Hope Unlocked 🔑 | Christian Testimonies, Hope & Healing, Faith-Based Inspiration, Purpose & Calling, Kingdom Business & Ministry
Feeling stuck, 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. Subscribe today and join a community of listeners who are ready to unlock HOPE, deepen their faith, and step confidently into the abundant life they were created for. 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 †With His HOPE & JOY, Kristin Kurtz The Hope Unlocked🔑 Podcast is a clarion call to keep going. Wild testimonies of faith & courage cut through the noise & ignite hope. Every financial gift helps amplify these voices & spread hope around the world — and you can also leave a note to share how the podcast has encouraged you. Join me in carrying this sound of freedom forward. Partner HERE 🎙️ Ready to take your next BOLD step? Book your Hope Unlocked – Unlocking Session, a 45-minute coaching conversation with host Kristin Kurtz, founder of New Wings Coaching. This is your invitation to pause, press in, and activate the bold step God is calling you to next—at special listener pricing. Schedule your call HERE Ways to connect with Kristin Kurtz, the Hope Unlocked Host - Website - https://www.newwingscoaching.net/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/renew.wings/ Join the NEWSletter HERE
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In this powerful Hope Unlocked episode, Kristin sits down with Kimberly Joy for a hope-filled conversation on emotional maturity, Kingdom leadership, and staying spiritually stable when life shakes you. You’ll learn the difference between instant breakthroughs and long-term growth, why humility and emotional stability mark true maturity, and how the Holy Spirit meets you as Counselor and Comforter. Kimberly shares pra...
Christian counselor Kathryn Lichty, founder of One Hope Counseling, shares a powerful journey of listening prayer, inner healing, and faith-led obedience. Kathryn opens up about leaving a secular counseling agency to build a practice rooted in hearing God’s voice—confirmed through Scripture, signs, and timely encouragement. This episode explores trauma, parts work, taking thoughts captive, and releasing shame in excha...
In this powerful episode, I sit down with Tim Hunt, whose journey through FSHD muscular dystrophy, respiratory failure, and a silent ICU season became the catalyst for his calling as a Christian author. Tim shares how faith, prayer, and unexpected “angels” helped awaken a novel decades in the making. We explore Fields of Faith, a faith-filled historical novel, and dive into practical insights on self-publishing, writi...
Former PBR bull rider turned worship leader, comedian, and keynote speaker Nick Morrison shares how resilience shaped his journey from rodeo arenas to rebuilding his brain after over 50 concussions and a hypoxic injury. We explore faith, mindset, rural ministry, neuroplasticity, and the work ethic that fueled his recovery. Nick reveals the power of laughter as healing, the three controllables that change any season, a...
In this inspiring conversation, prophetic artist Claudette Ross shares how creativity can become a pathway to peace, healing, and deeper connection with God. We explore how art, worship, and spiritual sensitivity intersect—and how simple obedience can unlock bold expression, renewed confidence, and surprising breakthroughs. Claudette opens up about cultivating a creative lifestyle, listening to the Holy Spirit while c...
Transformation starts with belief. In this episode, Wendy Backlund shares how renewing the mind reshapes identity, calling, emotions, and spiritual authority. We discuss hidden beliefs about worth, breaking performance Christianity, and daily practices that make change stick—declarations, movement, and music. A powerful conversation to help you walk in confidence, peace, and the truth of who God designed you to be.
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Former athlete Dr. Dave Jones shares how a career-ending injury sparked a faith-filled pivot from sports to founding Marketing Ministries and later M Is Good. We explore purpose-driven leadership, rebuilding identity, and Dave’s R7 framework—destiny, vision, strategy, brand, communication, prayer, action. He also breaks down FLAP (fear, lust, anger, pride) and how leaders overcome inner battles to pursue clear vision....
In this episode, family physician and integrative medicine practitioner Dr. Josephine Ellis shares how a moment of collapse became the doorway to clarity, identity, and renewed purpose. We talk about redemption, surrender, whole-person healing, and how God meets us when our plans fall apart. If you’ve been navigating transition, uncertainty, or the feeling of “starting over,” this conversation offers language for your...
In this powerful Hope Unlocked episode, writer Kristian DePue shares his raw journey from small-town dreams to deep addiction, blackout weekends, ER detox, and a life spiraling into isolation. He opens up about grief, shame, and the dark night where spiritual warfare collided with a desperate prayer—“Jesus, help.” What followed was a supernatural breakthrough, unexpected intercession, and a miraculous lifting of cravi...
