Our Journey to Hope

Send us Fan Mail One of the joys of hosting this podcast channel is that I meet incredible people with great insights into the concept of hope.  Some of my guests have given information from a secular perspective; others more spiritual in nature, and even more with a combination of applications.  That is important since hope permeates through all aspects of our life. In this episode I’m speaking w...

Send us Fan Mail I enjoy finding connections or links between different concepts.  I especially like to do so in scripture.  I will be reviewing a passage, perhaps in God's old law and then recall or discover a connection to it in the teachings of Jesus or the apostles.  This helps prove the inspiration of scripture and keeps it alive in our world today. In this episode I look at such a conne...

Send us Fan Mail My guest in this podcast are Will and Emily Glover.  At the time of this podcast, Will and Emily are preparing to relocate in Zimbabwe as full time missionaries.  They’ve been successful in this work before. In our discussion we look at their efforts and we discuss how it impacts on others who are discovering, sustaining, or regaining hope. In addition to listening to this podcast...

Send us Fan Mail Lonnie Jones is one of the most, as he describes it, "Eclectic" persons I've met.  He is a minister, podcaster, author, SWAT team chaplan, psychologist, husband, and artist...there may be more. What amazes me is how Lonnie uses all these gifts to glorify God and help those whose hope is being challenged.  Lonnie and I discuss the critical concept of hope and his rol...

Send us Fan Mail All of us have challenges to our hope at some point in our life.  For some, as in my guest in this podcast, it was significant.  His challenge to hope seemed hopeless.  Yet he was able to discover how to regain hope through incremental processes.  Now, like most of us when we move back onto the pathway of hope, we seek to help others in their journey to hope. I invite you to liste...

Send us Fan Mail It’s always exciting to speak with someone who has found their place in life and are using it to help others.  That’s the idea behind this podcast.  How can we use what we’ve been given by God to help others as they discover, sustain, or regain hope. My guest in this episode is Myron Bruce.  Myron uses his knowledge and talents to help us grow in hope through song.  We’ll discuss...

Send us Fan Mail Marissa Bondurant I continue to be amazed at the phenomenal people engaged in helping others discover, sustain, or regain hope.  My guest in this episode discovered a way to help caregivers with true and lasting hope.  I invite you to listen to her.  Listen to the love and compassion she shares for those special people in our lives.   Marissa is very active in providing resources...

Send us Fan Mail Most of us don’t think about the need for funeral services until there is a death of someone.  We also may not see a connection between a funeral service and hope.  It is counter-intuitive to put death and hope together.  Yet those who serve during the end of life activities, including funeral service directors do impact hope in survivors.  They help form a foundation upon which o...

Send us Fan Mail Friends, please forgive me for replaying an episode from 2023.  I feel that as the season of holidays centering on family and hope that it is fitting to revisit this episode. This episode focuses on regaining hope when we feel hope is lost.  Hope is not lost.  It may be misplaced or overlooked, but hope remains.  The only time hope is truly lost is when we give it up. Please liste...

Send us Fan Mail There are many ways in which we can help those facing challenges to their hope.  A very successful way is to help them focus their efforts on personal and spiritual growth and to reach out to help others do so as well.   In this episode I am speaking with Jim Lucas of HomeMission.  His personal motivation and the efforts of this incredible organization is to help bring hope to tho...

Send us Fan Mail We've explored what hope is in several of our episodes.  In fact, I always like to ask my guest how they understand hope.  They've always given me wonderful insights.   In this episode I want to share further some of my thoughts about what hope is and especially, what is the source of true and lasting hope.  It is something that is real, necessary for life, and achievabl...

Send us Fan Mail If you’ve followed this podcast you’ve heard me say several times that one of the ways to overcome a challenge to your hope is to get out of yourself and help others.  This almost always brings your hope thrive.  My guest today has spent his life helping others through many different volunteer activities.  He uses his passion for volunteering to inspire others to do so.  And in do...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes we find out what someone is doing for those whose hope is being challenged and it takes our breath away.  Such is the case with my guest in this episode.  Ashley Pharr is part of an organization that fly patients and caregivers to receive care at no cost.  It began small and now has about 800 flights per year.    I invite you to listen to how the founder recognized a nee...

