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Before the GoodHard Story Podcast takes a short summer break, Katherine is recapping her favorite moments from Season 3. She’s distilling over 30 hours of conversations and reflections into a potent 20-minute dose of hope!What you’ll take away
Have you ever spent a thousand hours studying something? Other than the back of your own eyelids, that is.Today, Katherine is joined by her friend Dr. Joel Muddamalle, who recently spent one thousand hours studying everything the Bible has to
Katherine spent her first Mother’s Day unconscious in an intensive care unit, a fact that has brought a flavor of bittersweetness to every Mother’s Day since. Today she’s reflecting on the experiences of parenthood that were eventually restored
Episode 63: Wonderful/Terrible: Cultivating a Gritty Faith Instead of a Pretty Faith with Kay Warren
In this episode of the GoodHard Story Podcast, Katherine discovers a kindred spirit in Kay Warren, who founded the beloved Saddleback Church with her husband Rick. Kay and Rick have endured the earth-shattering loss of one of their sons, who di
As Katherine observes the sixteenth anniversary of her stroke this week, she’s reflecting on one of the most transformative treasures she’s discovered in the darkness of her pain: If the worst day of Jesus’ life was eventually called good, then
Amy Julia was a high-achieving, religiously devout Princeton grad who lived with the nagging feeling that there must something *more* to life than what she had experienced so far. Then her first child was diagnosed with Down syndrome, and Amy J
Are you ready to replace the “God, help me to have a good day tomorrow” bedtime prayer? Maybe for your kids…and maybe for yourself!Today, Katherine is offering you a benediction fifteen years in the making. What started as a bedtime prayer for
Raise your hand if, in the last week, you’ve answered the question “How are you?” with some version of “Good! Busy, but good! Just tired.”In the kingdom of hustle, busyness is next to godliness. Rest is something to be earned. But in the kingd
This week, Katherine is sharing why Resurrection Day has never meant more to her than it does now.For most of us, “resurrection” means the one-time-only, past-tense miracle that proved Jesus was who he said he was. It was an experience specifi
Today Katherine is trying her best to keep her cool as she interviews her longtime hero Dr. Russell Moore, the editor in chief of Christianity Today. You don’t want to miss Dr. Moore’s fresh insights on some of our favorite themes, like dealing
Be honest. Deep down, are you waiting for a happy ending before you feel permission to celebrate your life? In this solo episode, Katherine is sharing how she stopped waiting for closure and began practicing the spiritual discipline of “joyful
After Katherine’s stroke nearly 16 years ago, she was desperate for a “survival guide”—some voice to offer real hope in the aftermath of such disorienting loss.Jerry Sittser, the author of A Grace Disguised, was one of the few trustworthy reso
Let’s acknowledge an uncomfortable reality: No matter how much healing we receive, a low-grade sadness will remain.In this vulnerable episode, Kathering shares how surprised she was to realize that having a second baby after her stroke couldn’
Episode 53: Redeeming Anxiety: How the Fear of Loss Can Be An Opportunity for Gain with Curtis Chang
What if some of our problems were never meant to be solved or eliminated? What if we began reframing some problems as opportunities for knowing Jesus more?In this episode, author and former pastor Curtis Chang joins Katherine to share how his
Few topics today are more taboo than death. We’re told that nothing matters more than hanging on to our youth and health and beauty. So how could the END of life be relevant to this moment in our lives?In this solo episode, Katherine lays out
How would the narrative of your life, your pain, and your identity change if you started telling your story as if God intended it specifically for YOU? (Spoiler: he did!) Laura Wifler, who is raising a daughter with disabilities, shares how a c
Most of us are living stories we never would have chosen. Even so, friend, it’s possible for you to live these un-hoped-for realities well. If you’ve found yourself in a place of suffering, this chapter of your life must start with total shock
In the dictionary of your life, what would be written beside the word “good?” Maybe health, fulfillment, beauty, wealth, comfort, or control?If God promises to withhold no good thing from those who walk faithfully with him, why doesn’t life fe
Matthew Sleeth, MD, a former emergency room physician and chief of the hospital medical staff, resigned from his position to teach, preach, and write about faith. Dr. Sleeth has spoken at more than one thousand churches, campuses, and events,
What happens when you invite thousands of people with medical complexities to middle-of-nowhere Alabama in the heat of summer? Radical joy and electrifying camaraderie, that’s what.Katherine sits down with just a few of the people who make Hop
Ever feel like you need a label across your forehead that reads FRAGILE: HANDLE WITH CARE! In big read letters?It’s hard to imagine that we can be strong enough to handle all the suffering around us. In this heartening and thought-provoking co
You’re invited to ramble with Katherine and Leah as they reflect on when “the most wonderful time of the year” doesn’t feel all that wonderful. Our hurt, especially during the holidays, could drive us into isolation, shame, or guilt. But it cou
Join Katherine & Jay as they welcome beloved friends of the Hope Heals community, David Thomas and Sissy Goff in for a candid conversation on parenting. The best stuff comes from the hard stuff, but none of us want our kids to go through the ha
Suffering and death are guaranteed for all of us, so why are we so poorly prepared to engage with them? Dr. Lydia Dugdale, an expert on medical ethics and author of The Lost Art of Dying, gives us heartbreaking and thought-provoking insights on
Join Katherine as she continues her "Finding Treasure" series! Do you want to know the secret to being able to truly love the story you’ve been given? It’s called emotional agility, and it’s a choice available to all of us at this very minute
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