On this Hope Unlocked episode, designer and entrepreneur Christian Stone shares how God took her from a hard childhood and deep grief over losing her daughter to building Wrecked and Refined—a faith-fueled lifestyle brand with luxury short-term rentals in Montana, intentional interior design, and handmade home products. She talks about reading Proverbs daily, embracing the Proverbs 31 woman, launching Kingdom Legacy A...
In this powerful episode, Kristin Kurtz and guest Devonna Reyes share a raw testimony of healing from church hurt, a Holy Spirit encounter in a laundry room, and the faith steps that unlocked clarity, courage, and calling. From worship revival to prophetic obedience, miracles on the road, divine provision, and prayer assignments in Washington, DC and New York City, this conversation highlights intimacy with God, deliv...
From Ninja Turtles to Bible Warriors: How God Reignited Howard “Quigley” Chang’s Creative Fire
Former Ninja Turtles toy designer Howard “Quigley” Chang shares his redemption story and the God-given vision behind Ancientz—Bible-based collectible figurines reimagining heroes like David & Goliath. We talk faith-led entrepreneurship, identity, prayer, and launching at San Diego Comic-Con. Howard unpacks the Hall of Faith inspiration (Hebrews 11), his shift from serial entrepreneur to mission-driven creator, and...
On Hope Unlocked, host Kristin Kurtz interviews Todd Reynolds of Sunrise New Testament Ministries on the calling that shifted him from sales to Scripture distribution. After a Sunday school plea for “Bibles in native languages,” Todd launched a lean model that partners with missionaries and local distributors to place affordable Bibles where access is scarce. Hear his near-death testimony, service-first sales mindset,...
Kristin Kurtz interviews Lori Ball, ovarian cancer survivor and founder of Faith & Gratitude. After a CA-125 spike and scans, Lori chose to slow down, seek second opinions, and create a 30-day prehab: immune-supporting nutrition, juicing, movement, PEMF, rebounder, prayer, and journaling. She shares chemo tips—what to wear for ports, what to pack, why to bring your own low-sugar food, and how to read labs to ask b...
On this Hope Unlocked episode, Kristin Kurtz welcomes CEO and author Melanie Cox to talk bold faith, identity in Christ, and saying yes to God. Melanie shares miracles—from infertility to five children, a wildfire rescue, and business decisions led by prayer—plus the heart behind her new book “You Have to Know.” We unpack overcoming anxiety, lies of the enemy, and stepping from success to Kingdom purpose and why your ...
A knock on a Denver door changed everything. Greg Stier grew up amid fear and fists until a bold preacher shared the gospel—and lit a spark that transformed his family. That spark became Dare 2 Share, a global movement equipping teens to share their faith with courage and clarity. We unpack how ask, admire, admit turns everyday talks into gospel conversations, why Gen Z craves truth over trends, and how courage and co...
On Hope Unlocked, host Kristin Kurtz and guest Alyssa Rahn, host of the Revival Mom Podcast, dive into how revival truly begins at home. Alyssa shares her journey from striving to surrender, learning to rest in God’s timing and say yes to small, Spirit-led nudges. They explore practical ways to hear God’s voice, create space for worship in everyday moments, and lead families through love and example. Alyssa also opens...
Feeling drained by clutter? In this powerful episode of Hope Unlocked, Kristin Kurtz sits down with professional organizer and coach Tracy Hoth to explore how small, repeatable systems bring big freedom—at home, in business, and in your heart. Tracy shares her simple definition of “organized,” her five-folder method for taming digital chaos, and practical strategies for ADHD. We talk downsizing with dignity, legacy, s...
In this episode of Hope Unlocked, host Kristin Kurtz welcomes inspirational speaker, author, and coach Tasha Schuh to share her powerful story of resilience, faith, and hope. At just 16, a tragic trapdoor fall left her a C5 quadriplegic—but through her relationship with Jesus, Tasha discovered strength, purpose, hope and joy despite life-changing circumstances. She shares her PATH framework (Purpose, Attitude, Team, H...
In this powerful episode of Hope Unlocked 🔑, Kimberly Joy, founder of Fellowship of Extraordinary Women (FEW), shares her journey from shame to freedom and divine purpose. She reveals how a life-changing word from God, “You’re the lifter of my daughter’s heads”, which unlocked her calling, connecting pain to purpose. Through biblical insight from 2 Kings 25, she explains what it means to lift heads: releasing prisone...
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