Send us Fan Mail Our Lord Jesus stated on several occasions that He would return.  To the apostles and other first century Christians, was the expectation that the  return was imminent .  The return of Jesus is something we look for, perhaps even long for.  Yet here we are, over 2,000 years and He has not returned yet. How are we to think about that?  How do we handle any doubt we might have about...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I have a conversation with Weston Brandon about how he recovered after what is arguably one of the greatest challenges to hope.  Shortly after the premature birth of his son, his wife died.   Join us in this conversation as you hear how Weston not only overcame this challenge but grew from it into a way to help others discover, sustain, or regain hope. Weston is an...

Send us Fan Mail Courage takes many forms.  It often involves doing something that you might be uncomfortable with doing.  In this episode I am speaking with Damien Barber.  Damien is part of a team that is involved in starting a new congregation known as the Compass Church of Christ in Millbrook, Alabama.  Damien and his team are focused on carrying the gospel to those who are finding their hope...

Send us Fan Mail A commonality among many of those that have gone through or are going through a challenge in life is that they feel compelled to turn around and help those facing challenges on their own.  Such is the case with my guest in this episode. I am speaking with Ingrid Hanson-Popp.  She experienced the joys and challenges of being a caregiver for her mother.  Through it she gained many v...

Send us Fan Mail When we face challenges in life, usually health or age related, amoung those who are of the greatest value to us are the non-paid, often family caregivers.  These dedicated individuals help us to discover, sustain, or regain hope in what for many is the most challenging time of our life. My guest in this podcast is Kristi Horner.  Kristi has been a caregiver herself and is now ded...

Send us Fan Mail There are many remarkable events in the life of Jesus.  In fact, as the apostle John closes his gospel, he states, "Now there are also many other things that Jesus did.  Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written." In this episode I want to focus on one event early in the ministry of our Lord. ...

Send us Fan Mail In Matthew 25 our Lord gives us an insight into judgment day through the Parable of the Talents.  Now, although in the day a talent was a measure of money, the priniciple Jesus was teaching us was to use what God has given us to glorify Him. My guest in this episode has been gifted with a wonderful ability to use photography to show us not only the glory of nature, but the glory o...

Send us Fan Mail I’ve stated many times that all of us have gifts that we can use to help others who are having challenges to their hope.  Sometimes we think we have to do great and wonderful things or have special knowledge and skills.  And yet, more often it is the seemingly small or insignificant things that mean the most.  In this episode I am speaking with Lorraine Smith about her ministry of...

Send us Fan Mail There are some things we take for granted because it’s been a part of our entire life and we just don't think about it.  Such is the concept of communication.  Most of us think we’re good communicators, and we probably are, but all of us can improve.  And, as I’m trying to do through this podcast, I want to know how can I can use communication to help others who’s hope might...

Send us Fan Mail What a delightful and talented guest! In this eipsode I have a conversation with Addie Ott about her understanding of hope.  She brings excellent insights to help those whose how is being challenged. I encourage and invite you to listen.  Note the joy in her voice.  Also note the scriptures she offers to help us remember, as she states, God's promises and His faithfulness to...

Send us Fan Mail It's very common to find someone who has experienced challenges in their life to look to how they can use the experience to help others.  Such is my guest, Beverly Ross.  Beverly experienced the loss of a child and a personal battle with cancer.  Through it all, although hope was challenged, she held on to her hope and hope flourished.   Beverly now is the founder and executi...

Send us Fan Mail In this fourth installment of the series on how grandfathers help instill hope in their children, I am speaking with Russ Knowles.  Russ is a brother in the Lord, good friend, and a granddad.  I’ve always appreciated his insights into other topics, and I think he’ll have some interesting ideas for this podcast.   I invite you to listen and be encouraged by Russ’ insights. Support...