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To kick off season 5 we have a special guest at the "Choose Christ Over Culture" event Nov 14th and 15th (https://fortitudeministries.org/choosechristoverculture) - Kari Hoffmann is our keynote speaker, so we're revisiting her podcast, this time with video and a special surprise visit at the end.

Join us in an emotionally powerful episode of Fortitude as we sit down with Kari Hoffmann to delve into her incredible story of faith and survival. From a traumatic event as a child to the harrowing day at the Mall of America when her son was thrown from a balcony, Kari shares how her unwavering faith and prayer equipped her for life's toughest battles. Discover the miracles, challenges, and strength that have defined her family's journey and the power of community and belief in overcoming insurmountable odds.

Kari Hoffmann is the mother of Landen Hoffmann, the young boy who survived a 39 foot fall from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America in 2019. A story that made headlines around the world. In the midst of that unimaginable moment, Kari turned to her faith, crying out to God and asking everyone in the mall to pray. What followed was a series of undeniable miracles that defied science and left even medical professionals in awe.

Now a published author, Kari shares the deeper, untold parts of Landen’s story in her book Miracle at the Mall. She reveals how God had prepared her heart years before the tragedy, how He strengthened her through past trials, and how her family’s journey is a testament to the power of prayer, faith, and the miraculous love of Jesus.

Kari is a devoted wife and mother of three, and she continues to speak hope into the lives of others who are walking through pain, loss, or uncertainty pointing them back to the God who still works miracles today.

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Paul, Jill & Nora TenHaken, Part 3

She's grown up in a home where the whole city knows her dad's name.

Eight years. Press conferences. Public scrutiny. Campaign seasons. Security details. Dinner conversations most kids never have to carry.

And through all of it, Nora TenHaken has been watching.

Watching how her dad leads. Watching how her mom holds everything together. Watching what faith looks like when it's not performed on a stage but lived out in a kitchen, in a car ride, in the quiet moments nobody else sees.

In Part 3, Nora joins her parents on the mic for the first time. And what comes out of this young woman's mouth will stop you.

We asked her: What makes your home the happiest place on earth?

We asked her: Who do you see yourself in more, mom or dad?

We asked her: What has it actually been like growing up in the public eye for the last eight years of your life?

And then we asked all three of them the question every family needs to sit with:

If your home could be described in one word, one word you hope lasts for generations, what would it be?

Their answer might make you rethink what you're building in your own house.

This episode is not about politics. It's not about legacy in the way the world measures it. It's about what happens when a family decides that faith isn't something they do on Sundays. It's the rhythm they protect every single day, even when the schedule says there's no time for it.

Fair warning: the laughter breaks in this one are unfiltered. We asked Nora who tells the worst jokes at home. We asked about the family tradition that started by accident and stuck forever. And we asked what moment in the last year made them all say,

"This is so us."

You'll laugh. You'll probably cry. And you'll walk away wanting to have a conversation with your own family tonight.

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Paul & Jill TenHaken, Part 2 (drop today)

She held the home. He led the city. And somewhere in between, they had to figure out how to stay married, stay close to God, and stay close to each other.

Part 2 is here.

Paul and Jill TenHaken sit down together for a conversation most couples in public life would never have on a mic. And they went there.

What "oneness" actually means after years of pressure, sacrifice, and learning to surrender together. Their love languages (and yes, they're different). The mentors who taught them what covenant looks like before they had to live it out. The habits that keep them spiritually connected when life is pulling them in every direction. And the one small, sacred thing that always brings them back to each other.

We also asked who said "I love you" first. And who really meant it first.
We asked what habit drives the other one completely crazy.
We asked what they used to fight about that now just makes them laugh.

This is not a polished, curated version of a marriage. This is two people being real about what it costs to choose each other and choose God at the same time, over and over again.
If your marriage needs a reminder that covenant is worth fighting for, this is your episode.

If you know a couple who's in the thick of it right now, send this to them. Sometimes the thing that shifts everything is hearing someone else say "us too."

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