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Help & Hope
by MARKINC Ministries
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.
Episodes
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Now I Lay Me Down to Fight: Breast Cancer – A Conversation with Katy Bowser Hutson
Imagine hearing these words: “Make no mistake: without treatment, this is fatal.” Katy Bowser Hutson heard this message from her oncologist, who made it clear that without aggressive treatment, Katy would die. She did not hear any optimism in her doctor’s voice. Katy’s diagnosis was inflammatory...
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Breast Cancer — An Interview with Chuck and Sharon Betters
"Breast cancer". The very words are terrifying. The first thing Sharon did when she heard that diagnosis was to find a woman who had already traveled through the foreign land of cancer. As Sharon said, "I needed a guide—someone to help me navigate the maze of unknown terrain." It is Sharon's hope...
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Enough About Me! – A Conversation with Jen Oshman
“Who am I? What is my purpose? I thought I could have it all and I do. But I am restless, I feel like I’m missing something.” Statistics show many American women are weary, struggle with depression, and self-medicate with alcohol, flattery, etc. Suicide rates for women are on the rise. What’s...
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NEW Help & Hope Story: Letting Go as Our Children Become Adults – A Conversation with Christina Fox
In this episode of the Go Ask Your Mother mini-series on the Help & Hope Podcast, Sharon Betters talks with author, speaker, and counselor Christina Fox about one of the tender and often surprising transitions of motherhood: learning to let go as our children become adults. Drawing from…
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Mental Illness & Suicide – A Conversation with Judy Springer
*The statistics below are from 2017, the year this episode was first published.* Suicide was the tenth leading cause of death overall in the United States, claiming the lives of 47,000 people. Suicide was the second leading cause of death among individuals between the ages of 10 and 34, and the...
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Lost Hope: A Look at Teenage Depression and Suicide
The third leading cause of death in 15-to-24-year-old’s...suicide and depression amongst our teens is a topic that cannot be ignored in our culture. This is an honest conversation with two professionals who have helped teens and families through these struggles. Parents and teens alike will…
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Loneliness and Depression: Discovering Hope – A Conversation with Danielle Slaughter
Depression affects more than 15 million American adults – 6.7% of the population 18 or older. Twenty percent of teens experience depression before adulthood and 70% will have more than one episode of depression before adulthood. 8.3% of these teens suffer depression for at least a year. Women are...
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Hope for the Parents of the Prodigal Child – From a Prodigal – A Conversation with Barbara Juliani
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 of 18. As her father desperately attempted to reason with her, Barbara grew more...
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When Parents Feel Like Failures – A Conversation with Lauren Whitman
If you’re a parent, it’s likely you have had more than one sleepless night reviewing the mistakes and perceived failures of that day. We resign ourselves to carry the emotions of fear, guilt, shame, and regret for the rest of our lives. But do we have to just let these emotions hang around and…
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Drugs, Violence, Homelessness, Abuse, and a Hunger for Something More – A Conversation with Miho Kahn & Dave Wiedis
In this conversation with Sharon Betters, Miho Kahn and her husband, David Wiedis, share the story of Miho’s journey into a world of drugs, violence, and abuse. At the age of fourteen, Miho pushed against the boundaries of her parents’ quiet life and struck out on her own, telling her sister,...
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His Ways Are Higher Than Ours – A Conversation with Gary Episcopo
Gary Episcopo joins us on the Help & Hope podcast to share how God used his love for motorcycles and the brotherhood and comradery of motorcycle clubs to lead him into a life of demonstrating the love of Jesus to the "one percenters", or outlaw gangs. Growing up, and even into adulthood, Gary...
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blessings through storms – A Conversation with Laura Story
Sharon Betters interviews GRAMMY winner Laura Story, who shares details of how her life took an unexpected turn when her husband, Martin, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The fairytale life she had dreamed of was no longer possible, yet Laura found a "better broken" with Jesus. Laura's story…
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Joy in Caring for a Child with Special Needs – A Conversation with Kara Dedert
Thousands of families quietly and lovingly care for children with special needs. Though the days are often long and hard, many find joy in their calling and would not trade their calling for anything. Kara Dedert and her family reflect this joy in the ordinary and extraordinary moments of caring...
