Today we’re talking about the waiting of it all. When prayers feel unanswered, direction feels unclear, and you’re trying to stay faithful in what feels like a wilderness. My guest is Val Kleppen, host of The Motherhood Experience Podcast, and we get really honest about grief, surrender, and what it looks like to keep showing up without the full picture. We talk about letting go of control, tethering back to God through the Psalms, and trusting Him in the slow, unseen chapters.
In Episode 116 of Halfway to Sunday, Jill sits down with Val Kleppen (host of The Motherhood Experience Podcast) for an honest conversation about the wilderness seasons when prayers feel unanswered, direction feels unclear, and you’re trying to stay faithful anyway. Val shares from real life: grief, deep wrestling, and the exhaustion that comes from trying to control outcomes when everything feels uncertain. Together they talk about what it looks like to surrender in the waiting, why lament is not faithlessness, and how the Psalms can become a tether back to God when you don’t have words. This episode is for anyone stuck in the in-between…the slow, hard, unseen chapters when it feels like you need permission to tell the truth and the practical encouragement to keep showing up with God, one next step at a time.
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🩵 ABOUT US
Halfway to Sunday is a weekly faith-based podcast for people who want Jesus but still have questions, sharing honest, hope-filled stories of real faith through joy and loss, healing and growth, and even doubt. Not polished or performative, just real conversations that remind you you’re not alone and loved by God.
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📖 BIBLE RESOURCES
Psalm 139
Book of Job
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📣 GUEST
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🎙️ OTHER EPISODES THAT MAY BE HELPFUL:
Episode #110 Joy Without Pretending w/ Kyleigh Rose
Episode #109 When Joy Feels Impossible w/ Wanda Thibodeaux
Episode #101 Break Free from Spiritual Perfectionism w/ Kristen LaValley
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