In Episode 37, podcaster and author Niki Hardy joins the show from Charlotte, North Carolina. Originally from England, Niki shares her journey from growing up as a "lowercase c" Christian believing she was fine just because she was a nice person; to truly encountering the Holy Spirit in her mid-twenties during an Alpha course in London.
Listen in as Niki shares her profound, hard-earned wisdom on surviving suffering. After losing both her mother and sister to cancer, and eventually facing her own cancer diagnosis, Niki learned that the rubber truly hits the road when tragedy strikes. She challenges the toxic church culture that discourages doubt, brilliantly explaining that our hardest questions for God are not our faith's kryptonite, but its superpower! Niki encourages believers to bring their exhaustion, grief, and curiosity directly to the Father, reminding us that He loves us and is never fazed by our pain.
Guest's Bio
Niki Hardy is a speaker, author, and host of The WildlyKnown Life Podcast. Her latest book, God, Can We Chat?, is a down-to-earth encouragement that if we let them, our questions can be our faith's superpower, not its kryptonite, and bring us closer to God.
Find Niki at The WildlyKnown Life, where she weaves science, faith, and wonder to help all the spiritually underwhelmed, grown-up humans of the world, say yes to the sacred tug within so they can be and do all they're created for.
Having left corporate life, been to seminary, moved continents, planted churches, started businesses and nonprofits, and navigated loss, cancer, church hurt and painful uncertainty, she's all about helping you put the spring back in your life and faith without having it all figured out first. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and ridiculous Doodle, Charlie, who is the main reason their three grown kids come home.