Writer and speaker, Ryan Bell, of A Year Without God, shares insightful commentary on religion and irreligion in North America and engaging interviews with believers, heretics and the uncertain.
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Grief 2 Great Day - Christian Grief Support for Women, Questioning God in Grief, Life after Loss, Hope in Grief
Stefanie Cabaniss - Christian Grief Coach, Purpose After Loss Coach, Health Professional
Grief Support for Christian Women to Breathe, Laugh and Live again. Loss, Grief and Healing * Coping with Grief * Beginning of Grief * Life after Loss * Stages of Grief * Purpose After Loss * Faith * Surviving Loss * Grief Resources * Holidays and Grief I help Christian women navigate grief through understanding grief, growing faith and processing daily life to find hope. • Do you feel lost, confused, or overwhelmed by grief? • Is the pain so great, you lose your breath and feel it will neve ...
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214.0 Grief to Great Day. Can you be happy before the pain stops? Replay
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SHOW NOTES I want to share the full WORD and some lyrics of the Song of the week as the show notes. This fits our grief journey so well and is more important than any words I could share on the subject. WORD of the Week 2 Corinthians 3:6-10 3 We put no stumbling block in anyone’s path, so that our ministry will not be discredited. 4 Rather, as serv…
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213.0 Coffee & Kathy-A Weekly Quiet Time with God to Build Trust. ‘Land Bridges and a Victorious Life’.mp3
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Hear from Those Who Have Walked Your Journey! Get the Holiday Grief Relief Summit Recordings Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.” Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Gr…
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212.0 Grief Milestones. How to Cope with the Happiness of the Holidays. Replay
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SHOW NOTES The holidays are a real grief milestone – much like your loved one’s birthday, day of death and anniversaries. You know they are coming and yet there is no good way to prepare for how you will feel and how to make it through. I felt a lot of anxiety, sadness and guilt as the holidays neared. The guilt came from knowing that as a Christia…
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IMPORTANT LINKS Get the Holiday Grief Relief Summit Recordings Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.” Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay Visit my Church –…
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210.0 Holidays and Grief. 20 Bible Verses that Bring Peace & Comfort at Thanksgiving. Replay
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SHOW NOTES This week is Thanksgiving, and it may be a day you just want over with, so giving thanks isn’t so easy. And, when you are getting lost in your feelings, it’s hard to do the thing that will change all things. I’m talking about being in God’s word. Today, I want you to know that you aren’t alone, you are loved. Just sit back and listen as …
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Get the Holiday Grief Relief Summit Recordings Grief 2 Great Day Website - Connect with Me Click Here to take Action Now - “The First Year of Grief. How to Survive with Hope and Heal.” Join The Grief Group for Christian Women on Facebook Read about Monica’s entire Journey, Dying to Be Healed - Book - Grief2GreatDay The holidays are over, but the st…
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208.0 Grief and Holidays. 10 Ways to Honor Your Loved one on Thanksgiving. (replay)
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SHOW NOTES When I heard people talking about Thanksgiving or Christmas, the anxiety would rise, and the dread would increase. I wish I could have escaped all the happy holiday things. But, short of escaping (which is fine if you need to), I want to share how to include your loved one into your Thanksgiving. I’m going to share 10 ways, but then we’l…
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SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life.…
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206.0 Holiday Grief Relief Summit: How to Find Hope & Inspiration to Not Quit! (R)
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SHOW NOTES We read the Bible verse that God will make all things come together for our good. Well, how in the world is what you are going through good? How can it ever be good? This is where I struggled in the beginning. I read about a Christian singer who lost her husband in a diving accident. I could so relate with the pain and confusion and then…
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205.0 Coffee & Kathy: A Weekly Quiet Time with God to Build Trust. ‘Thermostat or Thermometer’
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SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life.…
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204.0 It's No Better! 3 Ways to Know You're Making Progress in Grief.
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SHOW NOTES Last week we touched on the balancing act of grief – how to push and when to rest. I also shared an important truth that, once you grab a hold of, will help every day in grief and give you glimpses of a good future. Along your journey – how do you measure progress? What do you use to compare your today to? Emotions change so much and in …
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SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life.…
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202.0 Choice or Chance? How to Know if Real Change is Under Your Control.
