K-LOVE News Podcast

By Richard Hunt First-grader Graeme helps make sure classmates’ families, community, have enough food. “I’m sad to think some of my friends might not have enough food at home.” “He likes math. He likes numbers,” Amber explains, “And when I said ‘one-in-six kids [may be going hungry],’” Graeme immediately realized: “’That’s three kids in my class. That’s this many kids on my baseball team.’” That personalized the statistics for Graeme, “that he probably knows kids who didn’t have food at home,” says Amber. The canned food drive was on!

By Richard Hunt “Is God still awake?” That’s a question little Sheila Walsh asked her mother while growing up in Scotland. “I’d gone on up to bed, but I wanted to talk to God about something … I didn’t know what hours God kept.” And mother assured her that “God is open 24/7.” Sheila has crafted a book for children, featuring an adorable little girl named Poppy. “I want little ones to know that they can talk to God at any point in their life,” and talk about all the stuff that happens. “I want kids to learn at a really early age that there’s nothing that’s off-limits with God, that if they’re angry, if they’re sad, if they’re confused, that they can talk to God and he is always listening.” But in our podcast, Sheila goes deeper and shares her own experiences with mental health: “I went to being the co-host of The 700 Club one morning…by that evening, I was in the locked ward of a psychiatric hospital.” There, in a situation she never wanted to experience, she locked-on to a Psalm, written by King David, that gave her assurance and hope for a future.

Hope is to ensure these aged-out foster kids find hope and encouragement and don’t drop-off the radar. Listen to K-LOVE's Rafael Sierra's report.

“Why was I made like this? And for many years, I was mad at God. I didn’t understand,” but now Marissa does. Marissa Conrad is a successful college sophomore, but “I am so obviously different that sometimes people assume I can’t do much.” That difference is her lack of hands. However, people are very mistaken if that means Marissa is unable to do much. For example, she won an award for “Best Handwriting” in pre-school. She can use a laptop computer and has tried football, playing the cello, and can row a boat. How does she do these things?

Monika Kelly speaks with Chad "Doc" NeSmith, diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a form of "tunnel vision" at age 12. He eventually lost his sight, but God had big plans for this man and his wife. Doc got his doctorate in counselor education, opened a private clinic helping children with disabilities and eventually learned how to play golf, blind. He went on to win several national championships and formed a non-profit called AVID-A Vision in Darkness, helping children, adults and veterans who've lost their sight learn the game of golf.

Billie Branham talks with Tammi Regan about why she takes Hank, the rescue horse, inside local libraries for reading time with kids.

By Richard D. Hunt Zoe Zimmerman recalls making a boy go home crying, and spraying another boy ‘who smelled bad’ with air freshener. She knows she’s forgiven by God and wants to help others with their issues. Zoe, now a junior at Cedarville University, is reaching out to girls in middle school through the STARS mentorship program. “We just go through a lesson. We talk. We talk about life. And there’s so many influences going on in their world, so it’s cool to just be able to dissect those things and ask the big questions like, ‘What does matter? What do you want your life to be about?’”

By Richard D. Hunt One factor that may surprise many, Matthew Holgate shares that “labor trafficking” is the biggest form of trafficking. ‘Human trafficking is one of the most tangible forces of evil that we can see today. Trafficking at its core is people hurting people – and people taking away the freedom that God gave everyone – and using another person’s freedom for their own personal gain.’

The COVID-19 pandemic pressed the accelerator on a pre-existing trend in the United States. Americans are on the move. Not all of us and not from everywhere, but “we’re seeing the very early stages of a sort of ‘reshuffling’ in the country." People have clearly begun “re-evaluating where they live: looking at housing costs, they’re looking at tax structure -- they’re looking at lifestyle.” K-LOVE's Bob Dittman reports.

By Richard Hunt https://bit.ly/3ms9aWk High school can be challenging, especially if you don’t have any friends. For Andrew Schultz, who has autism, the lunchroom was especially lonely, “pretty much mostly sadness,’ he shares. “For a mom, that’s very hard.” Lisa was motivated to go to God for help, on her knees, “asking God just to send Andrew one friend…just for one, to fill that loneliness.” Lisa’s heartfelt mom-to-Jesus prayer was soon answered and the blessing was “multiplied beyond my imagination.”

By Richard Hunt “People will be saved who didn’t even expect to be saved. We’ve heard stories of people coming with a friend and they just met God right there… and they’re like ‘whoa!’” https://www.klove.com/news/faith/october-football-fields-become-fields-of-faith-podcast-26196 For nearly 20 years, student-led prayer and worship has been taking place on cool autumn days or nights at schools across America.

By Richard Hunt Randy and his wife are making a difference in lives, creating friendships and fun. Years back, when he bought an inexpensive bike at a big box store, Randy Fry had no intention of creating a very active bicycle club with as many as 60 riders hitting the road. But once he experienced riding on the roads and trails around Battlefield/Springfield, Missouri, Randy was hooked on cycling. “You know, when you’re talking to somebody as you’re riding down the road, exercise doesn’t even feel like it’s exercise a lot of the time.” And, yes, he upgraded his bike. https://www.klove.com/news/positive-people/randy-fry-a-community-leader-on-2-wheels-podcast-26166

By Richard Hunt Now married, and a new mom, Sadie wants to share things she’s experienced and learned in her new devotional, “Live on Purpose.” Sadie knows that many people often wonder, “Why am I here? What’s my purpose?” In our podcast, she has a simple – yet powerful- answer to that mental dilemma.

Youth for Christ NYC’s Daniel Sanabria teaches business skills to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated young people to help them change their risky behavior. Listen to K-LOVE's Rafael Sierra's report.

By Richard Hunt With hundreds of school venues taking place nationally, we share the plans in one Midwest region, East Central Indiana. Ethan, a senior musician, acknowledges that it takes “a lot of courage” to gather with others at the flagpole, publicly displaying faith in Jesus. Ethan says at some schools, not his, he knows standing-up for Jesus “is not cool.” Kayla, a senior vocalist, describes SYATP: “I think it’s beautiful. Absolutely amazing. I love being part of it every year.”