Luanne Botta & Mary Ann Crum

Unquenchable Hope

Religion EN ↓ 178 episodes

Wonder how you can hang onto hope in a world that seems bent on stealing it? Eavesdrop on Christian writers and speakers Luanne Botta and Mary Ann Crum as they discuss all kinds of relevant topics and how God, His Word (the Bible) and His grace can give us the hope we need to get us through whatever we face. This isn’t your typical Bible teaching or preaching, but real conversation, sprinkled with humor, honesty and spontaneity, by two women who’ve walked with God and used His Word to encourage and teach others for many years.

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Luanne Botta & Mary Ann Crum

Episodes

Here's Hope (Pt. 3) 08.08.2021 35:27

Send a text Luanne and Mary Ann wrap up their deep dive into the topic of hope by discussing the familiar promise of Romans 8:28 and how it’s like baking a cake (?), the enigmatic man in the Bible who waited 38 years beside a pool for healing, the danger of embracing victimhood, the stages of hopelessness, and how to dig ourselves out when we’re in that dark pit. And eHarmony may or may not have c...

Here's Hope (Pt. 2) 02.08.2021 32:54

Send a text Did you know we become emotionally attached to whatever we put our hope in? Yep. That's why we need to be sure we put it in the right place. Mary Ann and Luanne talk about that and share some heart-wrenching experiences that threatened to permanently steal their hope … but didn’t. You can learn more about us, order the books we’ve written, read Mary Ann’s newspaper column, and co...

Here's Hope! (Pt.1) 13.07.2021 24:29

Send a text Luanne and Mary Ann explain how and why this out-of-nowhere podcast idea was hatched, and talk about how to hang on to hope even when a tornado (a literal one, in Mary Ann's case) plows through your life. They also discuss the power of gratitude and how all the good feels, including hope, begin with simply trusting God. And, oh yeah, Mary Ann speaks a little Greek (opa!) to remin...