Jim Wahlberg's Journey From Prison to Christ

The Untold Story with Martha MacCallum

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4.1 • 738 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Growing up as the middle child amongst nine kids, film producer, and screenwriter Jim Wahlberg's childhood was interesting, to say the least -- but it was during his adolescence that a world of addiction and crime would lead him down a dark path, ending him up in prison. After years of falling away from his family, battling his demons, and feeling like there was no hope, he found it in the place he least expected: in Christ. This Good Friday, Mark Wahlberg's brother Jim joins Martha to discuss how he chronicles his tumultuous journey to finding Jesus in his new book, The Big Hustle: A Boston Street Kid's Story of Addiction and Redemption, and how he was able to reshape his skewed perception of Christianity to discover that Jesus' love knows no bounds. Follow Martha on Twitter: @MarthaMacCallum Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:42.4	Welcome to the Untold Story, everybody.
0:43.7	I'm Martha McCallum.
0:45.3	Great to have you with us today.
0:51.5	And I'm very pleased to be joined by Jim Wahlberg, who is an author, a producer.
0:56.0	His book is called The Big Hustle, A Boston Street Kids story of addiction and redemption. It is a beautiful story that we're going to get into a bit today. He's also
1:02.2	the producer of the film, Mother Teresa, No Greater Love, that came out in 2022. So, Jim, welcome.
1:09.4	Great to have you with us today. Oh, thank you so much. It's such an
1:13.0	honor to be here. Well, you know, I saw you on with Laura Ingram and then my family and I are doing
1:21.6	Pray 40 on Hallow, which is a daily lent meditation and it's incredible and you're involved in it,
1:31.5	your brother Mark's involved in it, Jonathan Rumi, who I've interviewed several times and
1:37.0	gotten to know a little bit. So the other day was your day, and you gave your story of surrender and how you surrendered to God.
1:49.5	And my son, who's 23 years old, texted me, wow, did you guys listen to this yet?
1:57.3	And so we all actually, you know, listen to it throughout the day and we're chiming in on it.
2:03.2	So maybe I'm sure a lot of people didn't hear it.
2:06.5	So maybe you could just start by telling us, obviously you're part of the amazingly talented Walberg family, so creative and do so much to sort of contribute to our culture. So tell us a little bit about yourself, Jim.
2:23.0	Well, let's see. I'm one of nine children. I'm the middle child of nine. I think that matters
2:29.8	somehow in the big picture. I think I have the middle child syndrome.
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