Connections

Kelly Farley and his wife were living their best lives. They were both successful engineers climbing the corporate ladder with no end in sight.

"We put off having children for a while to get our careers going," said Farley. "When we decided to have children, we ended up having to go through fertility treatments."

As a white Afrikaner woman growing up in South Africa during apartheid, Idelette McVicker was steeped in a community and a church that reinforced white supremacy and shielded her from seeing her neighbours’ oppression.

Jodie Ballenger experienced more in her childhood than many of us will experience in our lifetime.

Her mother was a prostitute, and her father chose his new wife over her, leading to neglect and abuse. This impacted her life in ways she never imagined.

It was ten years ago that Lisa Appelo's life changed forever. 

"On what seemed like an ordinary Friday morning, I woke up to my husband's funny breathing," said Lisa. "I wasn't even awake enough to open my eyes. I just reached over, nudged him and told him it was a nightmare. As I woke more to his breathing and flipped on the light, I could see something was drastically wrong."

Against every last odd, you can hope anyway, that's according to author, mother and hope warrior, Leanna Tankersly.

After 15 long years, Tankersly's marriage came to an abrupt and unexpected end, leading her down a path of darkness.

A Winnipeg church has chosen guitars and music to reach the community beyond its four walls.

"Many churches say they want to change, but it is usually just verbal. This was a congregation that wanted a change," said Ron Fischer, former pastor at Kildonan Community Church. "When you have the matriarchs of the congregation support you in what you're doing, you know the congregation is going to be moving forward."

January is sex trafficking awareness month, which is an opportunity to educate the world about the grave reality of sex trafficking going on in our backyards. 

Imagine finding a treasure trove of documents that reveal the forgotten history of your family.

In 2009, Daniel Schwab discovered his grandfather’s collection of letters written between himself and family members, describing the beginning of the holocaust and the fallout from losing 12 family members.

How do you set yourself free from the prison of unforgiveness? What is addiction, and how do we overcome it? How can fathers be more empowered and supported?

These and many other topics are explored on shows available on Holy Culture Radio. It may sound like your typical self-help program, but HCR is so much more and runs so much deeper than that. 

New Yorkers know snow. However, a storm that hit Buffalo just before Christmas and lasted for five days left parts of the state covered with over four feet of snow. 

This was combined with strong winds, making it impossible to get anywhere. The winter weather left people stranded and killed dozens. 

"People didn't know the severity of it. They thought it was an average snow weekend here in Buffalo," Spirit of Truth Urban Ministry co-pastor Vivian Robinson explained. "This snow stopped you in its tracks."