Unquenchable Hope

Send a text What do a desperate widow, a prostitute, a bullied scaredy-cat, and prodigal son have in common? All these people experienced a miraculous, SUDDEN turnaround in their lives when God showed up and drastically changed things. As Luanne and Mary Ann discuss in this episode, because God is “no respecter of persons” He’s still able to change lives suddenly and profoundly today.  Luanne’s bo...

Send a text Even though, as Mary Ann says in this episode, Moses could’ve been featured on “America’s Most Wanted,” God knew this fugitive had the right stuff to lead His people to the Promised land, so He spoke to Moses, gave him his marching orders, and the rest, as they say, is history. Moses is just one character Luanne and Mary Ann talk about in this episode as they remind us that because not...

Send a text Do you believe that as you’re going about your daily life, God can SUDDENLY intervene and change everything? Well, He can, and the Bible is full of examples of Him doing just that. From the “famous” to the obscure, Luanne and Mary Ann are going to be talking about some of these people and their stories in this and the next few episodes.  No situation is hopeless because God is alive! ...

Send a text Covid sidelined Mary Ann and kept her and Luanne from recording again, but they want to rewind and share again one of their favorite episodes, which was part of the series they did on “The Names of God.” In this episode, the ladies talk about El Roi, the name of God that means “The God Who Sees.” Whether this reality distresses or delights you, it’s just a fact: God never takes His eye...

Send a text Mary Ann and Luanne want to begin 2023 with a truth-filled BANG, so they’re rewinding and replaying an episode that was the first in a powerful series they did last summer called “To Tell the Truth.” After all, hope that doesn’t spring from truth isn’t hope at all. When we decide to pursue truth with all our hearts, it always leads us to Jesus, because He IS truth … and He’s the giver...

Send a text Mary Ann flies solo in this episode and shares a parable involving two friends, a bass, some cupcakes and a rescue mission that spoke to her of the heart of the Gospel—THE most epic rescue plan ever devised. Luanne’s book, “Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God,” is available for order through her website (see below) and on amazon.com, as is Mary Ann’s book, “Live. Learn. Laugh!” You...

Send a text Hope is standing right in front of you … and His name is Jesus. He's looking for men and women who will believe Him and to whom He can entrust His mission, just like some Bible characters Mary Ann and Luanne discuss in this episode.  And no matter what your circumstances are, the mistakes you may have made, or the losses you may have suffered, you can call on Him right now and exp...

Send a text Even though Christmas is all about celebrating the “Light of the world,” Jesus Christ, it can also be a challenging, even dark, season for some. As Luanne and Mary Ann discuss in this episode, if we’ll use the powerful weapons Christ-followers have been given, we can defeat enemies like loneliness, stress and despair and allow the hope-filled light of Christ fill our hearts and minds....

Send a text During the 400 years between the Old and New Testaments, God was silent. No prophets spoke His Word to His people. Crickets. But when the time was right, He broke that silence in a BIG way. First, John the Baptist—a miracle baby. Then Jesus, the “Sunrise from on high," came to this dark world. Join Luanne and Mary Ann as they prepare our hearts for Christmas, truly a holiday of ho...

Send a text What if you suddenly found yourself in an episode of “Twilight Zone” in which a giant vacuum suddenly sucked every good thing out of your life? That’s the question Mary Ann asks in this episode as she shares some of the lessons she’s learned as God has been teaching her to live with more gratitude. Luanne’s book, “Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God,” is available for order through...

Send a text What does it mean that Jesus was the “last sacrifice”? Not just theologically, but personally? And what kind of response should it elicit from us? What did Jesus mean when He told us to deny ourselves and take up our crosses? That might sound like a bummer, but as Mary Ann and Luanne discuss in this episode, it’s actually the ticket to the best deal and most amazing life possible. Luan...

Send a text The Old Testament laws and instructions about sacrifices are a lot. They seem verrrry complicated and burdensome for those of us who are blessed to be looking back on them from this side of the cross of Christ. But as Luanne and Mary Ann discuss in this episode, there are some important things we can learn from all those Old Testament sacrifices, even if we are no longer required to do...

