Habits of Hope: Cultivating a Deeper Life with God
Are you looking to build rhythms of daily life that strengthen your faith and bring you closer to God? Habits of Hope is your guide for developing spiritual habits that nurture your soul and deepen your connection with God. Hosted by Ginger Harrington and co-host Larissa Traquair, each episode explores how small, consistent choices can lead to significant spiritual growth.
At Habits of Hope, we believe that cultivating a life rooted in hope comes through daily rhythms that help us trust God’s faithfulness, even in difficult seasons. Whether you're looking to refresh your spiritual practices or find encouragement during hard times, this podcast provides practical tools and biblical wisdom to help you grow spiritually.
In this podcast, we will help you:
- Feel more connected to God in your daily life through practical spiritual habits.
- Overcome stagnation in your faith by fostering consistent spiritual growth.
- Trust God’s faithfulness, even during life’s hardest moments.
- Establish and maintain daily rhythms of prayer, reflection, and scripture.
- Navigate life's stresses with spiritual and emotional encouragement rooted in faith.
- Reconnect with God when you feel spiritually empty or distant.
- Build a consistent and meaningful prayer life with simple, actionable strategies.
- Overcome doubt and find renewed hope in your faith journey.
- Release unhealthy comparisons and trust in God’s unique timing for your life.
- Discover purpose and meaning in everyday life through small, intentional habits of faith.
Each episode offers inspiring conversations, stories, and actionable steps to help you live a life of faith, hope, and purpose. If you're ready to build habits that foster a deeper connection with God, then you're in the right place. Let’s get started—because a deeper life begins now.
Episodes
77 episodes
77.Starting Over and Feeling Alone? How God Meets You Where You Are
Have you ever walked into a room and felt completely overwhelmed—like you just didn’t have it in you to try again?In this episode, Ginger shares a deeply personal story from a season of starting over, when anxiety, exhaustion, and the lo...
76.How to Find Friendship When You Feel Lonely (Biblical Hope for Hard Seasons)
Have you ever walked into a room full of people—and still felt completely alone?Loneliness is one of the deepest aches we carry, yet it’s something so many of us quietly experience. In this episode, Ginger sits down with author Kristen S...
75.Why Small Habits Matter More Than You Think (Faithfulness in Everyday Life)
Have you ever wondered if the small things you do each day really matter?In this episode, we’re talking about the power of consistency—not as pressure to do more, but as an invitation to be faithful in the small things God has placed in ...
74.What Is Holy Leisure? Finding Joy with God Instead of Quiet Time Pressure
Have you ever sat down for your quiet time… and instead of feeling refreshed, you felt pressure?Maybe it started as something meaningful—a space to meet with God, to be nourished in His Word. But somewhere along the way, it began to feel...
73.How the Holy Spirit Comforts You in Hard Times (What the Bible Says)
When life feels heavy and the hard thing doesn’t quickly change, it can be difficult to hold onto hope. In this episode, Ginger and Larissa are joined by Dr. Brenda Pace for a meaningful conversation about the Holy Spirit as our Com...
72.How the Holy Spirit Helps You in Your Weakness
What do you do when you feel tired, uncertain, or too overwhelmed to even know how to pray?In this episode of the Habits of Hope Podcast, we’re continuing our Holy Spirit series by looking closely at what Scripture...
71.How the Holy Spirit Guides You Into Truth (What the Bible Says)
Have you ever wanted God’s guidance but felt unsure what that actually looks like?Many conversations about spiritual guidance focus on experiences, methods, or expectations. But what does the Bible actually say about how the Holy Spirit ...
70. How to Stop Letting Your Work Define Your Worth (A Biblical Perspective)
Have you ever noticed how easily your work can start defining your worth?At some point many of us begin asking our work to answer identity questions it was never meant to answer.In this episode of the Habits of Hope Podcast...
69.How to Scripture Journal: A Simple Rhythm for Everyday Quiet Time
Have you ever opened your Bible, read a few verses, and wondered what to do next?In this episode of the we are sharing a simple, approachable way to scripture journal—without pressure, formulas, or perfection. This gentle rhythm helps tu...
68.Praying for a Prodigal Child: How to Hold Onto Hope When You’re Weary
What do you do when someone you love walks away from faith—or from you? In this tender, hope-building conversation, Ginger sits down with Monica Schmelter to talk honestly about the ache of unanswered prayers, the temptation to secon...
