The Uplift

The Uplift is a podcast from Breath of Life Fellowship in Stamford, CT for people who love God but still have real questions about life, faith, and church. We blend authentic conversations, practical insight, and powerful preaching to help you navigate everyday challenges with spiritual depth. From church hurt to mental wellness to rediscovering who Jesus really is — we create space to be real without losing hope. Featuring dynamic voices like Dr. Wesley Knight, Heather Thompson Day, and more. Faith for real life, not just Sabbath morning.

The Uplift is a religion podcast hosted by Breath of Life Fellowship, with 10 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Breath of Life Fellowship hosts The Uplift, a religion show with 10 episodes published.

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  Episode #9

  Jesus: The Remix

  May 3, 202626 minS1

  <p>What if the Jesus you need most is not a new Jesus, but the real Jesus reintroduced?</p><p><br></p><p>Pastor Damian Chandler returns in Episode 9 of The Uplift we call “Jesus: The Remix” - a message that does not change Jesus, soften Jesus, or reinvent Jesus, but invites us to see Him clearly again. Beyond cultural filters, religious assumptions, and incomplete versions of Christ, this episode brings the focus back to Jesus as Son of God, Savior, King, and the patient Redeemer still waiting for people to say yes.</p><p><br></p><p>Chandler opens with...

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  Episode #8

  Booked, Busy, and Broken Down

  Apr 26, 202644 minS1

  <p><br></p><p>What if ignoring your limits does not make you faithful - it just makes you tired?</p><p><br></p><p>In Episode 8 of The Uplift, Maxine sits down with wellness expert, life coach, personal trainer, and URNX CEO Helen Macey, along with Breath of Life Fellowship member, HR professional, fitness leader, and sports enthusiast Jean Joseph, for a practical and deeply honest conversation about self-care, stress, movement, boundaries, and what happens when full calendars become full-body exhaustion.</p><p><br></p><p>The episode begins with a reality many people are living in real time...

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  Episode #7

  Rest Is the Revolution

  Apr 19, 202619 minS1

  <p><br /></p><p>What if one of the most spiritual things you could do this week is stop?</p><p><br /></p><p>In Episode 7 of The Uplift, Pastor Crystal Ward delivers a clear, timely, and deeply practical proclamation on the concept of Sabbath, self-care, and the kind of rest our culture keeps training us to ignore. In a world that glorifies hustle, exhaustion, overthinking, and nonstop productivity, she makes the case that rest is not laziness, weakness, or escape. It is trust. It is obedience. And it may be one of the most revolutionary acts of faith available...

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  Episode #6

  What If I'm Wrong?

  Apr 12, 20261 hourS1

  <p><br></p><p>What if one of the strongest things your faith could do is admit it doesn't have all the answers?</p><p><br></p><p>Episode 6 of The Uplift brings author, communication professor, and speaker Heather Thompson Day into a conversation many believers have quietly had in private but rarely feel safe saying out loud: What if I'm wrong? Not wrong in a way that destroys faith, but wrong in a way that humbles it, deepens it, and pushes it past performance into trust.</p><p><br></p><p>Heather opens with a story about a little...

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  Episode #5

  Truth vs. Control: Breaking Free From Spiritual Abuse

  Mar 29, 20261h 14mS1

  <p>Some wounds don't come from the world. They come from the church.</p><p><br></p><p>Episode 5 of The Uplift is the most personal conversation in the series so far — a 74-minute expert-facilitated panel roundtable that goes into places most faith communities still refuse to name. The topic is spiritual abuse: how it gets taught to children, how it operates through scripture, how it entangles love with performance, how it leaves people either clinging to religion or walking away from it entirely — and how healing is even possible after that kind of damage.</p><p><br></p><p>The...

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