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SHOW NOTES Grief is such a balancing act between resting and pushing. And while you are in the beginning year or so of your journey – nothing feels like it’s under your control. After all you had no control over losing your loved one – you had no control over how it happened and when it happened. Today I want to share a game-changing sign I was giv…
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SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life.…
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200.0 The Sacred Surrender: How to Let Go of the Uncontrollable to God.
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SHOW NOTES When the sacred is torn from your life and you survive. Wow! Do those words resonate with you today? Today we’ll look at Natalie Grant’s song, Held as we look at the promises of God for you right now as you struggle to make sense of losing your ‘sacred person.’ There is a truth in love alert for this episode but as you walk further along…
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SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life.…
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198.0 Funnel & The Vessel: How to Overcome the Need to Say Yes.
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SHOW NOTES Let me start by saying that if you have healthy boundaries around your life, this episode won’t be as useful. BUT, if you are like most people and dare, I say Christian women mostly and you are one ‘yes’ away from complete exhaustion, then this episode is for you. The title of Funnel and Vessel is from a counselor that Jeff and I were se…
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197.0 Coffee & Kathy: A Weekly Quiet Time with God to Build Trust. ‘After Watching the Morning News’
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SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life.…
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196.0 Grief Myopia! How to See God's Healing Hand in Heartbreak.
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SHOW NOTES …This made me think about life in grief. My existence was myopic on my grief. It was nearsighted on my loss, pain, confusion, anger with the Lord. It was all I could see. It was all I focused on. In the beginning of grief, this is very normal because everything (if you knew the loss was coming or not) is traumatic and the body has to sur…
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Memorable Quote: People like to say, “God helps them who help themselves!” And what they mean by that is, “We like it when people work hard and pull themselves up by their bootstraps.” But the biblical reality is that God helps those who realize they are helpless. Lost. And in constant need of Him. And His help is not just in the form of Saving Gra…
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194.0 An Update on the Holiday Grief Relief Summit by Grief 2 Great Day.
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SHOW NOTES If you are new to the podcast, let me share a quick overview of the summit I am talking about. The Holiday Grief Relief Summit is a way to ‘escape’ the normal holiday season. See when the holidays come, and they are coming – there’s a whole ‘nother level of feeling your loss. You can’t escape the happy holiday marketing that is everywher…
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193.0 Coffee & Kathy: A Weekly Quiet Time with God to Build Trust. 'When God Doesn't Do What He Can Do'
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SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life.…
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192.0 Grief & Health: How to Make Great Changes with Small Steps. Zach Lloyd, Lifestyle Coach. (part 2)
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SHOW NOTES (part 2) On Sunday, Zach Lloyd was here and shared his inspiring journey with God and how he became a lifestyle – anti-diet – coach. He told us about struggling with addiction and depression and how his aunt played a role in leading him to God. If you did not hear that episode, please go back and listen to it. Today, Zach will share his …
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192.0 Grief & Health: How to Make Great Changes with Small Steps. Zach Lloyd, Lifestyle Coach. (part 1)
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SHOW NOTES So today, you get to hear from our first ‘guy’ on the podcast. :-) We’re gonna talk with Zach Lloyd. He is a Lifestyle – anti-diet – coach. He emailed me after listening to an episode of Grief 2 Great Day, so he had my attention with that fact. But as we emailed and then met via Zoom, I was excited to share not only WHAT he does with you…
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SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life.…
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190.0 The Before I Die Wall! 3 Ways This Wall Has Changed Hearts & Communities.
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SHOW NOTES Candy Chang on creating Before I Die in New Orleans: I lived a block away from an abandoned house that had been collecting dust and graffiti for years. I wondered if I could make it a nicer space for my neighborhood and make a tribute to Joan by creating a space to restore perspective. I made a homemade stencil that said, “Before I die, …
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189.0 Coffee & Kathy: A Weekly Quiet Time with God to Build Trust. '8 Things That Will Be True on Election Day'
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188.0 Get Out! 3 Ways Walking Helps Depression and Sleepless Nights.
