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Ever feel like life just gets hard and MESSY sometimes? Because, girl - ME TOO.Welcome to the Wildly Hopeful Podcast.I'm Brandy.
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You Don't Have to Be Fearless to Be Brave with Laura L. Smith| Episode 58 (opens the original)
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What if Courage isn't the absence of fear, but trusting God while you're still afraid? In this episode of Wildly Hopeful, Brandy sits down with bestselling author Laura L. Smith to talk about her book Brave Woman. Mighty God and what the couragous women of the Bible can teach us about fear, faith, waiting, comparision, calling, friendship, prayer, and finding God in ordinary life. If you have ever felt afraid, unqualified, overlooked, or stuck in the middle of a story you did't choose, this conv
Hope in Unlikely Places with Johanna Rojas Vann| Episode 57 (opens the original)
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What does our life look like when hope and grief coexist at the same time?And what does healing look like when life doesn't go back to the way it was before? Today on Wildly Hopeful, Brandy sits down with Johanna Rojas Vann, author of American Immigrant and her newest novel Where Wilted Flowers Bloom , for an honest conversation about grief, faith, motherhood, child loss, unexpected friendship, and finding hope in the middle of heartbreak. This conversation is an invitation to believe that you d
Are We Too Distracted to Notice God? with Monika Kirkland| Episode 56 (opens the original)
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What happens when you genuinely love God but still feel far away from Him? In this episode of Wildly Hopeful , Brandy sits down with writer and Inner Revival podcast host Monika Kirkland to talk about it along her debut nonfiction book, Ever With You: Becoming Fully Awake to the God Who Is Near. The chat about spiritual exhaustion, distraction, prayer, rest and the subtle pressures many women carry to prove their faithfulness to God. Maybe becoming aware of God's presence has less to do with try
The Things We Don't Say Out Loud: A Brave Conversation About christian Women and Alcohol with Christy Osborne| Episode 55 (opens the original)
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There are some conversations that feel easier to whisper than to say out loud. This is one of them. When Christians talk about alcohol, the conversation somehow gets reduced to camps instead of compassion. And we're often left feeling like we have to choose sides instead of leaning into discernement. One side talks about freedom. The other talks only about conviction. But what if we have been asking the wrong questions and the invitation is to become more attentive to the Holy Spirit? What if th
Are We Kinda Judgy with Shannon Popkin|Episode 54 (opens the original)
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Have you ever replayed a conversation, questioned whether you said the wrong, or carried the weight of someone else's opinion long after the moment passed? What if the harshest judgement you experience isn't coming from others- but from your own heart? In this episode of wildly Hopeful, Brandy sits down with author, Bible teacher, and podcast host Shannon Popkin to talk about judgement, discernment, mercy, and the freedom Jesus offers. Drawing from her new book, Kinda Judgy: Finding Mercy for My
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