In this episode, Janelle and Lori talk with Lisa Burkhardt-Worley, former sportscaster for ESPN, HBO Sports, and the Madison Square Garden Network. She was a rising star as a female sportscaster in the 1980s and 90s--even with talks about anchoring ESPN's SportCenter.  That's when it all came crumbling down around her. Hear more of her incredible story of faith and obedience in her path to ministry.

About Lisa Burkhardt-Worley:

Lisa Burkhardt Worley is the founder of Pearls of Promise Ministries, a ministry designed to help women overcome past dysfunction through biblical truths. She is a ten-time award-winning author of ten books and a Bible study including her most recent award-winning book, The Root that Never Died: A Christian Woman’s Journey Back to Her Hebraic Heritage. Lisa, who has a heart for the fatherless because of her fatherless past, also wrote a book to help individuals with father wounds called The Only Father I Ever Knew: How a Fatherless Girl Finally Found True Love.

Lisa spent almost twenty years as an on-air television sportscaster both nationally and locally and is now the Executive Producer and Co-host of the Christian television and radio show, POP Talk, an evangelical and topical interview program seen on thirteen television platforms and heard on numerous radio platforms. She also recently produced a half-hour documentary on antisemitism, The Resurgence of Antisemitism in the United States: How Did We Get Here and How Do We Stop It?  The documentary has aired on numerous platforms, including GOD TV and was named a finalist for an International Christian Film Festival Award.

Lisa earned a Masters of Theological Studies degree from SMU Perkins School of Theology in 2008, and after a return to her Jewish roots in 2014, is currently working on her Doctor of Ministry degree in Messianic Jewish Studies at the King’s University. Lisa is also the Vice-President of Communications for international organization, the Christian Women in Media Association and serves at her church, Gateway, as an Equip teacher and also serves as a prayer leader in Jewish Ministries at Gateway.

Lisa has been married for 36 years to Jeff, has two grown sons, Kyle and Bret, a daughter-in-law, Bailey, a new grandson, William,  a spiritual daughter, Lara, and two godsons, Ethan and Isaac.