Audacious Hope Podcast

Episode 34: Adopting As A Single Mom

Be inspired that we can all do whatever God calls us to! Listen in as Pastor Luci Williams shares her story of how God asked her to think outside her own plan and embrace His plan for her.

Episode 33: Fighting to Adopt

Katie Krumcke's feisty spirit was just what God knew she needed to fight the battles ahead of her. She and her husband's foster-to-adopt story is full of God moments! It starts with a baby she had a dream about showing up on her doorstep, and taking lots of twists and turns through the legal system before they were able to secure their forever family.

Episode 32: Adoption Was Always The Option

Join us as Deirdre Parker shares her story about how God planted the idea of adoption in her heart from a young age and how she felt adoption was ALWAYS the option for her. After a long wait, she and her husband adopted their sweet son from South Africa in 2019.

Episode 31: Grief & Redemption

Join us as Rachel shares her journey of pregnancy loss and her family's road to adoption through foster care.

Rachel Lewis is an adoptive, foster, and biological mom, and lives with her husband and three daughters in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. She experienced five pregnancy losses and writes about them on her blog, The Lewis Note, as well as at Still StandingMagazine and Pregnancy After Loss Support. She is the founder of the online support group Brave Mamas, the safest place to grieve a child. Her first book, Unexpecting: Real Talk on Pregnancy Loss, releases August 2021 from Bethany House Publishers. She loves hiking with her family over the weekends, having Sunday afternoon dinners with her close-knit family, and sampling treats from Trader Joe's, the best grocery store on the planet. Connect with Rachel on Facebook or Instagram.

LINKS:

Free guide for friends and family: "Your BFF Guide to Miscarriage"

Brave Mamas Facebook Support Group

Website: www.thelewisnote.com

Facbook.com: www.facebook.com/Thelewisnote

Instagram: @rachel.thelewisnote

Special Episode 30: My Book's Birthday!

My book, An Extreme God for An Extreme Life, is turning two years old! To celebrate I share some of the God-stories about how this book actually came to fruition and read the first chapter aloud.

Episode 29: Spiritual Realm - Part 2

This is our second episode of a two-part series with Gabriela Banks, an author and inner healing minister. We discuss the Spirit of Fear and how she became aware of it and how to be free of it!

How to find Gabriela....

• www.GabrielaBanks.com
• Book: Cultivating Lifelong Faith

Episode 28: Spiritual Realm - Part 1

Listen in to the first of this two-part series with Gabriela Banks. In Part one she shares how God spoke through a dream to her and later revealed how He wanted her to use the gift of healing.

Resources:

• www.DearMissy.org
• www.GabrielaBanks.com
• Book: Cultivating Lifelong Faith

Episode 27: Spiritual Warfare

In this episode, April shares stories of some of her own spiritual battles, but also some resources that can help Christians learn more about how to use their God-given authority in the spiritual realm.

Resources Mentioned:

• Spiritual Housecleaning by Eddie & Alice Smith
• Armed & Dangerous by John Ramirez
• Spiritual Warfare by Karl Payne
• Christian Healing Ministries in Jacksonville, Florida

Episode 26: When Trials Don't Seem to End

Join us as Catherine Lamont shares how a life filled with trials drove her into a deeper relationship with Jesus.

Find her on her blog, Wordless Groans, and on Facebook.

Episode 25: Purity Culture & Sexual Shame

Join this important conversation with Melody Knudson as we discuss the church and how it responds to sexual trauma.

Find Melody at:

https://www.melodyknudson.com/

Instagram

Books we mention:

Pure by Linda Kay Klein

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.