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In Episode 54, former national sportscaster and author Lisa Burkhardt Worley joins the podcast from North Texas to share a beautiful story of healing and obedience. Having lost her father before she was even born, Lisa opens up about growing up feeling like God was distant. She shares the powerful turning point in her thirties when, through studying the Word, she finally realized that God was the protective, loving Father she never had—a revelation that fueled her mission to minister to others carrying a "father wound"
Guest's Bio
Dr. Lisa Burkhardt Worley is the founder of Pearls of Promise Ministries, a ministry that helps women overcome past dysfunction in their lives through media, books, blogs, Bible studies, and conferences. She is the Executive Producer and Co-Host of an award-winning topical television and radio show called POP Talk, now seen and heard on 26 television and radio platforms. POP Talk recently received the ICVM Gold Crown Award for “Best Christian Talk Show.” Lisa was named the “2024 Best International TV Host” by the Prayze Factor Awards. Lisa is also a conference speaker and twelve-time award-winning author of eleven books, including her most recent book, Treasure, a 52-week devotional co-authored with Lane Jordan Burday. Treasure has been named the “Devotional Book of the Year” by the AWSA Golden Scroll Awards” and “Best Christian Non-Fiction Book” by the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.”
Lisa also has a heart for fighting antisemitism and has created three award-winning documentaries on the subject. Her most recent documentary, Their Blood Cries Out, is designed to fight Holocaust denial and features two men, Father Patrick Desbois and Marcus Roberts, who, in separate outreaches, are preserving the graves of the Holocaust. The film has already won 14 international film festival awards: “Best Documentary,” “Best Educational Film,” and “Best Producer.” Her previous documentary, Terror in Toulouse: Has the Community Recovered, retells the story of an antisemitic attack on a Jewish high school in Toulouse, France in 2012 and examines the state of antisemitism in France today. To date, it has won over 50 international film festival awards.
Burkhardt Worley recently earned her Doctor of Ministry in Messianic Jewish Studies from The King’s University. Her doctoral project was on “The Impact of the Antisemitic Attack on Congregation Beth Israel” and examined the emotional, physical, community, and security impact of a January 2022 hostage situation at the Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas. She is a two-time ISGAP-Oxford Scholar–in–Residence and received diplomas for fulfilling the requirements at the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy. Burkhardt Worley has also created classes on antisemitism and now serves as the Executive Pastor of Messiah’s Hope Congregation, a Messianic church.
Lisa spent twenty years as a national and local sportscaster on HBO Sports’ Inside the NFL, ESPN, and as an anchor at the Madison Square Garden Network. She also worked at KENS-TV in San Antonio and at WTVC in Chattanooga, TN. In addition to her Doctor of Ministry, she earned a Master of Theological Studies degree from SMU Perkins School of Theology in 2008. Lisa has been married for thirty-nine years to Jeff. She has two grown sons, Kyle and Bret, a daughter-in-law Bailey, and a beloved grandson, William.