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Finding Purpose When You Lose Your Identity – A Conversation with Dave Dravecky
In this inspiring podcast, former baseball star, Dave Dravecky, and Dr. Chuck F. Betters talk about how cancer destroyed Dave’s successful baseball career and Dave’s struggle to deal with not only the loss of his career but understanding his true identity. In the 1980s, Dave Dravecky was a...
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Adoption and Children with Special Needs: A Hard Calling Filled with Joy – A Conversation with Jim and Karen Weaver
Jim and Karen Weaver’s international adoption journey led them to welcoming not one, but two boys into their family, making them parents of four daughters and two sons. In this transparent interview, Jim and Karen share the highs and the lows of their journey, from how they began their adoption...
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My Son with Down Syndrome & Brain Injury...Parenting Joseph – A Conversation with Sue New
When you first meet Sue, you sense she is a woman who lives life through a kind and steady grid. Yet, still waters run deep, and for over thirty-plus years Sue and her husband have parented three sons, one of whom was born with Down Syndrome and a brain injury. Joseph will never care for himself…
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Schizophrenia Through a Mother's Eyes – A Conversation with Simonetta Carr
When a son, sister, or grandchild begins to behave in unexpected and disturbing ways, family members hope it is simply a phase. For some, it is instead a life-time illness – schizophrenia. The diagnosis of schizophrenia can bring shock, fear, and worry to everyone involved. But in the midst of…
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Bipolar Mental Illness – A Conversation with Christine Chappell
The words “You have a mental illness” bring fear, uncertainty, sometimes shame, loneliness, and even hopelessness. Christine Chappell heard those words as a young woman. They helped her understand many of her struggles with depression and self-harming behavior, but they also took her into a…
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ALS: On My Way Home – A Conversation with Dale Meador
How do you face each day after a diagnosis of ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, knowing you will not survive longer than eighteen months – two years? Pastor Dale Meador joins Sharon and Chuck Betters to answer this question and more as he describes how each day reminds him that he cannot beat this...
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Mental Illness and Marriage – A Conversation with Jenni Holder
There is so much we do not know about mental illness, including deep depression that results in the inability to even get out of bed, let alone function in daily life. Many more people than we realize struggle every day to do the next thing with their will because of sadness, a lack of joy and...
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Standing with Hope Through It All – A Conversation with Gracie Rosenberger
How do you find purpose when you are excruciating pain 24/7, survived 7 surgeries, and most likely face more? Add to that your status as a double amputee. In this interview, you will meet Warrior Woman Gracie Rosenberger, who was 17 when she was in an almost fatal car accident. In our…
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Hope for the Service Marriage – A Conversation with Corie Weathers
Corie Weathers, author of Sacred Spaces: My Journey to the Heart of Military Marriage, transparently shares some of her own marriage struggles as the wife of a military chaplain in this far-reaching conversation. Corie was the 2015 Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year. One of her...
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Faith That Doesn't Quit – A Conversation with Andrea Herzer
Andrea Herzer, a woman well acquainted with long term debilitating health issues, having spent the last twenty years with multiple illnesses, including regional pain syndrome and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, joins Sharon Betters for this Help & Hope podcast. Numerous times Andrea experienced moments…
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Living with Eternity in View – A Conversation with Lucy Malmberg
Lucy Malmberg’s grand adventures in life began when her parents hid her in a blanket-covered box as waited in line to board a plane to America from Ukraine after World War II. Her parents passed on to her a legacy of not only love for America but a passionate love for Jesus. In this conversation...
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A Father's Love for a Son with Special Needs - A Conversation with Steve Demme
Marriage can be difficult under any circumstances, but adding a child with special needs adds a whole new level of challenges. In this wide-ranging conversation, Steve Demme shares his passion for helping build strong marriages, but in particular wants to offer help and hope to fathers, and even...
