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Faith Based Giving

Faith Based Giving

As stewards of the resources bestowed upon us by God, we have a responsibility to invest in His kingdom. By aligning our investments with the values and teachings of Scripture, we fulfill our role as faithful stewards. Chuck Betters talks with Doug MacGray, founder of Stonecrop Wealth Management, about the importance of stewarding our resources in a way that helps equip the next generation to walk by faith. Doug answers such questions as: What is faith-based giving? What are the different options for giving to faith-based charitable organizations during our lifetime as well as investing for eternity after our deaths? What do the scriptures say about…

Faith, Later Years of LifeMARKINC MinistriesDecember 16, 2024Popular, 9thComment

Living Life with Eternity in View

Living Life with Eternity in View

Lucy Malmberg’s grand adventures in life began when her parents hid her in a blanket-covered box as waited in line to board a plane to America from Ukraine after World War II. Her parents passed on to her a legacy of not only love for America but a passionate love for Jesus. In this conversation with Sharon Betters, Lucy freely shares how her faith guided her beloved husband George and her in the co-founding of Wedgewood Pharmacy, now, the largest national specialized pharmacy in veterinary compounding and a leader in the animal health industry. Lucy describes…

Faith, Later Years of Life, Warrior WomanMARKINC MinistriesDecember 9, 2024Popular, 9thComment

Preparing for Christmas in the Darkness of Grief

Preparing for Christmas in the Darkness of Grief

In this poignant interview, Chuck and Sharon Betters speak candidly about how they approached their first Christmas without their youngest child. If you are struggling with grief in this season that is considered the happiest of all, listen and be encouraged that there are treasures in the darkness designed to help turn your heart toward Jesus.

GriefMARKINC MinistriesDecember 2, 20249th

A Case for Forgiveness - Part 2

A Case for Forgiveness - Part 2

On June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof, a young white man, attended the Wednesday evening Bible study at the predominantly black Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. An hour later, Roof pulled a concealed weapon and killed nine African-Americans as they prayed, including Myra Thompson, the wife of Reverend Anthony Thompson. Myra's murder devastated Anthony, yet he chose to privately and publicly forgive the shooter.

Grief, FaithMARKINC MinistriesNovember 25, 20249thComment

A Case for Forgiveness - Part 1

A Case for Forgiveness - Part 1

On June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof, a young white man, attended the Wednesday evening Bible study at the predominantly black Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. An hour later, Roof pulled a concealed weapon and killed nine African-Americans as they prayed, including Myra Thompson, the wife of Reverend Anthony Thompson. Myra's murder devastated Anthony, yet he chose to privately and publicly forgive the shooter.

Faith, GriefMARKINC MinistriesNovember 18, 20249thComment

Preparing for Aging as a Single Woman

Preparing for Aging as a Single Woman

Aging is a season of loss on many levels. Married women fear losing their spouse or outliving their children. In fact, today there are 13.6 million widows in America, and about 700,000 women become a widow in the U.S. each year. Single women who have never married can fear being alone in the last years of life. In this conversation with Sharon Betters, seventy-two-year old Jerdone Davis frankly shares some of the emotional challenges of anticipating aging alone, including addressing how we can prepare for this season while we are younger and how can we handle the fears of being alone, especially in the last season of our lives. No matter your marital status, Jerdone’s recommendations for preparing for the last season of life will encourage you to be intentional in taking steps to make things easier for loved ones after your death.

Later Years of LifeMARKINC MinistriesNovember 11, 20249thComment

The Mother-In-Law Dance

The Mother-In-Law Dance

This conversation between Annie Chapman and Sharon Betters will help guide daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law through the sometimes difficult maze of “sharing” a man. Annie Chapman is the author of The Mother-In-Law Dance and knows from experience how challenging it can be to get along with your mother-in-law.

Relationships, ParentingMARKINC MinistriesNovember 4, 20249thComment

When Your Wife Dies with Jim Meyer

When Your Wife Dies with Jim Meyer

Dr. Chuck Betters talks with Dr. Jim Meyer who lost his first wife. Jim shares the story of his family’s sorrow and cautions listeners that though someone who is broken might look whole on the outside, grief and depression might be ever present companions. Jim describes the depression he experienced and how his journey produced in him a passion for offering help to others who are grieving. Jim also shares how the Lord is redeeming his pain through his marriage to Kathy.

GriefMARKINC MinistriesOctober 28, 20249thComment

Breast Cancer - Faith Wears Pink

Breast Cancer - Faith Wears Pink

Christine Runge Weiss, Founder of Faith Wears Pink, an online support platform for women battling breast cancer, shares how she learned she had breast cancer at the age of forty-four. Her diagnosis followed wave after wave of personal crises. In this conversation with Sharon Betters, herself a breast cancer survivor, Christine offers hope and practical help to breast cancer warriors. One evening she realized she was helping over twenty women with their questions, fears, and the unknowns of their journeys. She decided they all needed a way to talk to each other so she started a “Breast Friends” Facebook page. She eventually changed the name to Faith Wears Pink and as of today over 1000 women have connected through this platform. Faith Wears Pink not only connects breast cancer warriors but also gives gifts to women read more…

Faith, Illness, Warrior WomanMARKINC MinistriesOctober 21, 20248th 30, 2024Comment

