Pull up a chair on the porch, pour yourself a glass of lemonade, and hang out with Tammy and Sunny for another Wild Hope Summer Porch Conversation.

Today, we're looking back at the women we were at 20—and this conversation got surprisingly emotional.

What would you tell your 20-year-old self if you could sit across from her today? Would you correct her? Warn her? Celebrate her? Or maybe finally offer her the kindness and grace you couldn't give her then?

We're talking honestly about the choices we made, the things we didn't know, the growth we can finally see, and the ways God was present in our stories long before we understood what He was doing.

Because sometimes growth isn't about becoming an entirely different person. Sometimes it's about looking back and realizing that pieces of who God created you to be were there all along.

In this episode, we talk about:

• What we wish we could tell our 20-year-old selves
• Looking at past versions of ourselves with compassion instead of shame
• Recognizing growth we couldn't see while it was happening
• Finding evidence of God's presence in earlier chapters of our stories
• Identity, maturity, regret, hope, and becoming
• What changes—and what has been there all along

Our hope is that this conversation gives you permission to look back at the woman you used to be with a little more kindness.

Maybe she wasn't as lost as you thought.

Maybe God was already at work.

And maybe, in more ways than you realize, you were already her.

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Ep. 44 | Would You Rather - Wild Hope Summer Porch Conversations

Today we’re inviting you onto the porch with a glass of lemonade for a little something different.

As part of our Wild Hope Summer Series, we’re stepping away from our usual conversations and making space for laughter, connection, and the simple joy of connecting hearts around the table.

In this episode, Sunny and Tammy play a little game of “Would You Rather” and discover that what starts as a lighthearted conversation quickly opens the door to memories, stories, opinions, and even a few deeper thoughts about life, faith, and the seasons we’ve walked through.

You’ll laugh with us, maybe find yourself answering along the way, and hopefully be inspired to gather your own people for a summer porch conversation.

We’ve created a Would You Rather conversation starter download just for you! Use these questions with your spouse, friends, family, or even on a road trip. Sometimes the simplest questions lead to the best conversations.

You can find the download in the show notes below and over on our Instagram page.

So grab your people, pull up a chair, and make room for laughter, connection, and a little Wild Hope this summer.

Would You Rather Questions for YOU!

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What if summer wasn't just a season on the calendar?

In this short Hope Huddle On The Go, Sunny explores the idea that our lives move through seasons much like nature does. There are winters marked by loss, springs filled with new beginnings, falls of transition and change, and summers where life feels wide open and full of possibility.

But what if it's possible to experience a little summer even in the middle of winter? What if wild hope can still grow in the wilderness?

In this episode, Sunny shares encouragement for cultivating a Wild Hope Summer no matter what season you find yourself in. Together we'll talk about:

• Finding beauty in unexpected places • Choosing hope instead of cynicism • Leaning into God's presence in every season • Living with curiosity, wonder, and adventure • Why mindset matters more than circumstances sometimes do

And because this is Sunny we're talking about, there may or may not be a few spontaneous songs along the way.

Whether you're walking through a difficult season or enjoying a beautiful one, this episode is an invitation to look for the goodness of God, embrace the season you're in, and cultivate a life marked by wild hope.

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Keywords/topics: hope in difficult seasons, finding joy in hard times, Christian encouragement, faith during difficult seasons, choosing hope, mindset and faith, God's presence in suffering, finding beauty in everyday life, personal growth, women of faith, Wild Hope Rising, joy in every season, trusting God in uncertainty

Sometimes we choose the Wilderness. Not necessarily because we love camping- but because we love chasing temporary pleasure. The problem is, it never satisfies, and in fact leaves us hungering, thirsting, and longing for the next “hit” of release.

In this hope huddle with Sunny Cain, she speaks with authenticity, and urgency- reminding us where we can turn when “we just can’t” anymore.

In a walkthrough of Isaiah 30, and a jump over to Ezekiel 34, she highlights the beauty of the God who longs to be gracious to us, even in our denial of him, in our refusal to return to quietness and rest, in our attempts to power through in our own strength with our own solutions. And God Longs to Be Gracious.

Let’s remember the God who waits on High to Be Gracious to Us- and we will see His goodness and mercy have followed us all of our days.

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Keywords/topics: wilderness season, prayer, faith, strength, shame, loved by God, saved by grace, transformation, finding Jesus,

This week is a solo episode with practical encouragement from Sunny Cain speaking to the reality that we sometimes live with a misplaced identity. We answer to whispers from the thief who comes “only to steal, kill and destroy," rather than believing the truth of who God says we are.

In this episode we talk about:

• The lies we have believed
• How to take our thoughts captive.
• How to move towards replacing lies with the truth
• What it looks like to steward our identity
• How to walk in integrity of being fearfully and wonderfully made.

If you have been believing lies for years- this episode has the practical encouragement you need to move forward and walk in truth.

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Keywords/topics: wilderness season, prayer, faith, strength, identity, take thoughts captive, shame, not enough, chosen, accepted, loved by God, saved by grace, transformation, renewing your mind, know God’s voice. Lies from the enemy, the good shepherd

Let’s live with more SOS and less, “I Got This!”

This week is a solo episode with encouragement from Sunny Cain speaking to the reality that as humans we often try to shoulder life alone. More than self-help, or pulling up our bootstraps, sometimes a misunderstanding of who God is sits at the heart of it.

In this episode we talk about:

• What keeps us from crying out to God
• what we miss out on when we try to shoulder it alone.
• The reality that when we cry out to God- He Hears Us.
• Strength of soul- how to access it.
• Psalm 18

If you feel exhausted from shouldering it alone, if you realize you have been carrying a burden that is too heavy- this episode is for you.

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Keywords/topics: wilderness season, prayer, faith, strength, soul, crying out to God, depression, shame, forgiveness, self-help, humility, Psalm 18, hope, Jesus hears

Because sometimes you just need someone to pray for you.

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This week we are talking about something most women do not want to talk about—but almost every woman has felt: shame.

It is the voice that says, “You are not enough,” “Who do you think you are?” or “You will always be a failure.” Shame does not tell us we made a mistake. It tells us we are the mistake.

In this episode we talk about: • What shame is and how it differs from guilt • How shame shows up through perfectionism, people pleasing, hiding, and playing small • Why we can react defensively or spiral into negative self-talk • The difference between condemnation and conviction • How to spot shame, name it, and begin breaking free

If you have ever felt like you are too much, not enough, or like you will never get it right, this conversation is for you.

Because there is another sound available to us besides shame: the sound of chains falling, prison doors opening, and hope rising.

Psalm 34:5 says, “Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame.”

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Topics: shame, shame vs guilt, feeling not good enough, negative self-talk, perfectionism, people pleasing