by Shannon Popkin | Mar 2, 2023 | Change, Deception, Gender and Sexuality, Humility, Pain, Perfectionism, Podcast 4, Popular Podcast Episodes, Rescue, Salvation, Sin, Teens
As a thirteen-year-old, Jessica innocently stumbled upon the world of pornography. She was lonely, and the porn chat rooms offered love and acceptance. And yet—similar to the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, pornography was not the harmless fruit Jessica...
by Shannon Popkin | Nov 23, 2022 | Enemy, Hope, Legacy, Podcast 4, Popular Podcast Episodes, Sin, Suffering
Does the pain of loss ever go away? Is there hope for wholeness and healing, after a lifetime of hurt? We experience loss differently when we know the full story. Like when you go the funeral of someone you know and love, rather than a stranger. We have a fuller...
by Shannon Popkin | Sep 7, 2022 | Enemy, Faith, God, Hardship, Hope, Podcast 4, Popular Podcast Episodes, Suffering
Knowing your origin story matters. Understanding Eden’s grand potential (Genesis 1-s), helps you understand the colossal fall in Genesis 3, and helps shape your understanding of the world and where you’ve come from, and where the story is headed. Think...
by Shannon Popkin | Dec 1, 2021 | Control Girl, Fear, Jesus, Podcast, Suffering
Are you living through the terror of a storm? Is there a situation that feels completely out of your control? And do you wonder if maybe God is asleep? Have you even wondered, “Does God care about me?” Sarah Walton joins me to talk about the story in Mark...
by Shannon Popkin | Nov 10, 2021 | Distraction, Freedom, Podcast, Suffering
Have you ever been forced into a wilderness of discomfort? An out-of-your-control season where the comforts of life are beyond reach? And do you want to binge your way through your wilderness, thinking, “Oh? I have to live without that? Well, then. I’ll...
by Shannon Popkin | Oct 28, 2021 | Anxiety, Control Girl, Suffering, Wisdom
“I don’t understand, Lord…” I must have prayed this prayer five hundred times, as I processed a dreadfully painful situation a while back. It all started with a meeting at Starbucks. I walked in with a sunny expression and hopeful expectation. I walked out trying to...