Lauren Burn's Story of Forgiveness and Healing After Being Kidnapped as a Child

We can’t always control what happens to us. But we can discover how to heal the hidden hurt it leaves behind.If you’re like many of us, you carry a weight of buried pain. Despite looking put together on the outside, you feel secretly fractured within. While you appear strong and resilient on the outside, inside a storm brews of all the ways you’ve been hurt or harmed. Not knowing what to do with your suffering and fearing you'll be hurt again, you’ve learned to cope, to numb and suppress the ache within.It doesn’t have to be this way. In Healing What’s Within, therapist and professor Chuck DeGroat invites you on a compassionate journey inward to return and retune to the life God created you to live. Along the way, you will discover how to:-Gently consider and confront what’s keeping you stuck and blocking the path to joy and flourishing-Better understand the relationship between your body and your emotions-Experience God as a compassionate witness to your trauma―and his unconditional kindness to wherever you find yourself-Discover real rest and renewal as you reconnect with God, others, and yourself.It’s never too late to start healing. God’s heart is always ready to help you find your way Home.Chuck Degroat is a Jesus follower, husband to Sarah, dad to two amazing daughters, professor, therapist and author of several books including When Narcissism Comes to Church: Healing Your Community From Emotional and Spiritual Abuse. Follow Chuck on social media @chuckdegroat. We welcome you to follow along at Instagram @heathervshore or Facebook @heathervshorewriter. Heather's books are for sale at Amazon or heathervshore.com.

Doug Stroup from Make It Clear Studios discusses how he overcame a traumatic brain injury and how God has used his story and perseverance to bring about other's stories through film. From dealing with sex trafficking, to bullying and teen suicide, Doug's heart to bring hard topics to the screen to help others is inspiring. After a prolific career in the film industry, Stroup suffered a cycling accident that left him unable to walk, talk, or drive for almost three years. It was a dark and difficult time in his life, but, like most of Stroup’s films, he found strength from God and a community of fellow believers.“When you have a traumatic brain injury, you don’t know what you’re doing,” he said. “You don’t even know who you are. I felt God was done with me, not because of His lack of ability to use me, but because of my lack of ability to be used, because my brain didn’t work for literally almost three years.”As bills mounted and he worked to regain his ability to think clearly, “Samaritan Ministries came through every step of the way,” Stroup stated. Today, Make It Clear Studio releases award-winning films and series that help to shed light on some of the struggles that Christians face in the modern world. The BasketBall Movie and SaltFlix are two endeavors Doug has developed in 2024. You can visit the links to learn about the exciting projects and how you can best support Make It Clear Studios bring Godly content to life. We welcome you to follow along at Instagram @heathervshore or Facebook @heathervshorewriter. Heather's books are for sale at Amazon or heathervshore.com.

Craig Cooney, of the Daily Prophetic channel, and I speak about transition and how Holy Spirit is at work in our lives across the earth. From walking through the hallway, to recognizing our calling in Christ, this powerful episode will help increase your faith journey. Craig Cooney, @DAILYPROPHETIC, provides insights and clarity for navigating transitions, and is pastor of Hope Church in Northern Ireland. Husband to Becky and Dad to Elijah and a labradoodle, they enjoy leading people into deep relationships with the Triune God and having fun as a family.Author of THE THRESHOLD, Craig takes you on a 50-day journey to help you enter this new season with prophetic wisdom, clarity, and direction. This daily devotional will help you navigate the unseen turns that lie ahead and discern what the Lord is doing in this significant and pivotal time. You’ll be equipped with Biblical insights and real-life examples to walk with increasing confidence, spiritual authority, and anointing. And you’ll develop the discipline of spending time in God’s Word each day as you use this 50-day devotional as a tool for personal prayer and hearing from God.We welcome you to follow along at Instagram @heathervshore or Facebook @heathervshorewriter. Heather's books are for sale at Amazon or heathervshore.com.

Lauren Burns was kidnapped at the age of seven by her Jordanian father and taken to Jordan. Her mother, Cathy, hired ex-military experts who traveled to Jordan with her mother to bring Lauren safely home. Through a daring rescue mission, they escaped across a secured military border into Israel. Lauren tells us of her healing journey once she was brought back to the US. Through forgiveness and healing, Lauren's story equips the listeners to know Jesus can heal anyone of father wounds. In addition to her amazing story, Lauren had a movie made about her life and is the host of the Redeemed Podcast. Desperate Rescue was released in 1993 starring Mariel Hemingway about the Cathy Mahone story and her successful rescue mission of her daughter in a made-for-television movie. In her Redeemed Podcast, Lauren invites guests who have overcome various challenges in their lives to share their stories. These conversations aim to inspire listeners and provide them with practical advice and tools to navigate their own journeys towards healing and personal growth. We welcome you to follow along at Instagram @heathervshore or Facebook @heathervshorewriter. Heather's books are for sale at Amazon or heathervshore.com.

