Award-winning author and inspirational speaker, Kris Rystrom Emmert impacts readers and audiences with her powerful message on having endured unspeakable tragedy and discovered unshakeable hope. With her contagious zest for life, she weaves her story of loss into a life-changing encounter that inspires others to experience their own healing and to uncover their God-given destinies.

A graduate of Wake Forest University and Regent University, Kris holds a master’s degree in communications. In her writing and on stage, she combines her extensive education, military experience, challenges of single motherhood, talents as a businesswoman, and years of teaching at higher-education institutions to reach thousands with her motivating message. Topics include Hope after Heartache, God’s Unfailing Love, Inner Beauty Discovered, Purpose in a Changing World, and Sanctity of Life.

Kris, a member of Gold Star Wives of America, Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, and Military Writers Association, resides in East Tennessee and is a pastor’s wife, mom to four children, a grandmother to one,radio host for Providing Promise radio show and the founder of Providing Promise Ministries, a 501(c)3 non-profit ministry.