experiences as a physician and a believer have enabled him to use inte...

Featuring: Laurie Sparks Four-time cancer survivor Laurie Sparks can tell you a thing or two about storms. Working in a high-profile position in the Georgia state capital, Laurie successfully juggled career and family life until she was diagnosed with cancer…and on the heels of her father's death from kidney cancer. Not to be deterred, Laurie resolved to focus her faith and push through. Now cance...

Featuring: Larry Jones Minister Larry Jones has a passion for God and people. So when Larry was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2013, he did the only thing he knew how to do: "FACE THE FACTS" and believe God. Join the hosts as they chat with Larry about how truly living by faith in the face of illness does not equate to denial, and that the good news is the "FACTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE."

Featuring: Jennifer Thigpen For 36-year-old Jennifer Thigpen, life couldn't be better. Her career was on track. She was healthy. She had a loving husband and two beautiful children. Then seemingly out of nowhere, Jennifer received a shocking diagnosis: breast cancer. Listen as Jennifer shares her emotional journey from disappointment to discovery at how what seemed to be a loss ended up being her...

Featuring: Rev. Percy McCray and Wayne Shepherd The hosts of Health, Hope & Inspiration tackle a difficult but common question sometimes asked by people who are diagnosed with cancer: "Am I being punished by God?" The hosts discuss the roots of the question and offer alternative viewpoints within the framework of Scripture.

Featuring: Ken Waldrup Host Rev. Percy McCray talks chaplain-to-chaplain with Rev. Ken Waldrup, chaplain for the Pastoral Care Department at Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Atlanta. Pastor Ken shares his journey from seminary grad to chaplain, the lessons he learned along the way and the inherent value of meeting people where they are on their journey.

Featuring: Connie Singleton In part two of this special show, Connie Singleton continues the discussion about her specific role as Spiritual Outreach Coordinator at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Newnan, Georgia. She breaks down the Our Journey of Hope strategy and curriculum, and also shares some of the success stories and testimonies of churches who have started their own cancer-care...

Featuring: Connie Singleton In this special two-part show, the hosts talk with Connie Singleton, Spiritual Outreach Coordinator for the Our Journey of Hope Leadership Training program, about her unique role in equipping churches to meet the cancer care needs of their community, and how this mission has changed and empowered her to be a better servant of God.

Featuring: Rev. Percy McCray and Wayne Shepherd The hosts of Health, Hope and Inspiration engage in a "Fireside Chat" about the vital support caregivers provide cancer patients, and discuss ways that support can be reciprocated for these warriors who sometimes end up carrying the heaviest load.

Featuring: Ginny Walley When Ginny Walley was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 40, she decided to get a second opinion. Little did she know her decision would lead her on an extraordinary journey of hope and radical faith.