How can we begin to process our stories after a life-altering loss? Where can hope be found in the midst of insufferable pain? How do we connect the dots and find God's hand in our lives when suffering overshadows?
For Joan Kelley, those were difficult questions to answer after losing her teenage son, Will, to cancer. Yet, she found healing through looking at her life and the ways God has shown up, even in her worst pain. By going back in her own story, she has since been able to help walk alongside others in theirs by offering a listening ear or spiritual direction. And she has used what pain has taught her to bring hope and healing to those she encounters. While Joan knows she doesn't have all the answers, her journey has brought incredible lessons of faith, endurance, and how God can be trusted even in our darkest seasons.
In this episode, Davey sits down to talk with Joan about how everyone can use their unique wirings to bring hope to the hurting, why we have to make the time for our grief, and how processing your own story is pivotal in whatever healing path you are on.
Whatever the loss, Joan's story reminds us that we can all get to the place in our grief where we can still dare to hope.
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Episode 133 - Joel Manby
Episode 132 - Ashlee Eiland
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Episode 130 - Elizabeth Laing Thompson
Episode 129 - Os Hillman
Episode 128 - Sheila Wise Rowe
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Episode 122 - Allen Cothran
Episode 121 - Stephen Arterburn
Episode 120 - Seth Haines
Episode 119 - Esther Fleece Allen
Episode 118 - Dr. Lee Warren
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