What a delight to speak to scholar, author and preacher, Dr. Eddie Hyatt. We discuss a topic I personally had to find freedom in - women in church leadership. This episode is filled with scripture, wisdom and empowering of women to walk out their calling in Christ.  Dr. Eddie L. Hyatt is a seasoned minister of the Gospel, having served as a pastor, teacher, missionary, and professor of theology in the U.S. and Canada and having ministered in India, Indonesia, England, Ireland, Sweden, Poland, and Bulgaria. His ministry is characterized by a unique blend of the anointing of the Holy Spirit with academic excellence and over 40 years of ministerial experience.Eddie has made a life-long commitment to the study of Scripture, church history, and Spiritual renewal. In addition to his on-going personal study and research, Eddie holds a Doctor of Ministry from Regent University where he majored in church history and spiritual renewal. He also holds the Master of Divinity and a Master of Arts in Pentecostal-Charismatic Studies from Oral Roberts University.He is the author of several books alongside his sweet wife, Dr. Susan Hyatt, such as 'Who Says Women Can't Pastor', 'Revival Fire', '1726' and 'Paul, Women and the Church." With hearts awakened by the Holy Spirit and minds renewed by the word of God, he believes that authentic revival can transform the church and impact the world in the 21st century. He and his wife, Susan, reside in Grapevine, Texas, from which they carry on a ministry of teaching, preaching, writing, and publishing.Speaking invitations can be sent to [email protected]. We welcome you to follow along at Instagram @heathervshore or Facebook @heathervshorewriter. Heather's books are for sale at Amazon or heathervshore.com.

John and I speak about his journey with Jesus and how he learned about the Father's heart. John's visits to heaven and subsequent visitations from Jesus highlight how relational our God is. John does an amazing job of explaining how emotional healing and forgiveness is a process. Untangling our emotions with the Lord leads to the ultimate freedom. John and Barbara Fenn were born in Kokomo, Indiana and grew up just a few miles from each other. They began dating as teenagers and were born again together and baptized with the Holy Spirit at age 16. Each attended Indiana University after graduating high school and were then married in 1978.Their first year of marriage they worked for the PTL Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, learning a lot about how to do and not to do ministry! They moved to the Tulsa, Oklahoma area in 1979, and John graduated from Rhema Bible Training Center in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma in 1980.They moved to the Boulder, Colorado area in the spring of 1980, and over the next 12 years John served in various capacities including Campus Minister at the University of Colorado in Boulder, pastor, associate pastor, and traveling minister.In late 1992 they (and their 3 sons) moved to Tulsa to become involved with Victory Christian Center, a church of about 13,000 members, Billy Joe and Sharon Daugherty, pastors.John served as Associate Director of Victory Bible Institute, the Bible school of Victory Christian Center, and then became Executive Director where he served for three years. Resigning in the summer of 2000, he began traveling and teaching in churches and Bible schools all over the country.In the fall of 2000 Peter Wagner asked John to become the Educational Advisor to the Apostolic Council of Educational Accountability (ACEA), the group of Bible schools around the world affiliated with Peter and Global Harvest Ministries. He also became a faculty member of the Wagner Leadership Institute (WLI), based out of the World Prayer Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In December of 2000 John was asked to become the Canadian National Director for WLI.After starting The Church Without Walls International, John severed ties with Peter Wagner and Global Harvest, as they were moving in different directions.It seems that over 37+ years of walking with the Lord and in ministry, the Lord has allowed John and Barb to be associated with various ministries before they started getting off balance, then moving them on, taking the best part of things learned with them.John is the author of “Pursuing the Seasons of God” and ‘We welcome you to follow along at Instagram @heathervshore or Facebook @heathervshorewriter. Heather's books are for sale at Amazon or heathervshore.com.

