Hope Unlocked 🔑 | Christian Testimonies, Hope & Healing, Faith-Based Inspiration, Purpose & Calling, Kingdom Business & Ministry
Feeling uncertain or overwhelmed in your faith journey? Hope Unlocked is here to inspire and equip you with real-life stories of resilience, breakthrough, and unwavering faith. Whether you’re navigating the highs and lows of business, ministry, or personal challenges, this podcast offers powerful testimonies and practical insights to help you overcome obstacles and rediscover your purpose. Each episode dives into biblical truths, actionable wisdom, and heartfelt encouragement to reignite your HOPE and empower you to live boldly in your God-given calling.
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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.â€â€ Romans‬ â€15‬:â€13‬ â€
With His HOPE & JOY,
Kristin Kurtz
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Episodes
242 episodes
She Had Every Reason to Lose Hope—But She Kept Saying Yes to God with Juliet Dawn
Juliet Dawn has walked through abuse, coercive control, miscarriage, the devastating loss of twins, PTSD, physical suffering, and deep grief—yet she refused to let despair have the final word. In this powerful conversation, the singer, poet, au...
Five Years of Waiting, Then Three Children in 48 Hours with Steve Wormer
After repeated miscarriages and five exhausting years of adoption, Steve Wormer and his wife faced another crushing blow when their adoption agency suddenly closed the door. Then, within about 48 hours, everything changed—they were given three ...
His Wife’s Illness Changed Everything He Believed About Health with Barry Bevier
After watching his wife battle lupus, endure years of heavy medications and devastating side effects, Barry Bevier’s life took a new direction. Out of profound loss came a mission: help others become informed sooner and make proactive choices f...
She Refused to Let Trauma Define Her—and Found Freedom Through Forgiveness with Summer Dey
In 22 minutes, Summer Dey lost everything she had built—and the fallout shook her identity, mental health, and body. In this deeply honest conversation, she shares her journey through depression, anxiety, PTSD symptoms, panic disorder, and seiz...
From Saving Souls to Chasing Sinners: Burnout, Faith & Life in the FBI with Eric Robinson
Pastor-turned-FBI agent Eric Robinson shares the hidden cost of carrying everyone else’s pain—and the burnout that led him from the pulpit to Quantico. He opens up about church planting, daily stress headaches, SWAT operations, high-stakes inve...
When Faith Doesn’t Fix the Pain: The Wilderness Way with Dustin Kleinschmidt
What happens when the faith you thought would protect you leads straight into the wilderness? Dustin Kleinschmidt shares how ministry burnout, church conflict, resignation, and panic attacks shattered the expectations he had placed on God. This...
Two Weeks Postpartum, Then Thyroid Cancer: Choosing Faith Over Fear with Beth Fralick
Two weeks after welcoming her first baby, Beth Fralick was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. In this honest conversation, the teacher, mom of three, and health and wellness consultant shares the postpartum shock, grief, and pressure of making fast...
Stop Performing for God: Ministry, Burnout & Trusting His Provision with Paul Granger
What if ministry is not a title, but a way of living with God and loving people? Kristin talks with writer and longtime podcaster Paul Granger about living as an ambassador of Christ without the pressure to perform, build a platform, or prove y...
When Life Stops Making Sense: Trusting God Through Cancer, Grief & Loss with Kathy Rogers
What does it look like to trust God when life no longer makes sense? Speaker and author Kathy Rogers shares her journey through triple-negative breast cancer, a BRCA2 family diagnosis, and the devastating loss of both her mother and 29-year-old...
Feeling Burned Out? Discover God's Secret to Soul Rest with Bret Kolman
What if the breakthrough you need isn't found by working harder—but by resting with God? In this episode, Bret Kolman, a healthcare CPA and former hospital CEO, shares how practicing Sabbath, taking mini sabbaticals, and embracing intentional s...
One Couple. One Calling. One Walk Across America. with Rick & Jane McKinney
After decades in pastoral ministry, Rick and Jane McKinney share an honest story of calling, resilience, and continuing to say yes to Jesus. From a faith awakening during the Jesus movement and a 52-year marriage that began with a tangerine Lif...
