Rediscovering Lament: Making Space for Grief - Terra McDaniel - 87 - FrontStage BackStage with Jason Daye

As pastors and ministry leaders, how can we tend to our own grieving in healthy ways and help others do the same? In this week's conversation on FrontStage BackStage, host Jason Daye is joined by Terra McDaniel. Terra serves as a spiritual director for both adults and children. She spent two decades as a pastor and ministry leader, earning her M.Div from Portland Seminary. Her latest book is entitled Hopeful Lament. Together, Terra and Jason explore some of the ways that we, as pastors and ministry leaders, inadvertently make grieving more difficult, both for ourselves and for those we serve. Terra also provides some helpful insights around patience, courage, and hope, as it relates to lamenting.

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Some key takeaways from this conversation:

Terra McDaniel on the importance of facing and experiencing grief without trying to simplify or suppress it with quick, comforting solutions: "Stay with the grief rather than sort of putting some neat and tidy answer that feels better."

Terra McDaniel on embracing acceptance, recognizing self-worth, and finding contentment through the love of God: "You are God's beloved. Full stop. And that's enough."

Terra McDaniel on the importance of being open, truthful, and resilient in the face of challenging experiences or emotions: "Lament requires the willingness to not turn away, the willingness to live through, the willingness to be honest.'"
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