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When Your Future Turns Upside-Down - A Conversation with Bryan Stoudt
Bryan and his wife Sharon say the diagnosis of severe autism for his son Matthew confronted them with the reality that the future they had planned would never come. In this transparent conversation Bryan touches on how he and his wife went into survival mode, how he initially thought he could…
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Finding Joy in the Hard Places with Autism - A Conversation with Paul and Jill Miller
Paul and Jill Miller welcomed their sixth child, daughter Kim, into their home in 1982. It became apparent at a young age that Kim was behind in her developmental milestones. She was also nonverbal. Kim was diagnosed as having autism, a diagnosis that was just beginning to be recognized by…
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Autism Spectrum Disorder: Speaking Hope
In this interview, two sets of parents speak honestly about how their children with an autistic spectrum disorder impacted their dreams, challenged their marriages, and created chaos in their homes. They also describe their special joys in parenting their children. If you are parenting a child…
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The Thorn of Autism - A Conversation with Lori Sealy
Nearly aborted, graciously adopted, and later abandoned, Lori Sealy has traveled the road of atheism and lived a life of autism. Lori was diagnosed with Autism as an adult, and not long after that diagnosis, learned her son had autism as well. Lori is a classical pianist and songwriter whose…
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Surviving a Tsunami of Grief - A Conversation with Andrea Maher
Remember playing in the sand, your back to the ocean, oblivious of the huge waves heading toward you? Suddenly, a mountain of raging water crashes over your body, and not only are you slammed into the sand, but, before you can catch a breath, another huge wave pulls you out to into a rip tide....
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Married to an Alcoholic - A Conversation with Julie Sanford
Julie Sanford is a Recovery Mentor for wives of alcoholics. She is a wife and a mom of three who found herself in a situation she never wanted to be in: the wife of an alcoholic. After several years of living in chaos, feeling alone, and unseen, she is now using her journey to help other wives of...
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Addiction and Hope - A Conversation with Ben Fuller
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. Then, he abruptly lost his best friend to a heroin...
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When Drugs Steal Your Life - A Conversation with Shelley Tribbitt
Is it possible to break free from drugs after a lifetime of addiction? Shelley Tribbitt says yes. After using drugs for over thirty years, Shelley broke free from them, but then had to face the obstacle of the collateral damage that she had done to her family and friends. In this poignant...
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Helping Your Teens with Same-Sex Attraction - A Conversation with Cooper Pinson
No matter how “innocent” the television program or movie, it seems that the entertainment industry is determined to normalize same-sex attraction, starting with the youngest of children. How does a parent help a child navigate sexuality when so many forces come against a biblical worldview? In…
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Same-Sex Attraction: An Interview with an Unlikely Convert - A Conversation with Dr. Rosaria Butterfield
Do you have questions about same-sex attraction? Is it wrong? Is it ok? Are you struggling with same-sex attraction personally? Is your child? Chuck and Sharon had the privilege of asking these questions and many more of Dr. Rosaria Butterfield, nationally known speaker and author of Secret...
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Same-Sex Attraction, Part 2: Analysis of the Six Key Scriptures
There are six key scriptures that specifically address homosexuality. Dr. Chuck F. Betters interviews three pastors about their understanding of how to interpret each one of these Scriptures, not as stand-alone words, but as part of the whole Bible. Listeners will be struck not only by the clear...
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Same-Sex Attraction, Part 1: A Pastoral Response
What’s the Christian Church to do? Western Culture not only accepts but also celebrates same-sex attraction as an appropriate and normal lifestyle. Are people who do not accept homosexuality as right and appropriate hateful and small-minded? In this frank conversation, Dr. Chuck F. Betters leads…
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Sexual Abuse: Hope Blooms After the Storm - One Woman's Story - A Conversation with Dr. Terry Eccles
What happens when a four-year-old gets an unwanted education in the darker side of humanity and experiences sexual abuse at the hand of her father? In this powerful, sometimes difficult-to-hear interview, Dr. Terry Eccles takes the listener into the abyss of the sexual abuse she experienced...
