Taking a different direction today. Listen in as I share an intimate story of the 10:10 miracles the Lord did for me and my family. I pray this inspires you to believe (or believe again, if you've stopped) that Jesus died to give you your 10:10 miracles too.

I love you!
Stay in hope, and don't stop believing!
Jess

What happens when you leave the addiction behind, build the successful career, and still feel trapped?

Kristin Kurtz knows that suffocating feeling all too well. In this conversation, she opens up about her journey from a Russian roulette lifestyle of addiction, through corporate success, to finally stepping into her wild and free calling as a HOPE igniter and coach.

As the primary breadwinner, leaving her stable job was terrifying. But staying was killing her soul. Kristin shares how she recognized the socially acceptable cage she was in, the holy confirmation she received from her husband, and the breadcrumbs God left to confirm she was walking in His will.

In this episode, you'll discover:

• How to recognize when you're trapped in a "blessed" cage
• What it really means to live unlocked (even on ordinary Tuesdays)
• Practical first steps toward the freedom God has for you
• Why rest and rhythm matter as much as courage and boldness
• How intimacy with God becomes your lifeline in transition

If you're feeling stuck in a life that looks right but doesn't feel right, this episode will encourage you to listen to that whisper and take the first step toward freedom.

CONNECT WITH KRISTIN

Website- https://msha.ke/newwings

Email - kristinkurtz@newwingscoaching.net

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/renew.wings/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/moodykurtz/

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-kurtz

Pinterest - https://pin.it/1MlxKcXxa

Hope Unlocked 🔑 Podcast - https://hopeunlocked.buzzsprout.com

Join my “Faith” Unlocked: Warrior Daughters Arise” Facebook group -https://www.facebook.com/groups/faithunlocked

Romans 15:13 (ESV) says, “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”

In this powerful episode of the Hope Pandemic Podcast, Jessica welcomes Crystal Godsey: a wife, mother, and advocate whose life was forever changed when her son Hunter passed away from fentanyl poisoning.

Crystal shares her journey through grief, the struggles of walking alongside a child battling addiction, and how Jesus has sustained her through heartbreak. From speaking in prisons to comforting grieving families, she’s using her story to bring others freedom, healing, and hope.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

• Crystal’s raw story of loss, grief, and hope
• The power of faith and prayer through seasons of addiction and loss
• Honest struggles with anxiety and depression, and God’s sustaining grace
• How Crystal has seen God use her story to impact others in prisons, drug courts, and communities
• Practical encouragement for those facing their own valleys of pain

Scriptures Close To Crystal's Heart:

• Psalm 23 – The Lord is my Shepherd…
• Romans 15:13 – May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace…
• John 14:27 – Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you…

Connect with Crystal:

• Email: crgodsey@verizon.net
• Facebook: Crystal Ford Godsey
• Instagram: @crystalgo1
• Winning The Fight, Flowermound, Texas: https://wtf-winningthefight.org/

Get in touch with Jess at The Hope Pandemic:

thehopepandemicpodcast@gmail.com

thehopepandemic.com

YouTube: @thehopepandemicpodcast

So many women are silently carrying the weight of abortion shame, believing they’re alone and beyond God’s forgiveness. In this episode, I sit down with Brittany Poppe, a Christian Abortion Recovery Coach, pro-life speaker, and host of the Abortion Recovery for Christian Women podcast (ranked in the top 2% globally).

Brittany courageously shares her own journey- from the crushing guilt and isolation that followed her abortion, to the hope and healing she found in Christ. She opens up about:

* How becoming a mother resurfaced the pain of her past abortion
* The dark season of depression and suicidal thoughts she faced
* The turning point when God’s Word and the Christian community brought her hope
* The moment she realized God’s forgiveness was enough
* How her healing led to a ministry that now helps women all over the world

Whether you’ve experienced abortion yourself, love someone who has, or simply need a reminder of God’s relentless grace, this conversation offers both compassion and hope.
Share it with someone you love.

