Emily Waldon - Baseball reporter on battling cancer, trusting God's plan and being a light to others
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Today on the podcast, baseball reporter Emily Waldon returns to the podcast with good news on her cancer battle. She also shares about the importance of keeping Christ at the center of her life as well as the importance baseball has played in her healing. Emily talks about the importance to go public with her cancer diagnosis in order to spread love, hope, and point people back to Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, today on Sports Spectrum, we get a conversation with Emily Walden, baseball America |
| 0:05.7 | reporter and cancer survivor. It was January 7th, 2022 when she found out she had breast cancer. |
| 0:15.3 | And here we are two years later. And Emily's back on the show. She was actually on a couple |
| 0:19.5 | months after that diagnosis. But I thought it was important to have her back on the show. She was actually on a couple months after that diagnosis, |
| 0:22.0 | but I thought it was important to have her back on |
| 0:24.2 | to see what the Lord has taught her and shown her |
| 0:27.7 | over these past two years. |
| 0:29.8 | And we got a good report to bring to you today on the show. |
| 0:34.8 | Emily's great. |
| 0:35.6 | She's just such a bright light and loves the game of |
| 0:39.1 | baseball and loves Jesus. Pretty cool combination. And she's here today on Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:45.8 | Emily Walden coming up in just a moment. First, I want to remind you about our Sports Spectrum |
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