Send a text Let's face it, until we get to heaven, we Christ-followers are pretty much a bunch of cracked pots. Beloved by God, but cracked. BUT (get this), the way to avoid some of those "cracks" in our lives -- the sins, the mistakes, the regrets -- is to stay put when God, the Master Potter, has us in the kiln of adversity and refining. As Luanne and Mary Ann discuss in this epis...

Send a text God is the Potter and we’re the clay. We may not always know what He's doing, but He does, and if we'll rest in that fact, life becomes a whole lot more peaceful. As Luanne and Mary Ann discuss today, we absolutely need to stay on the Master Potter's wheel and trust that His skillful hands are shaping us into something useful and beautiful.  Luanne’s book, “Spiritual War...

Send a text Slammed, pressed, poked, spun around, thrown in the oven—whew! It takes a lot for God to make us into the image of His Son, Jesus. But it’s so, so worth it! In this first episode of a new series, Mary Ann and Luanne talk about the rich allegory of God as the “master potter” shaping the clay (us). What does He have to work with? “Butt dust.” (Listen and you’ll understand.) Luanne’s book...

Send a text If your idea of “holiness” is big hair and a condescending countenance, you’ve got it wrong. Holiness actually equals happiness, as Mary Ann and Luanne discuss today. As the ladies wrap up their series on how God sees us and how we should see ourselves as His followers, they talk about what it means to be holy, loved by God, and a few other wonderful perks we receive when we follow Jes...

Send a text It’s like coming up out of the “fog of war” and experiencing clear skies. That’s how Mary Ann describes knowing, hearing and living out our true identity as Christ-followers. In this episode, she and Luanne talk about more of the wonderful, freeing things God says about His children and how embracing those can change our lives.  Luanne’s book, “Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God,”...

Send a text In this episode, Luanne and Mary Ann continue to talk about how important it is for us to remember who God says we are and to reject any voices that contradict Him. From senior citizen discounts to TV shows about Appalachian marshals to a mortician conducting a business conversation while dusting off a corpse in funeral home viewing room, Mary Ann offers up typically weird analogies to...

Send a text Do you feel like you’ve been adopted into a royal family? Accepted by God and forgiven for all the ways you’re grieved Him? It can be a struggle for us to really embrace and walk in the identity God says we have in Christ—an identity that is far more wonderful than all the other things we sometimes try to base our identity in. Things like, as Mary Ann talks about, what college sorority...

Send a text When we compare ourselves with others, it never leads anywhere good. In this episode, Luanne and Mary Ann talk about the “evil cousins” of rejection and comparison and how all that really matters is that we each use the gifts God has given us and fulfill His calling on our lives. If we belong to Him, God’s acceptance is THE thing that can protect us when those “evil cousins” try to mov...

Send a text In this second episode of their three-part series on dealing with rejection, Mary Ann and Luanne talk about the amazing favor of God and offer hope, straight from God’s Word, when it seems rejection has left us in a "small place" with no good options.  And a glorious rap song may or may not have been birthed. Luanne’s book, “Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God,” is availab...

Send a text Rejection hurts. Jesus experienced its sting and He can help us when we find ourselves forgotten, left out, snubbed, ignored, abandoned or even hated. Luanne and Mary Ann begin a three-part series on how to handle the fiery dart of rejection with a discussion in this episode about the practicalities of “loosing the lies” and “binding the truth” when rejection causes us to “self-sabotag...

Send a text While most of us don’t want to be thought of as “fruity,” Biblically speaking, it's exactly what our lives should be about. Not “fruity weird,” but “fruity Christlike.” As Mary Ann and Luanne wrap up their look at the first part of John 15, they talk about what it means to glorify God, “bear much fruit,” and experience the amazing love and joy Christ offers. Luanne’s book, “Spirit...

Send a text Is Jesus at the very center of your being and life, or have you made Him into “Velcro Jesus”—just sticking Him onto the rest of your busy life like a patch or a piece of jewelry? That’s one of the heavy-duty things Luanne and Mary Ann talk about in this episode as they continue their look at John 15.  Luanne’s book, “Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God,” is available for order throu...

Send a text Pruned if we do, pruned if we don’t. According to John 15, that’s what we’re signing up for when we become followers of Jesus. But as Mary Ann and Luanne talk about today, being pruned is a good thing and always brings more growth … even if it stings a little bit. Luanne’s book, “Spiritual Warfare and the Armor of God,” is available for order through her website (see below) and on amaz...