Christians With Chronic Illnesses

Doctors told Terry Tucker he would likely be dead in two years. Fourteen years later, he is still here, still trusting Jesus, and still telling the truth about what it costs to keep going with terminal cancer. We talk...

One of the strangest parts of chronic illness is how fast your life can change with no clear moment of impact. I’m L. A. Sprague, host of Christians with Chronic Illnesses, and I’m sharing my personal journey with POTS...

She went a decade without a seizure, followed the medical plan to taper off meds, and finally started to picture a more “normal” life. Then one illness in December 2020 flipped everything, leading to repeated seizures...

A listener wrote us a letter so honest it almost feels like reading someone’s journal out loud, and I mean that as a compliment. We sit with the slow-motion grief of chronic illness, the way it steals “basic dignities,”...

He starts with a lisp. Then he can’t swallow. Then he can’t stand. Cindy Washburn joins us to share the caregiver perspective behind her husband Miles’ sudden Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) crisis, and what it’s like to...

Somebody told you the miracle comes after you “believe hard enough.” Somebody else hinted that anxiety means you’re outside God’s will. If you live with chronic illness, chronic pain, depression, panic attacks, or any...

A wheelchair destroyed under a garbage truck wheel. A holy card pierced while everything else held. A double rainbow after last rites in the NICU. Madeline Mead’s life with cerebral palsy is full of moments that force...

You can believe in Jesus and still feel crushed by depression and you can look “fine” while you’re quietly fighting to stay alive. I’m L. A. Sprague, and this is one of the most vulnerable stories I’ve ever shared: my...

We invited April Aramanda (host of the Invisible Illness Club) to talk with us about what it looks like to live with chronic illness while staying honest with God and still reaching for joy. April shares her real-life...

DayQuil-fueled honesty, hospital chaos, and the kind of humor you only learn after too many appointments. I’m L. A. Sprague, and while I’m fighting a cold (yes, I’m congested and a little loopy), I’m reading through...

Your life can be turned upside down by symptoms that never fit neatly into a chart, and that uncertainty can quietly reshape everything: your faith, your marriage, your work, and even how you walk into a grocery store...

When you’re convinced God gave you a specific assignment, it can become your whole identity. And when chronic illness shows up and takes your capacity, it can feel like you didn’t just lose a dream, you lost your...

Pain can make you question everything you thought you knew about God and it can also make you feel painfully unseen by the people around you. I sit down with Shakira “Kira” O'Garro, a licensed mental health counselor...

Some church teachings feel like oxygen when you’re suffering and others quietly teach you to blame yourself for pain you never chose. We’re sharing a deeply personal story from my upbringing in Pentecostal and...

A seizure in airport security, a college freshman year shaped by fear, and a long road through brain fog, pain flares, and panic attacks! We talk with Lexi about what it’s like to live as a Christian with chronic...