ALS - On My Way Home

ALS - On My Way Home

How do you face each day after a diagnosis of ALS or Lou Gherig’s disease, knowing you will not survive longer than eighteen months – two years? Pastor Dale Meader joins Sharon and Chuck Betters to answer this question and more as he describes how each day reminds him he cannot beat this read more…

Grief, Illness, Later Years of LifeMARKINC MinistriesOctober 14, 20248th 30, 2024Comment

Blow Away the Dark Clouds

Blow Away the Dark Clouds

In this interview, Jan Dravecky speaks candidly to Sharon Betters about how her husband Dave’s loss of his arm to cancer plunged her into a deep depression. Dave was a pitcher for the Giants when he received the diagnosis of cancer. Living with cancer is painful, but even more painful on a world stage. Jan’s body, heart, and soul finally cried, “Enough” and Jan found herself on a long, hard journey to find her way out of deep depression.

Illness, Relationships, Emotions, Special Event SpeakersMARKINC MinistriesOctober 7, 20248th 30, 2024Comment

Finding Purpose When You Lose Your Identity

Finding Purpose When You Lose Your Identity

In this inspiring podcast former baseball star, Dave Dravecky and Dr. Chuck F. Betters talk about how cancer destroyed Dave’s successful baseball career and Dave’s struggle to deal with not only the loss of his career but understanding his true identity.

Special Needs, Illness, Special Event SpeakersMARKINC MinistriesSeptember 30, 20248th 30, 2024Comment

Abuse in the Church

Abuse in the Church

In this informative but at times disturbing interview, Darby Strickland draws from years of not only studying the impact of abuse but her interaction through counseling abused women. Darby is passionate about equipping local churches to be a safe place for the abused.

Addressing SinsMARKINC MinistriesSeptember 23, 20248th 30, 2024Comment

Postpartum Depression, Hope For A Hard Season

Postpartum Depression, Hope For A Hard Season

Not so long ago, postpartum depression was not recognized as a real medical crisis for a mother – rather, she was often told to shake it off, pull it together, with no sympathy – after all, she was a new mother – why wasn’t she happy? Fortunately, today, postpartum depression is recognized as a real illness, a real physical crisis and there is hope. Christine Chappell knows what it is to experience post-partum depression. In this conversation with Sharon Betters, she shares her wildly changing emotions and shock...

Illness, EmotionsMARKINC MinistriesSeptember 16, 2024Comment

When Your Brother Dies and You're 11 Years Old

When Your Brother Dies and You're 11 Years Old

In this sometimes emotional conversation, Doug shares with Dr. Chuck F. Betters some of the ways his brother’s death affected him and how grief for a child is different than the grief of an adult. It’s our hope that Doug’s story will help parents understand the grief of their children a little better and also encourage those who have lost siblings at a young age.

Grief, Emotions, TeensMARKINC MinistriesSeptember 9, 20248th 30, 2024Comment

Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain

In this Help & Hope podcast, Dr. Betters talks with Bill Condon, who knows what it is to not only experience chronic pain with no hope of healing, but also the devastation of the losses that often accompanies chronic pain. Bill explains how depression took him into such a dark place he not longer wanted to live. Yet in the middle of debilitating pain, Bill’s story is one of hope.

Grief, IllnessMARKINC MinistriesSeptember 2, 20248th 30, 2024 Comments

The Good Gift Of Weakness

The Good Gift Of Weakness

Our culture deifies strength—and sadly, the church does too. Who has the most successful ministry, the largest congregation, or the godliest family? Our misplaced faith in human strength is a false hope with no basis in Scripture... read more.

Emotions, FaithMARKINC MinistriesAugust 23, 20248th 30, 2024Comment

Drugs, Violence, Homeless, Abuse And A Hunger For Something More

Drugs, Violence, Homeless, Abuse And A Hunger For Something More

In this conversation with Sharon Betters, Miho Kahn and her husband share the story of Miho’s journey into a world of drugs, violence and abuse. Miho transparently shares her journey and how she found peace and direction in a personal relationship to Jesus.

Addiction, Addressing SinsMARKINC MinistriesAugust 19, 20248th 30, 2024Comment

When Drugs Steal Your Life

When Drugs Steal Your Life

Is it possible to break free from drugs after a lifetime of using? Shelley Tribbitt says yes. After using drugs for over thirty years, Shelley broke free from the drugs, but then had to face the collateral damage she had done to her family and friends. In this poignant interview, Shelley describes the devastation drug use brought on her family, including the loss of custody of her children. Her daughter, Bay, joins the conversation and describes how she reconciled with her mother and why she never gave in to the temptation of drug use, even though they were readily available.

Addiction, TeensMARKINC MinistriesAugust 10, 20248th 30, 2024Comment

When You Love A Prodigal

When You Love A Prodigal

Perhaps one of the hardest pains for a parent to endure is when a child makes dangerous choices that are sure to lead to life-changing consequences. Judy Douglass, author of When You Love a Prodigal, knows this anguish first hand yet her story focuses on how parenting her son Josh drove her to the heart of Jesus where she learned truths about herself and the life-transforming power of God’s grace… learn more.

AddictionMARKINC MinistriesAugust 5, 20248th 30, 2024Comment