God and Grit Podcast Renee Hopper

Today I’ll be talking about how to deal with roadblocks and set backs when chasing your dreams and how to realize the amazing opportunities God surrounds us with. I hope you all enjoy!

For this episode I was honored to interview my friend Ruth Quarshie. Ruth has been balancing sports and faith for a long time as well as living all over the place. She has had to adjust to a lot of things and has personal experience and advice keeping God the main focus even when everything is changing. Ruth also has a loving and kind heart that is hurting because of the social injustice that has been happening. Towards the end of the interview Ruth will provide some insight on how to respond to these current events.

Today I will be talking to former collegiate athlete Kenzie Waltar. She rowed at the University of Washington and graduated in 2018.  I met Kenzie through the fellowship of Christian athletes club at UW. Kenzie is now working with high school athletes and coaches and continuing her passion for Jesus, people, and sports. Kenzie is one of my biggest role models and helped me build my relationship with God and balance that with being a student athlete during my freshman year of rowing. Listen in as Kenzie shares personal experiences and advice about being a Christian and athlete at such a high level of competition. 

In the first episode of the G&G Podcast I will be sharing my personal testimony. I’m going to dive into my personal struggle of finding my identity in being a Christian despite growing up in a Christian household and how God led me back to Him.

This is a trailer for the God and Grit Podcast where we talk about Christianity, athletics, and how those intertwine.