The Hope Podcast with Lina Abujamra

I know this Christmas season can be an extraordinarily busy time packed with last minute preparations and shopping but let me encourage you to take a moment and listen to a brief Christmas message based on Luke 2 that will remind us why we always have a reason to rejoice.

Many things could have stolen Mary’s and Joseph’s peace when entrusted with the birth of Jesus. Uncertainty, fear, misunderstanding, confusion, shame, were all emotions they must have felt. And yet, when we read their story, we find two people completely at peace in the midst of uncanny circumstances. What was it that allowed them to experience such peace and how can we too have this kind of peace...

Much of the Christmas story is the story of longing, of waiting on God, of crying out to Him to come and fulfill His promises. But waiting can challenge our faith, question if we heard God clearly, and make us wonder whether our longings are too lofty and far-fetched. In today’s podcast come with me to Luke 1:5-24 and encounter a God who can bring life out of the most barren places. This is sessio...

Is there anything in your life right now that is so difficult that you're thinking about quitting? Friend, no matter what painful circumstances you might be facing, today I’m here to tell you “Don’t quit!” Listen to this sermon I recently gave at my church on Mark 5:21–43, about the story of the woman who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. As we look into this passage, we will discover...

One of the factors that lead to deconstruction is the discrepancy we often see between what people profess to believe and what they actually practice. In today’s podcast I invite you to listen to a conversation with Jeff Lockyer , Lead Pastor of Southridge Community Church, about how to reclaim the way of Jesus in our personal lives and in the life of our local churches, so that people would run t...

As we’ve been having conversations around deconstruction, church hurt, and disillusionment in the Christian walk, it became evident that deconstruction does not have to lead to a turning away from God, faith, or the church. God is still at work in all our stories, healing the wounded, restoring the broken, and rebuilding community. Today, tune in to hear some hopeful words from Ron Zappia , pastor...

Today is a real treat for anyone who needs some hope in their journey of finding healing from woundedness by the hands of other Christians.  Karl Clauson , pastor at 180 Chicago Church and Host at Karl & Crew Mornings, understands all about church pain as he himself went through a devastating experience with a church he was pastoring. The story of God's faithfulness, restoration, and continued pro...

In today’s podcast you are going to meet one of my good old friends, Connie Koo. As a former member of a mega church that went through a public scandal, we reflect on her faith journey throughout her experience and how it affected her current relationship with the church.

In today’s Fractured Faith Book Launch series, we’re going to look at deconstruction from a different perspective. Questioning beliefs or practices that are popular but not necessarily biblical can lead to a deconstruction that, although painful, can bring about a faith that is grounded in what Jesus taught rather than Western Christianity and a faith that reflects His character more. Don't miss t...

Today’s conversation in our Fractured Faith Book Launch series is with my friend Wendy Alsup , author of Companions in Suffering and Practical Theology for Women. As the former Women’s Ministry Director at Mars Hill, Wendy has lived through church hurt and disillusionment with church leadership but has also come to the confidence that Scripture can be trusted, that God is a God of justice, and tha...

In this podcast conversation with Dr. Wade Mullen we’ll address some questions many of us have been asking lately about church and corrupt leadership: What are the signs of oppressive individuals and organizations? How do these systems end up enabling perpetrators while silencing victims? How do so many of us let it happen? How do we trust leadership again? What is the hope for becoming an increas...

In this conversation with professor, author, and speaker Karen Swallow Prior , you will hear us talk about: The top issues that lead to deconstruction and abandoning of faith Why Christians get carried away by personalities and don’t discern wrong behaviors or false teachings How to equip ourselves with objective biblical truth so that we differentiate between right and wrong when we see it Why an...

Today I’m continuing our podcast series focused on Fractured Faith with a conversation with Julie Roys, a veteran investigative reporter and founder of The Roys Report. Toxic church leadership and unhealthy church systems often lead to hurt, disillusionment with the Christian life, deconstruction, and even a total abandonment of the Christian faith. What hope is there for the church in this era? W...

Today I’m launching a new podcast series focused on my new book Fractured Faith and for the next couple of weeks I’ll be sharing with you some encouraging conversations with people who might have experienced some form of deconstruction, faith crisis, or have gone through church hurt. To kick off this podcast series I will be reading to you today the introduction to the book, called My Story. This...

Today is a unique, fun episode! Diana, my sister and our Director of Operations is interviewing me with a Q&A session about Fractured Faith . I believe you’ll enjoy and benefit from this talk as I will be sharing my heart behind my new book and answer questions I received from our followers.

In today’s podcast I will share the story behind my new book Fractured Faith: Finding Your Way Back to God in an Age of Deconstruction (Moody Publishers, Releasing Sept. 7).  This book is for everyone who has ever longed to know God in such a way that the choices of others no longer interrupt their worship. And if that’s already happened, you’ll see you’re not alone as you sort through and manage...

In this podcast I want to share with you three lies we believe that can lead to the deconstruction of our faith – the process that happens when a person asks questions that lead to the dismantling of their previous beliefs. Don’t miss this episode and please join our Facebook community where I teach regularly and interact with you LIVE.

Pastor Sam Allberry , who struggles with same-sex attraction, reminds believers that since the fall, all of us have grappled with disordered desires. Listen to this podcast conversation in our Top 10 Podcast series that will help us think more biblically, more carefully, and more pastorally on the topic of same-sex attraction.  

In today’s episode of the Top 10 Podcasts series Patty Kujawa, mother of Jack Kujawa, former Marquette University High School student who took his life after battling depression, speaks out about the stigma of mental illness, parental self-doubt and rebuilding her relationship with God. This conversation is a difficult and painful one, but I believe it's going to help those of you who are close to...

We're continuing our Top 10 Podcasts series today with a message on leadership. This episode is a sermon I gave not long ago to women leaders that highlights some of the lessons I’ve learned as a woman in ministry. 

“When loving a prodigal in your midst, err on the side of grace.” Today on our Top Ten Podcasts series you will hear from Judy Douglass , author, speaker, and the founder and host of Prayer for Prodigals. She shares a tough but redemptive story about loving a prodigal child, which not only helped her grow closer to Jesus, but also inaugurated an international ministry.

Over the summer we will repost our most listened to podcasts as we believe they will offer encouragement, biblical perspective, and hope for any believer in this post-Christian world. Expect to hear conversations with various guests and teachings from Lina that will nourish your soul and deepen your faith. Today, listen to a recent conversation with my friend Rosaria Butterfield on Hospitality, Ch...

On today’s podcast I invite you to listen to my friend Wendy Alsup who is well acquainted with the sting of suffering but also knows the faithfulness of God to walk with us through our deepest valleys and give us hope and purpose amid the hardest things. Her story of going through divorce, cancer, raising two boys as a single mom, while being involved in ministry will offer genuine insight into pe...

Today I have the joy of sharing a conversation with Hannah Anderson about the significance of slowing down, noticing the world around us, finding beauty in everyday life, and learning what the natural world reveals about God. We’ll also talk about what’s happening in our church culture today and how to navigate some of the challenges that the Church and believers are facing currently.

In today's world, it can be difficult to have faith in the power of God. We know of the miracles recounted in Scripture, but today miraculous events seem rare, and perhaps God worked differently in the Old and New Testament periods than the way He works today. In this episode I answer the question if miracles still happen today and why we don't experience more of them in our lives?