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When Tragedy Led to Truth: Discovering Jesus During the Beltway Sniper Crisis With Cara Shine

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Kara says the hallway prayer made all her anxiety disappear and revealed Jesus to her as peace.

Jamie Elizabeth opens by asking what happens when tragedy becomes the doorway to truth. She introduces author Kara Schein and her book, The Hallway Miracle. Kara explains how the 2002 Beltway Sniper crisis became the backdrop for a major spiritual shift. At the center of the story is an ordinary hallway. There, another woman asked whether she could pray for Kara. Kara says the prayer changed the atmosphere right away. Anxiety lifted. Peace settled in. She describes it as a Holy Spirit encounter that left her changed. From there, the conversation widens into the way God kept pursuing her after that moment. Kara says the ripple effect of that prayer reached far beyond that day. The story keeps coming back to the idea that God can take ordinary places and ordinary people and use them for good. Jamie responds with warmth and keeps pressing into the personal details. Kara also speaks about later hardship in her own life. She mentions her child’s anaphylaxis. She recalls the sudden death of a friend. She names the debilitating panic attacks that came during that season. Those struggles are set against the fear of living with snipers in the background and a stream of negative news in her ears. The episode lingers on the choice people face in those moments: whether to give in to fear or turn toward God. It also highlights Kara’s hope that readers and listeners will see the connection between the Old Testament and the New Testament as one full story of God's faithfulness.

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A clear-eyed testimony about fear, prayer, and the moment that changes everything.

Jamie Elizabeth centers Kara Schein's story on a hard question: what if a tragedy is where someone meets Jesus? The episode moves through the Beltway Sniper event, an ordinary hallway prayer, and Kara's fear and family strain as she moves from Jewish religion into a life focused…

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