The Hope Pandemic

The Hope Pandemic is a faith-based podcast hosted by Jessica Gilliam that shares intimate, honest conversations with women who are navigating life and business challenges—highlighting stories of resilience, healing, and personal growth grounded in faith . Through these raw, candid episodes, the podcast seeks to remind listeners that hope remains alive, encouraging them to trust God in the waiting and walk boldly into their futures

The Hope Pandemic is a religion podcast hosted by Jessica Gilliam, with 22 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Jessica Gilliam hosts The Hope Pandemic, a religion show with 22 episodes published.

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  Episode #8

  When God Is Silent...

  Sep 26, 202643 minS2

  ⚠️ Content note: This episode discusses praying for children who passed away. If that's a wound you're carrying right now, it's okay to skip this one or save it for a stronger day. When God is silent, the hardest part isn't the silence itself — it's what it does to everything you thought you knew about Him. Jessica shares the two hardest prayers of her life: prayers prayed believing, for outcomes that broke her heart anyway. This isn't a teaching episode. There are no tactics, no five tips, no tidy resolution — just the honest ground of what happens when you did everything right, and heaven moved differently than you begged it to. Walking through John the Baptist's own doubt in prison and the ancient question, "Did God really say?" Jessica offers something gentler than answers: permission to bring God your questions instead of running the audit alone. If you're standing in unexplained silence today, this episode won't fix it. But it might help you feel less alone inside it. Follow The Hope Pandemic for new episodes every week. Resources: Free Download: 12 Hope-filled Declarations to speak over your season: https://hopepandemic.gumroad.com/l/axkru The Hope Journal: A 12-Week Guide to Unbreakable Hope, $19 https://hopepandemic.gumroad.com/l/otdyx

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  Episode #7

  Comparison Is Stealing Your Joy — Here's How to Stop

  Sep 19, 202630 minS2

  Comparison is stealing your joy, but it's not attacking your faith; it's attacking your timeline. If you've ever watched someone else's road move while yours stood still, this episode is for you. Jessica opens with a confession most Christians never say out loud: she's muted people she loves. Not out of bitterness but out of self-protection, because a tender heart watching what wounds it never heals. From there, she unpacks what happens when good things get mistaken for God's best, and why the wait that feels like punishment might actually be protection. Walking through Psalm 73 (the psalmist who nearly lost his footing over someone else's prosperity) and Jesus's answer to Peter's sideways glance in John 21 — "What is that to you? You follow me" — this episode hands you permission to guard your eyes without guilt, and language to answer comparison instead of just suppressing it. If you're waiting while someone else's life keeps moving, send this to them. Person to person — that's how hope spreads. Follow The Hope Pandemic for new episodes every week. Resources: Free Download: 12 Hope-filled Declarations to speak over your season: https://hopepandemic.gumroad.com/l/axkru The Hope Journal: A 12-Week Guide to Unbreakable Hope, $19 https://hopepandemic.gumroad.com/l/otdyx

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  Episode #6

  Cynicism Feels Safe, But It's Really Lying to You

  Sep 12, 202618 minS2

  Why does God bless others and not you? If you've ever asked that quietly — full faith in His power, quiet suspicion about your portion — this episode puts that lie on trial. There's a cynic on my left shoulder, and he's got receipts: ghosted at my own job, and being told I'm the problem about eighty percent of the time. His pitch: "Sign here, and you'll never be disappointed again." And his smoothest version, custom-blended for believers, isn't "God isn't good." It's "not for you." In this episode: why cynicism is numbness that learned to talk, how it wears realism's jacket (and how to tell them apart), the courtroom of 2 Corinthians 10 — where you're the judge, not the defendant — Jesus's stunning tenderness with a cynic named Nathanael, and the two practices that have kept me from signing: holding court, and sowing with open hands. This week's Hopework: hold court daily, sow one seed with no return address, and put "not for you" on trial with a signed verdict. Follow the show, and send this to the sharpest cynic you love. No lecture. Just two words: come and see. Resources: Free Download: 12 Hope-filled Declarations to speak over your season: https://hopepandemic.gumroad.com/l/axkru The Hope Journal: A 12-Week Guide to Unbreakable Hope, $19 https://hopepandemic.gumroad.com/l/otdyx

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  Episode #5

  How to Stop Doomscrolling: You're Not Addicted. You're Numb

  Sep 5, 202624 minS2

  Why can't you stop doomscrolling — even when you're completely maxed out? Here's the answer nobody's giving you: doomscrolling isn't an information habit. It's anesthesia. You don't scroll because you're curious. You scroll because you're numb, and numbness is where hope goes to die quietly. I'm going to say something in this episode I probably shouldn't, given that I build social media strategy for a living: I hate what the unguarded feed does to people's souls. I know exactly how these machines work — the ratings logic that got an algorithm, the outrage that holds attention longer than hope. I'm the casino dealer who doesn't gamble, and in this episode, I'll show you how I actually live with it. You'll learn why you can't selectively numb (deaden the grief, and you deaden hope with it), the two chairs every overwhelmed person chooses between, God's tender treatment plan for a burned-out prophet (1 Kings 19 — it starts with a nap), and Ezekiel 36:26 — the God who doesn't offer thicker skin, but a softer heart. Plus this week's Hopework: the other chair, the first fifteen, and guarding your gates. Follow the show — and send this to the person in your life who's gone quiet lately.

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  Episode #4

  How to Keep Going When You Want to Give Up (Grit for the Weary)

  Aug 29, 202624 minS2

  How do you keep going when you want to give up — when you think you did everything right, and you're still standing in rubble? This episode is for the weary. Especially the strong ones. Twice in my life, God has asked me to walk away from a paycheck with nothing in my hands but His word. The second time, I thought being stronger would make it easier. It didn't. Within one stretch: unemployed on a word, a hailstorm that damaged every window of our home — $30,000 in damage — a heartbreak I had to carry silently, perimenopause arriving uninvited, and a phone that stayed quiet. In this episode: what grit actually looked like (it wasn't impressive), why life gets harder AFTER you grow (strength is a load rating, not a shield), and the eagle lesson in Isaiah 40:31 most people miss — the promise descends: soar, run, WALK. Some days, walking and not fainting is the victory. Plus this week's Hopework: the remembrance card, naming your altitude, and climbing instead of pecking. Follow the show — and send this to the strongest person you know. Their phone is probably quiet too.

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