Help & Hope MARKINC Ministries
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The Help & Hope Podcast guests address life's darkest circumstances that are often difficult to discuss, yet need to be faced as we help one another walk by faith. These are the real-life testimonies of people who have walked through these experiences and have found their strength in Christ.
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Healing What You Can't Erase
Send us a Text Message.Did you know 40 million adults suffer from depression, and 4 in 10 US adults have developed high levels of stress and anxiety since the start of the pandemic? 58% of those are young adults. Clearly, we have a mental health crisis in America. In this conversation, Christopher Cook, author of Healing What You Can’t Erase and host of the WinToday podcast, and no stranger to deep depression, says anxiety acts like a smoke alarm, demanding we find the source of the smoke and...
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Addiction and Hope
Send us a Text Message.Due to generations of hurt in his family, country music singer Ben Fuller turned to cocaine and alcohol at a young age. He got involved in a devastating drug-fueled relationship which led him to understand better, the other side of addiction. And then, he abruptly lost his best friend to a heroin overdose, and his entire outlook on life shifted. In this Help & Hope conversation with Sharon Betters and Danielle Cantler, Ben talks about how a move to Nashville to purs...
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Conflict with Adult Children
Send us a Text Message.One in four adults are estranged from their parents, so says one 2022 study. According toanother study 11% of mothers ages 65 – 75 with two or more grown children were estrangedfrom at least one of them. Most of the time, the seeds for these conflicts were planted duringthe growing up years of the young adults. Gaye Clark, who is the author of Loving Your AdultChildren, The Heartache of Parenting and the Hope of the Gospel talks to Sharon Betters aboutthe seeds of these...
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Hope for the Parents of the Prodigal Child
Send us a Text Message.Do these words haunt you: "Mom, Dad, I don't want your rules and morals. I don't want to act like a Christian anymore! And I'm not going to," Barbara Juliani (then Barbara Miller) made this declaration at the age 18. As her father desperately attempted to reason with her, Barbara grew more resentful, choosing a path of immorality that only deepened her parents' pain.Such a declaration from a child, no matter their age, creates havoc and soul-searching in the hearts of t...
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The Widow's Journey
Send us a Text Message.“So who am I now that there’s only one place at the table….one pillow with a head dent, one towel damp after a shower? There’s only one toothbrush in the holder. The seat is never left up anymore. I can still write Mrs. in front of my name, but I’m no longer in a marriage relationship. You need two people for a marriage, and there’s only me.” These words, written by our guest, Gayle Roper, capture the longing of every widow. Has a widowed friend ever said, “I wish you c...
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Hope In The Midst Of Grief
Send us a Text Message.In this wide-ranging interview between two mothers who have experienced the grief of the deaths of their children, Nancy Guthrie transparently answers questions asked by Sharon Betters. From how to push the question “why” through the grid of God’s love and sovereignty to practical counsel for protecting marriages assaulted by grief, Nancy doesn’t flinch. Nancy’s loss of two children uniquely qualifies her to offer help and hope in sorrow’s darkest night. No matter how s...