67.Seek God First: How to Order Your Life Around What Matters Most
Seek First: Trusting God With What Follows (Matthew 6:33)Have you ever noticed how easily good intentions can quietly turn into pressure?You want to live faithfully. You want to be wise with your time. You want to make thou...
66.How to Number Our Days for a Heart of Wisdom (Psalm 90:12)
Have you ever started a new year with good intentions—goals, plans, and lists—yet still felt unsure how God fits into all of it?In this episode of the Habits of Hope Podcast, Ginger Harrington and Larissa Traquair slow down with...
65.From Reflection to Formation: How to Start the New Year with God
The start of a new year often makes us want a clean slate—new plans, new habits, new energy. But before rushing forward, this episode invites you to pause.In this conversation, Ginger Harrington and Larissa Traquair explore a meaningful ...
64.This Christmas...Choose to Believe God When Prayers Go Unanswered
What do you do when you’ve prayed faithfully for years—and God still feels silent?In this deeply encouraging episode of the Habits of Hope Podcast, Ginger reflects on the story of Zachariah and Elizabeth (Luke 1:5–25) and...
63.How to Let Go of the Picture Perfect Christmas and Embrace True Joy
Christmas is supposed to feel joyful—but what if it feels heavy instead?In this episode of the Habits of Hope Podcast, Ginger Harrington and co-host Larissa Traquair talk honestly about the pressure of Christmas expectations, the ...
62.Christian Hospitality and Loneliness: How One Invitation Can Restore Hope
Loneliness is at an all-time high—even in a world more connected than ever. In this heartfelt conversation, Ginger Harrington sits down with retreat speaker, author, and hospitality mentor Sue Donaldson to explore how simple Christian...
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61.How Gratitude Can Anchor Your Heart Through Grief and Trauma
Gratitude may feel impossible in grief or trauma, but it can still become a steadying anchor for your heart.Gratitude sounds simple until life shatters. In this tender, two-part conversation, we explore what gratitude looks like in the r...
60.Overcoming Obstacles to Gratitude: Simple Ways to Build a Habit That Sticks
You want to be grateful—but some days, it just feels hard. Maybe life is stressful, your routines are off, or you’re simply tired. In this episode, we’re talking about the real obstacles that get in the way of gratitude and how to gently...
59.How Gratitude Changes Your Life: Why Giving Thanks Matters (Psalm 92)
If we’re honest, gratitude can feel overdone—especially in November. We want to be thankful, but real life is messy. Stress, loss, disappointment, routines, and daily pressure can make gratitude feel like something we should d...
58.Finding Peace with Becky Keife | A Verse a Day for the Anxious Soul
What do we do when anxiety feels overwhelming and peace feels out of reach? Today, Ginger sits down with author and Bible teacher Becky Keife to talk about her new devotional, A Verse a Day for the Anxious Soul—a gentle, grounde...
57.How to Filter Your Thoughts and Find Peace: A Study of Philippians 4:8-9
How to Filter Your Thoughts and Find Peace: A Study of Philippians 4:8–9 Ever notice how one anxious thought can spiral into fear before you realize it? In this episode of the Habits of Hope Podcast, we’re learning how to st...
56. How to Find God’s Peace That Guards Your Heart: A Study of Philippians 4:7
Ever prayed your heart out and still felt anxious? In this episode of the Habits of Hope Podcast, Ginger and Larissa unpack Philippians 4:7 and explore what it really means to experience the peace of God that surpasses understanding. D...
55.Leaving a Legacy: How to Build Family Legacy with Bill High
Legacy isn’t just what you leave behind — it’s what you set in motion today.In this powerful episode of the Habits of Hope Podcast, Bill High, co-author of The Legacy Life with Hobby Lobby founder David Green, shares wh...
54.How to Shift from Anxiety to Peace: A Study of Philippians 4:6–7
How do you move from the spiral of anxiety to the steadying peace of God?In this personal episode of the Steady Heart Series, I share how Philippians 4:6–7 became a lifeline in my own battle with worry. God gave me a simp...
53.How to Choose Joy in Hard Times: A Study of Philippians 4:4–5
What if joy isn’t something you have to chase—but something you can choose, even when life feels overwhelming?In this first message of the Steady Heart Series from Philippians 4, we unpack Paul’s surprising command: “Rejoice...