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
251 episodes
Paint the Promise: Reclaim Your Voice, Creativity & Calling with Dionne White
What happens when God begins awakening the gifts, creativity, and voice He placed inside of you? In this hope-filled conversation, Dionne White shares how prophetic art became part of her healing and how the Lord taught her to “paint the promis...
I Almost Said No: What God Did With One Yes | Episode 250 with Kristin Kurtz
What can happen when you say yes to God before you have the whole roadmap? In this special 250th episode of Hope Unlocked, host Kristin Kurtz shares the story behind the podcast she almost never started—and what God has done through one surrend...
When God Says No, It Might Be Saving Your Life with Yolonda Troupe Smith
One impulsive yes can lead into danger—and one obedient no can change everything. Yolonda Troupe Smith shares her powerful testimony of learning to hear God’s voice, recognize His warnings, and surrender control. From unsafe college choices and...
The Name She Never Wanted to Say Changed Her Life with Mandy Adendorff
Mandy Adendorff grew up Orthodox Jewish in Johannesburg and strongly anti-Christian—until one desperate moment changed everything. After unexpectedly crying out the name of Jesus, Mandy encountered a presence that transformed her life and began...
From Federal Prison to Redemption: Embracing Your Story with Mike & Marty Betts
Four months into marriage, Mike and Marty Betts watched their world unravel through accusations, legal battles, and a federal prison sentence. They share the raw journey of losing success, identity, control, and time together—and finding God fa...
Stop Adding to the Noise: Release Your Sound and Speak Life with Kristin Kurtz
Social media can feel like standing next to a speaker turned all the way up. In this raw solo episode of Hope Unlocked, Kristin Kurtz shares what stirred in her after seeing so much fighting, division, and tearing down online—and asks what coul...
How God Uses Your Past to Prepare You for Purpose: Hope Is Alive with Gretchen Moran
Sometimes following God means releasing something you love to step into what He has next. Returning guest Gretchen Moran (Episode 19 & 20) shares how God led her from “spinning ten plates” into a faith-filled role with Hope Is Alive, a Chri...
The Baby Sent Home to Die Who Grew Up to Reach Nations with Sue Corl
Sue Corl’s story is a powerful testimony of healing, identity, and purpose. Born with a severe cleft palate and sent home as a baby “to die,” Sue endured 26 surgeries, battled feelings of being less than, and learned how achievement could mask ...
The Boy They Called Broken Was Never Broken at All with Dr. Stuart Jones
Dr. Stuart Jones shares the powerful true story behind his award-winning book, For the Love of Stephen: The Story of a Boy Who Was Never Broken. Born with intellectual and developmental disabilities in the 1950s, Stephen was given limi...
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...