Dirk Smith, of EEM, and I discuss how God is using the Bible to bring transformation to the people of Ukraine and surrounding Communist countries. The stories of how embracing the Bible have given hope to the hopeless is awe inspiring. We discuss how God can change nations through his word and what could happen if this was embraced in the West.  Eastern European Mission, announced its goal achievement in the Bibles for Kids campaign of delivering more than 570,000 Bibles to kids in Eastern Europe in 2024 - bringing the total over the last three years to more than 1.7 million Bibles in 19 different languages to nations like Hungary, Croatia, North Macedonia, Ukraine, Romania and Albania. “It's crucial that we engage kids with the Gospel while they are young,” said EEM Vice President Dirk Smith. “As we are experiencing here in the West, it’s much more difficult to build a Christ-centered character if someone isn’t reached with the message of Jesus until their later teen years.”   To learn more about Bibles for Kids, visit www.eem.org/bfk. Churches, ministries, mission points, and schools from Central and Eastern Europe can request free Bibles at https://eemeurope.org/our-books/.  We welcome you to follow along at Instagram @heathervshore or Facebook @heathervshorewriter. Heather's books are for sale at Amazon or heathervshore.com.

Family is so important to Jesus. Shelley and I speak about how God has good plans like the Gwartney's for every family.  When you get involved with what God's doing on the earth, there is nothing more fun and life-giving. Don't be scared because all things are being used and brought into the authority of Jesus. God is writing your story and new stories for the next generation, and you don't have to be worried about how it's written. We need to learn how to take a stand and take faith steps in all things.  Shelley Gwartney is a Christian Conservative Republican running for District 33 of the Oklahoma State Senate. This district mostly includes the Tulsa County side of Broken Arrow and the incumbent State Senator is term limited. Her top priorities are 1. Preserving Conservative values through the next generation, and 2. Protecting Oklahoma's sovereignty- to protect it as a state people will WANT to visit, invest in, and raise their families in. She seeks to be the bridge-builder, providing people with the education, resources, and tools needed to best serve their families and communities.Shelley is an accomplished businesswoman, deeply involved in her church, and a family rooted in public service. In her spare time, Shelley loves serving in local nonprofit organizations. Here are a few:Member of the Republican Women’s Club, OK2A, and Women for TulsaSenate District Captain for Oklahomans for Health and Parental Rights (OKHPR)Served as a board member on local and district level PTAsBoard member of Moms for Liberty- Tulsa CountyWe welcome you to follow along at Instagram @heathervshore or Facebook @heathervshorewriter. Heather's books are for sale at Amazon or heathervshore.com.

Ryan George spent the first 20 years of his life in a cult, attending a series of Independent Fundamental Baptist (IFB) churches including one where his dad was the pastor, adhering to the dangerous teachings of men like Bill Gothard. Several years after leaving the IFB in his 20s, Ryan discovered his father had sexually molested one of his sister’s friends when she was a child. Then almost ten years later he listened to podcast episode detailing more abuse and coverup and based on his mother’s reaction, he realized his father was a serial sexual abuser with a harmful pattern of abuse going back decades.For the past 25 years, Ryan was forced to examine deeply ingrained beliefs – including ideas around consent and abuse – and reevaluate what he truly believes. While he left the dangerous fundamental theology, Ryan didn’t walk away from Jesus, reconstructing his faith and attending (a non-abusive) church, where his wife is on staff. In his new book, Hurt and Healed by the Church: Redemption & Reconstruction After Spiritual Abuse (April 12), Ryan exposes how abuse is built into the fabric of American churches, but it doesn’t have to stay that way. His story shows it is possible to rebuild your faith and find healing from church trauma and spiritual manipulation.We welcome you to follow along at Instagram @heathervshore or Facebook @heathervshorewriter. Heather's books are for sale at Amazon or heathervshore.com.

God's heart is for healing! That is the life-giving message that Jerod and Candice Long discovered as they watched their boys battle life-threatening illnesses. Along the journey, they asked the hard questions that everyone asks when facing a health crisis. Questions like:Why do we get sick?Is it God's will for us to be sick?Does God still heal today?Why do some people get healed and others don't?How much faith do we need in order to be healed?What role does God play in our sickness?What role does Satan play in our sickness?How should I pray for someone who is sick?And many more!The answers they found strengthened them, built their faith, and gave them the courage to pray with boldness and power for the healing of their sons.In God's Heart For Healing, pastor and respected Bible teacher Jerod Long provides a biblical, balanced look at sickness, suffering, and the ministry of healing. The answers provided in this book will encourage your faith and give you hope for healing.Jerod Long is a pastor, teacher, and prophetic leader at The Father's House, in West Chester, OH. He and his wife Candice have served there since 2014. Jerod is also a founding member of Spirit Forward, an annual conference which introduces people to the ministry and power of the Holy Spirit. #healing #godsheartforhealing #redemptionWe welcome you to follow along at Instagram @heathervshore or Facebook @heathervshorewriter. Heather's books are for sale at Amazon or heathervshore.com.