✨ Key Takeaway: No story is too broken for God to redeem.

Connect with Brittany Poppe
* 📧 Email: hello@brittanypoppe.com
* 🎙️ Podcast: Abortion Recovery for Christian Women
* 👥 Free Facebook Community
* 📸 Instagram: @brittanypoppe

Resources & Next Steps
* If you’re carrying shame from abortion, Brittany encourages you: Don’t do it alone. Find someone trustworthy you can confide in. Please get in touch with her if you've been unable to move beyond the past. Jeremiah 29:11 still applies to you.
* Anchor verse: Romans 8:28 — “God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.”
* Stay tuned for Brittany’s upcoming Group Coaching Program launching soon, designed to help women walk together into freedom and healing.

What happens when life's hardest losses become the foundation for your greatest ministry? Today, I sit down with Danielle Caragher, author of The Backpack of Grief and The Battleground of Fitness and Faith, and founder of Suit Up Sisterhood (online Facebook community). Danielle shares her raw, honest journey through profound loss and how God met her in the darkest valleys, transforming her pain into a powerful ministry of hope.

Danielle opens up about the seasons that nearly broke her and her father, the moment hope began to flicker again, and how she learned to see grief not as a burden to overcome but as a backpack we carry; one that can actually strengthen us for the journey ahead. She also reveals the surprising connection between our physical and spiritual health, especially during life's hardest chapters.


What You'll Hear:
-Danielle's personal story of tremendous loss and how it shaped her ministry
-Why she calls grief a "backpack" and what that means for healing
-The connection between faith and fitness during difficult seasons
-How isolation robs us of healing and why community is essential
-Practical ways to "suit up" with the Armor of God in everyday life
-Her defining moment when pain transformed into purpose
-Encouragement for anyone feeling alone in their grief or struggles

Key Quotes:
"God wastes nothing"
"Grief is not a burden to overcome. It's a backpack we carry."
"Isolation can rob us of healing."

Get In Touch with Danielle:
Books: "The Backpack of Grief" and "The Battleground of Fitness and Faith"
Community: Suit Up Sisterhood Facebook Community Group

Connect with Danielle on Instagram

In this episode of The Hope Pandemic, host Jessica Gilliam sits down with Liz Jack, a woman whose journey reads like a love letter from Heaven. Liz has faced childhood divorce, early widowhood at just 31, failed marriages, and the heartbreaking loss of her grandson Noah. Yet, instead of letting bitterness take root, Liz discovered that God’s refining fire doesn’t destroy us. It reveals the gold He always sees in us.

Today, alongside her husband Greg, Liz is building The Ponds at Shiloh: a sanctuary of healing, prayer, and restoration. From a prayer chapel dedicated to Noah, to a garden where people can pick vegetables and encounter Scripture, Liz’s story reminds us that our scars can become sanctuaries and our pain can become pathways for others to experience God’s love.

This episode will leave you inspired, strengthened, and full of hope that your hardest chapters may just be the beginning of your most beautiful ones.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode

✨ Liz’s first encounter with God’s overwhelming love at age 12 and how it sustained her through seasons of loss.
🔥 What it feels like to walk through God’s refining fire—and how to recognize His grace even in our failures.
💔 Widowhood at 31 and the surprising ways hope showed up when life felt stripped bare.
💡 How God used Greg, her soulmate, to restore her ability to dream again.
🌿 The vision for The Ponds at Shiloh: a chapel, a garden, and a family legacy of faith.
👶 Why the property is dedicated to her grandson Noah, and how grief can be transformed into redemption.
🙌 A message of hope for anyone currently walking through their own refining fire.

Key Scripture

"Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up." — Galatians 6:9

Connect with Liz & The Ponds at Shiloh

📧 Email: lizrountree@att.net

📘 Facebook: The Ponds at Shiloh

How You Can Help Liz

Right now, Liz and Greg are building two beautiful projects:

1. The Back-to-Eden Garden — a place where people will pick vegetables, encounter Scripture, and find prayer. They need compost, wood chips, cardboard, and volunteers.
2. The Prayer Chapel — a sacred space dedicated to Liz's grandson, where people will encounter God’s presence. Needs include stained glass windows, pews, a steeple, and financial support.

