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Hanging Onto Hope Podcast
Hosted by Brenda J and Karen Wonder · EN
Check out our website at www.hangingontohope.org
The Hanging Onto Hope Podcast is a unique approach to healing where we interview inspiring guests to encourage and uplift you. It is a resource for healing and education for all types of abuse and a support to those who do not have a voice.
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#250 Unfinished Grace With Theresa Hayes Part 2
May 2200:26:48Tap to summarizeBrenda J. and Karen W. are honored to welcome Teresa Hayes, founder and executive director of Unfinished Grace, and certified in TRLC and CLC. In this powerful episode, Teresa shares her personal story and how God led her to launch her nonprofit created to provide a FREE tool for healing and restoration for women everywhere. Teresa offers coaching services, unplanned pregnancy support, mentoring, healing groups, retreats, and resources designed to help women move forward in God's grace and purpose. Her heart is to help women build healthy rhythms, overcome obstacles, navigate difficult transitions, and move from endings into new beginnings. Unfinished Grace serves women struggling with shame, trauma, abuse, unhealthy lifestyles, difficult choices, or addiction-related pain. Their mission is to help women move from "gracefully broken to gracefully restored." In this conversation, Teresa shares what the ministry offers, how they collaborate with other nonprofits to connect women with needed support, and why this ministry is so close to her heart. This is a powerful and hope-filled must-listen episode. https://unfinishedgrace.org https://hangingontohope.org
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#209 The Religion Business And The Nonprofit Goliath With Nathan Apffel Part 2
Jun 27, 2025Tap to summarizeBrenda J and Karen W interview Nathan Apffel, two time Emmy Award winning film director who is releasing a docuseries called The Religion Business and an app called Broken Shepherds on July 10, 2025. He bought the domain, The Religion Business, and started asking pastors about their salaries and where their money was going. He started at age 28, and after 12 years of no accountability or transparency, finished his 7 part docuseries and app that is about to change the world. In this episode, Nathan talks about how and why the IRS will not intervene to help resolve these abusive loopholes in the system. Nathan talks more in detail about his app which should be available any day to the public. Nathan's app rates nonprofits and churches based on transparency of their finances and salaries so donors are educated about who they are giving their money to. For more info or to get a discounted price on the documentary click below: https://www.thereligionbusiness.com/purchase/HOTH42 https://hangingontohope.org
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#208 The Religion Business and the NonProfit Goliath With Nathan Apffel
Jun 20, 2025Tap to summarizeFor a discount on the docuseries premiering July 10th click: https://www.thereligionbusiness.com/purchase/HOTH42 Brenda J and Karen W interview Nathan Apffel, two time Emmy Award winning film director who is releasing a docuseries called The Religion Business and an app called Broken Shepherds on July 10, 2025. Nathan tells his story of how he grew up attending a Megachurch in California but when he became a director and started traveling the world started to question religion and tithe. He bought the domain, The Religion Business, and started asking pastors about their salaries and where their money was going. He started at age 28, and after 12 years of no accountability or transparency, finished his 7 part docuseries and app that is about to change the world. After researching and discovering that over a trillion dollars a year is tithed to churches, he learned that less than 6% is actually going outside the walls of the church. Nathan's app rates nonprofits and churches based on transparency of their finances and salaries so donors are educated about who they are giving their money to. For more info or to get a discounted price on the documentary click below: https://www.thereligionbusiness.com/purchase/HOTH42 https://hangingontohope.org
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