A Gratitude Attack: Finding God’s Love Through Grief and Loss with Wendy Bauer
What happens when performance Christianity stops working? Wendy Bower, author of Gratitude Attack, shares how God met her in the honesty of grief, anger, divorce, estrangement from her daughters, and breast cancer during COVID. Through...
When Grief Rewrites Your Faith: Finding Hope After Unexpected Loss with Francine Ivey
One phone call changed everything. Just hours after preaching a message called Consumed By The Call, Francine Ivey's husband unexpectedly passed away, leaving her to navigate unimaginable grief, questions of faith, and a completely dif...
He Died, Came Back, and Refused to Quit: A Story of Unbreakable Hope with Jay Setchell
What does it take to keep going after life knocks you down again and again? Marine veteran, entrepreneur, and author Jay Setchell shares his extraordinary journey from a demanding Midwest farm upbringing to surviving multiple near-death experie...
What Every Parent Should Know About Trauma, Therapy & Lasting Healing with Mallory Kurkosky
Why do children leave therapy saying, “We just played”? In this conversation, licensed mental health therapist and registered play therapist supervisor Mallory Kurkosky explains how evidence-based play therapy helps children process emotions an...
When Your Worst Mistake Becomes God's Greatest Redemption with Alli Patterson
What happens when your biggest failure becomes the place where God begins your greatest restoration? Teaching Pastor Alli Patterson shares her powerful testimony of drifting from faith, the affair that nearly destroyed her marriage, and the lif...
She Left New Age for Jesus—and Everything Changed with Dr. Laurette Willis
Can childhood wounds lead us away from God—and can Jesus redeem every part of the journey? In this powerful episode, Dr. Laurette Willis shares how childhood trauma, emotional eating, yoga, and New Age spirituality left her searching until she ...
Voice of the Heart: Finding God in a Noisy World with Greg Pai
In this episode of Hope Unlocked, Kristin Kurtz sits down with author and publisher Greg Pai to explore a powerful testimony of transformation. From growing up in poverty in the Bronx to achieving worldly success, Greg shares how deep depressio...
The Soul Is Starving: Why Success, Comfort & Noise Never Satisfy with Cory Rosenke
In this episode of Hope Unlocked, Kristin Kurtz sits down with pastor, author, and speaker Cory Rosenke to explore quietness, spiritual formation, and living with an eternal perspective. Cory shares his journey from financial hardship and homel...
Faith Over Fear: The Joy Reflex That Carried Her Through the Impossible with Jenna Schutt
What do you do when life changes with a single phone call? In this powerful episode, nurse and mom Jenna Schutt shares her journey from caring for patients to facing a rare bone marrow disease, IV chemotherapy, stem cell transplant, and ongoing...
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Hope Against Hope: What to Do When Life Gets Hard After God Gives a Promise with Tom Anderson
What happens when faith, marriage, mental health, and identity collide? In this powerful conversation, Tom Anderson shares the journey of his 53-year marriage, battles with depression, struggles with people-pleasing, and the life-changing impac...
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From Losing Everything to Launching Reliht: What God Built in Years of Waiting with Teresa Krafft
What do you do when God gives you a dream, but the journey feels longer than you ever imagined? In this hope-filled conversation, Teresa Krafft shares the behind-the-scenes story of walking through a wilderness season that seemed endless before...
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His Heart Stopped. His Faith Didn’t. The Story That Changed Everything with Rob Rene
What happens when life forces you to stop and ask bigger questions? For Rob Rene, it happened more than once. A truck ended his dream of becoming a professional runner. Years later, the pandemic disrupted a successful career and sparked a deepe...
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What If Chronic Pain Isn't the Problem? The Missing Piece Most People Never Consider with Daniel Esposito
What happens when you refuse to accept that chronic pain is simply something you have to live with forever? In this episode, I sit down with Daniel Esposito to explore his journey through chronic pain, fibromyalgia, and the discouraging prognos...
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Ready to Walk Away from Faith? This Might Change Everything with Constance Hastings
Constance Hastings knows what it means to wrestle with doubt and still discover that Jesus never lets go. In this powerful conversation, longtime educator, counselor, and author Constance shares how God pursued her from childhood through years ...
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