If you feel stirred to be part of this God-sized vision—whether through prayer, skills, materials, or financial giving—reach out to Liz directly.

In this episode, host Jessica Gilliam talks with certified Christian life coach Alexandria “Lexi” Wanamaker, who shares her powerful story of losing her home, financial security, and peace—only to encounter the God who revealed her identity while never letting go.

Through a season of fear, depression, and spiritual warfare, Lexi discovered unshakable faith, radical obedience, and a fierce calling to help others heal. Her testimony reminds us that God can redeem even the darkest seasons and use them to prepare us for greater purpose.

In this episode, we unpack Lexi's journey:

• Walking through the breaking season (loss, fear, and isolation)
• Choosing faith over logic and learning radical obedience
• The battle of spiritual warfare and identity in Christ
• Shifting from survival to supernatural purpose

If you’re in a wilderness season, this conversation will encourage you to press into God’s Word, surround yourself with faith-filled believers, and believe that redemption is on the horizon.

🔗 Connect with Lexi

• Website: lexiwanamaker.com
• Facebook: Alexandria Wanamaker
• Instagram: @lexi_wanamaker_ministries
• Email: sasconsulting23@gmail.com
  
  

❤️ Support Lexi’s Mission- The Hope Pandemic will match any seed sown up to $10! Lexi is working to raise $8000 to publish her new book, The Weight Of Dreams.

• Book Fundraiser: Give Send Go – Lexi’s Book Project
• Services: 1:1 Christian Life Coaching, Inner Healing Coaching, and Prophetic Ministry available at her website.

In this episode, I dive into the life-changing power of our words. What you think, you will speak. What you speak, you will see. That’s why the Bible reminds us that “death and life are in the power of the tongue” (Proverbs 18:21).

We’ll look at why so many Christians still struggle Monday through Saturday, even after Sunday services, and why aligning our thoughts and speech with God’s Word is essential for living a life of true freedom and hope.

I also share some eye-opening statistics from The Barna Group about how many adults in the U.S.—and in Texas specifically—actually live with a biblical worldview. The numbers may surprise you, and they reveal why hope-filled, faith-filled words are needed more than ever in today’s culture.

Why your words shape your reality

• What it means to live with a biblical worldview (and why so few Christians actually do)
• Hope is an action-oriented skill anyone can practice
• My personal declarations from 2020 that reshaped my mindset and my future

The Barna Group’s Worldview Statistics:

• Texas has an estimated 31.8 million residents in 2025 (World Population Review).
• Of those, only about 1,086,778 adults—less than 4%—hold a biblical worldview (Barna, 2025).
• Despite Texas being known as a conservative and highly Christian state, Barna’s research shows it actually ranks 30th out of 45 states in the proportion of “Integrated Disciples”—those consistently living out a biblical worldview.
• Nationally, the trend reveals a significant decline over the past three decades, showing how culture increasingly shapes faith, rather than faith shaping culture.

Barna defines a biblical worldview as “experiencing, interpreting, and responding to reality through the lens of biblical principles.” In other words, believing that absolute moral truths exist, are defined by scripture, and apply to every part of life.

If we want to see change in ourselves, our families, and our culture, we must first ask: What am I contributing to what I see? Are my words sowing frustration and hopelessness, or are they planting seeds of faith and hope?

Resources & Links:

• Arizona Christian University: Barna AWVI 2025 Report – State-by-State Worldview Analysis
• My personal Hope Declarations Download from 2020
• Eyes That See and Ears That Hear (how to discern the Lord’s voice:
• Song: “Spirit Lead Me”

💬 Let’s Connect:

If this episode encouraged you, share it with a friend who needs hope today. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss upcoming conversations about living with hope and aligning your thoughts with God’s Word.

Can't wait to see you next week!