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 260 - Discovering God’s Faithfulness in our Knotted-Up Lives with Beth Moore
Episode 259 - Learning to Remember While Thinking Forward After Loss with Jonathan Pitts
Episode 258 - Finding God’s Freedom from Trauma with Dr. Elizabeth Stevens
Episode 257 - Embracing the Messy and Complicated Journey of Adoption and Fostering with Jillana Goble
Episode 256 - Parenting Our Kids through Trauma and Everyday Challenges with David Thomas
Episode 255 - The Importance of Engaging Your Story and Trauma with Adam Young
Episode 254 - When the Darkness of Postpartum Depression Doesn’t Lift with Julie Thomas
Episode 253 - Special Release: Vision and Purpose in Your Pain with Davey Blackburn
Episode 252 - Parenting Your Wayward Adult Kids with Joy with Mary DeMuth
Episode 251 - Deciding to Trust God before the Unexpected Comes with Melissa Swain
Episode 250 - Walking through Past Trauma in Marriage with Quinton and Tameca Graham
Episode 249 - Cultivating an Unoffendable Heart in Ministry with Joanna Weaver
Episode 247 - Hope and Healing after Post-Traumatic Stress with Fernando Arroyo
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