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Sex Trafficking: I Am Not For Sale! A Conversation With Edie Rhea
Edie’s father died when she was four years old, so when her mother brought a new man into her home, she welcomed him as her father. When she was nine years old, this man began regularly raping her in her home. By the time she was twelve, he was taking her to hotel rooms where he trafficked her to...
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Human Trafficking - A Path to Freedom - A Conversation with Ana Stevenson
Chuck interviews Ana Stevenson, the founder of Path2Freedom, where Chuck and his wife Melanie are currently serving as House Parents at the Magnolia House. Ana felt a calling to start a ministry for girls rescued from human trafficking in 2015. Ana shares that "millions of children are being...
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Trauma Can Not Rob You of Your Identity - A Conversation with Fawn Volkert
Fawn Volkert's journey from sexual abuse as an infant to trying anything and everything to survive to a place of joyful thriving will stay with you for a long time. Just when you think her story could not get any worse or even more compelling, Fawn takes us deeper into her journey to a place of...
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Homesick For Heaven - A Conversation with Elyse Fitzpatrick
Have you ever been away from home and all you wanted was to go home, to your familiar surroundings, you family – your bed? You feel homesick. In this conversation with Sharon Betters, Elyse Fitzpatrick describes how a difficult time in her life resulted in her longing for something more. She...
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When Your Wife Dies - A Conversation with Jim Meyer
Did you know that every year about 100,000 men are widowed? Though a widow’s grief is just as deep as a widower, men often respond differently to the loss of their wives. In this moving conversation Dr. Chuck Betters talks with Dr. Jim Meyer, who lost his first wife. Jim shares the story of his...
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Sudden Loss of a Daughter and a Dad's Grief - A Conversation with Mel Lawrenz
You start your day thinking it will be like any other. And then a text with four words, “Eva not breathing. Pray.” Within hours, the unexpected death of your daughter propels you and your family down into the deepest sorrow you have ever experienced. In this conversation with Sharon Betters, Mel...
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Grief and Lament - A Conversation with Dr. Frank James
Is it ever ok to question God’s love or wisdom, especially when you love and serve Him but experience tremendous loss? Dr. Frank A. James, President and Professor of Historical Theology at Missio Seminary in Pennsylvania joins Dr. Chuck F. Betters to talk about this very question. Frank’s story…
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Preparing for Christmas in the Darkness of Grief - A Conversation with Chuck and Sharon Betters
“Christmas. What will we do about Christmas?” This was one of the first grief-stricken questions Sharon asked her husband, Chuck, hours after learning of the death of their sixteen-year-old son, Mark. In this poignant interview, Chuck and Sharon Betters speak candidly about how they approached...
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Chronic Illness: Living with Purpose - A Conversation with Sharon Betters and Friends
Having a long-term or chronic illness can disrupt your life in many ways. Managing your illness can be overwhelming as you try to understand what's happening in your body and how you can best use the energy you have each day. Chronic illnesses can be frightening, because you may not understand…
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An Unexpected Twist in Life - A Conversation with Erin Kauffman
Twenty-nine-year-old Erin Kauffman was enjoying the fruit of years of education and working. She loved her newly purchased home and bought a new car that she could load up with equipment when traveling to school sponsored music events. Erin filled her time with work, music, friends and ministry....
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Walking with Your Loved One Through Chronic Pain and Illness - A Conversation with Nate Brooks
The title of Nate Brooks’ book, Disrupted Journey: Walking with Your Loved One Through Chronic Pain and Illness, describes the transparent conversation he had with hosts Sharon Betters and Heidi Nequist. Caregivers are one of the most forgotten communities. They often find themselves in this...
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Hidden Wounds and Scars of Chronic Illness – Is there Hope? - A Conversation with Rosann Coulon
Rosann has experienced disappointment, pain and loss – but her scars and wounds are not obvious – very much like many of you. Today Rosann lives with the kinds of chronic illness that many of you contend with – often alone in your struggles because they are not visible wounds or scars. In this...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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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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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