Hardly Initiated Network: Five Shows, One Mission, and the Pivot That Started It

She built the show. Then she walked away from it.

After the Philip Anthony Mitchell episode, Jessica realized something she

couldn't unrealize: she'd been interviewing people instead of finding the

thing inside them that applies to everybody. That one realization didn't

just change how she preps an episode — it changed the entire direction of

this platform.

So we made a decision. Hardly Initiated isn't just a podcast anymore. It's a

network.

In this episode we open up about the pivot nobody asked us to make: why

Jessica stepped away from relationship content to build Initiated By God,

why Michael is considering taking over the show he handed off, what the

comments got wrong about "replacing then with a woman," and how five shows

a week get made. Two people who already have full lives, two boys, and

Invest Fest two weeks away.

We're also introducing the full lineup for the first time:

MONDAY — Initiated By God with Jessica Laine McDonald

TUESDAY — Hardly Initiated with Michael J. MacDonald

WEDNESDAY — Spiritual Discernment with Bishop Senegal

THURSDAY — Bible Study With The Homies (live) With Ladun

FRIDAY — Hardly In Love With/ Special Host

One of those started with a single person in a room. It's now close to 100

people packed into a coffee shop every Thursday night. We're taking it

outside those four walls.

Content is king — but context is what makes it matter. We're not here to

gossip and we're not here to tear people down. We're building for whoever

is sitting in a dark place right now looking for God and doesn't know how

to hear Him.

New studio. New shows. Same mission.

Subscribe so you don't miss the launch of all five.

Stay initiated.

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00:00 We've been gone — here's why

01:15 The new studio (and the real reason we moved out the house)

02:40 "Seek ye first the kingdom" — the decision behind the pivot

04:05 What the Philip Anthony Mitchell episode exposed

05:30 Announcing the full network lineup

07:10 Bible Study With The Homies: 1 person to 100

09:00 "Relationships is not me" — knowing what you're not called to

10:45 Should Michael take back Hardly Initiated?

12:20 The dream guest list

14:00 InvestFest: the biggest business plan can't happen without God

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