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The Bobby Bones Show

Walker Hayes: From Atheist to Believer — The Tragedy That Turned His Heart to God

The Bobby Bones Show

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4.89.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Country artist Walker Hayes joins Brooke Taylor and Pastor Mark Evans on The Upload to share the powerful story of how he went from skeptic to believer. For years, Walker’s wife Lainey lived out her faith while he stood on the sidelines, unconvinced. But after meeting a man named Craig—a friend whose radical generosity challenged everything Walker thought he knew about love and grace—his heart began to soften.

Then, tragedy struck. During the birth of their daughter, Lainey suffered severe complications, and their baby girl was stillborn. Walker calls that heartbreaking moment the event that “made the knee bow.” What followed was a transformation that changed not only his faith, but his family, his music, and his purpose.

Walker opens up about grief, grace, and the relentless love of a God who met him in the middle of his pain—and never let go.

🎧 Listen now and be inspired by Walker’s powerful testimony of loss, love, and redemption.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:04.4

Hey, y'all, this is Walker Haze. The worst pain I ever felt. It's the most valuable thing I think I'll probably have on this earth. Don't give me another billboard with a Jesus thing about if you're, or where are you going today if you die, you know, like, yeah, I know the verse. This place looks creepy. is probably a cult, you know, and I was like,

0:22.8

we should tell somebody where we are before they die you know like yeah I know the verse you know it's creepy it's probably a cult you know

0:22.1

and I was like we should tell somebody where we are before they kidnap us isn't God funny

0:26.9

that the greeter dude got me you know God wanted the world to hear about Zima it's like a

0:32.5

wine cooler situation no other than that what is what's the hope you, if you can't be saved from yourself, we're screwed.

0:41.3

And this is the upload.

0:44.3

This is a new, this is a new thing.

0:46.3

This is a new thing.

0:47.3

Where, where this come from?

0:49.3

We want to have conversations about not just the person on the stage, but our person on the stage. So we're

0:56.5

excited to have a conversation with you about because, I mean, your story is insane. It's nuts. Yeah.

1:02.0

It's hard to podcast it up, you know. Honestly, I talk to so many people and I always feel like

1:09.6

I just gave them the kind of the nuggets, the sound bites,

1:13.2

you know, but then new ones pop up sometimes and I love telling it though. I mean, my story's

1:19.4

crazy. Testimony's in general. People need to hear it because, and no matter how many times

1:24.2

you tell it, it doesn't get old. It does. Yeah, it's interesting.

1:27.9

That's a great point because, you know, one of my best friends, Craig, I mean, I can hear his,

1:35.5

I mean, he says all the time.

1:36.9

And honestly, boring's not the work, but like he didn't have like a car crash or a drinking problem.

1:42.9

You know, his is a cool testimony but like

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