by Shannon Popkin | May 21, 2025 | Family, Hardship, Hope, Jesus, Luke, Parenting, Podcast, Podcast - Jesus Stories, Podcast 10, Prayer, Suffering, The Gospels
When your heart is breaking, what does it look like to notice God’s goodness? Can gratitude grow in the soil of deep grief? In this episode of the Live Like It’s True podcast, I’m talking with Allison Brost—who lost a child—about how grief and...
by Shannon Popkin | May 7, 2025 | 1 Samuel, Anger, Anxiety, Control Girl, Faith, Fear, God, Hardship, Parenting, Podcast, Podcast - Historical, Podcast 10, Prayer, Suffering
Where do you go with your desperate prayers? In this episode of the Live Like It’s True podcast, we’re picking back up with part 2 of my conversation with Rachel Wojo about Hannah’s story. Her situation is complex. Her heart is aching. She’s misjudged and...
by Shannon Popkin | Apr 30, 2025 | 1 Samuel, Anger, Anxiety, Control Girl, Faith, Fear, God, Hardship, Parenting, Podcast, Podcast - Historical, Podcast 10, Prayer, Suffering
Are you feeling desperate or even angry or hopeless over your situation? In this episode of the Live Like It’s True podcast, I’m joined by Rachel Wojo, who shares about the deep sorrow of losing her daughter—and the desperate prayers that followed. Together, we look...
by Shannon Popkin | Dec 20, 2024 | Anger, Anxiety, Control Girl, God
Are you bothered by a controlling mother-in-law, or a controlling sister or friend? If so, perhaps you’ve vowed that you’ll never be anything like her. But if you back the reel up a few decades, there’s a good chance this controlling woman in your...
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 24, 2024 | Beliefs, Faith, Genesis, God, Podcast - Torah, Podcast 8 Sarah, Shame
Why God? I don’t understand why you’re doing this? Have you ever cried out to God with a prayer like this? Last time we talked with Carol Kent about that horrifying day she got the unthinkable news that her son was being arrested for first degree murder....
by Shannon Popkin | Jul 18, 2024 | Beliefs, Faith, Genesis, God, Podcast - Torah, Podcast 8 Sarah, Popular Podcast Episodes, Shame
Have you ever been tested by God? Has he asked you to lay down someone or something that is precious to you, just like he asked Abraham to place Isaac on the altar? In this episode of Live Like It’s True, Carol Kent tells her painful story of laying her precious...