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SHOW NOTES Today is a short but practical way to feel better and who doesn’t want to feel better in grief? I’m gonna talk a little more about the “RISE” part of pray, read and rise. I’ve shared with you that the greatest actions you can take in grief are praying (no matter what that sounds like); reading the Bible (no matter how little you are able…
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187.0 Coffee & Kathy - A Weekly Quiet Time with God to Build Trust. 'Microwaves & Crockpot'
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SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life.…
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186.0 The Grief Cuss Words: 3 Reasons These Will Help You Rebuild Life.
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SHOW NOTES Cuss words – the definition is to say words that aren’t polite because you’re angry. That’s the definition. In grief, there are words we do not want to say or hear because when we do hear them, it creates all kinds of emotions – anger, offense and did I mention anger? On a good day in grief, the biggest of these cuss words can cause you …
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SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life.…
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184.0 You Need to Hear This Today! How to Handle Hurtful Words and Join the Right Support Community.
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SHOW NOTES Well, this isn’t the episode that was scheduled for today because I wanted to share something I thought was incredibly important and something I touched on last week. Lately several of you have shared being ‘unencouraged’ by others in daily life - some of those people being Christians. I know if I’m hearing from more than 4 or 5 people, …
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183.0 Coffee & Kathy: A Weekly Quiet Time with God to Build Trust. ‘Confessions of a Pronator’
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SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life.…
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182.0 That Time God Failed Me! 3 Things Grief Taught Me About Faith.
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SHOW NOTES … The second month was different…no longer exhausted from caretaking but exhausted emotionally. I was surrounded by my peeps but less so (because after all, people had to return to their lives). I thought (quite literally I was going to die). I really did – but I kept breathing and even that was hard. I didn’t understand how I kept wakin…
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SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life.…
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180.0 Dying to Be Healed! How to 'Go After God' with a Broken Heart.
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SHOW NOTES If this is your first time listening, Monica is the reason you are listening – she was my best friend but much more like a sister, mentor, mom and encourager for almost 20 years. She was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma and in the 6 months that she lived, walked out a faith that most (including me called crazy). I was honored to be her ca…
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178.0 Dying to Be Healed! How to Walk Through Grief with a Mustard Seed.
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SHOW NOTES If this is your first time listening, Monica is the reason you are listening – she was my best friend but much more like a sister, mentor, mom and encourager for almost 20 years. She was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma and in the 6 months that she lived, walked out a faith that most (including me called crazy). I was honored to be her ca…
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SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life.…
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177.0 Coffee & Kathy - A Weekly Quiet Time with God to Build Trust. ‘Creating God’
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SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life.…
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176.0 Walk Before You Run: How to Persevere Long Miles and Keep Faith.
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SHOW NOTES I don’t like all the changes it will take to become healthy. Living daily life holds its own challenges before undertaking real change and to try to live daily life and change reminds me of when I went through grief. And it is what I hear from a lot of you as well. How are you expected to walk through grief and continue to carry on norma…
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SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life.…
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174.0 Ditch the Stages of Grief! 3 Ways to Manage the Emotional Rollercoaster.
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SHOW NOTES Grief is something no one wants to go through. And before I went through it, it death wasn’t something I wanted to talk about. A year before Monica died, our hospital’s hospice house was built and there was a grand opening, and all staff were encouraged to go. Monica was a nurse case manager who had previously referred many patients to o…
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173.0 Coffee & Kathy: A Weekly Quiet Time with God to Build Trust. ‘Declaration of Dependence’
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SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life.…
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172.0 Letting Go to Move Forward: How to Handle Crossroad Moments after Loss.
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SHOW NOTES Walking through grief will be the hardest thing you ever do – for many reasons including losing your identity because you can no longer by the you - you were before your loved one died; or not knowing how to live a life different than the one you have lived for years or what you had expected to live with them. Also, the loss will never l…
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171.0 Coffee & Kathy: A Weekly Quiet Time with God to Build Trust. ‘Happy Tears’
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SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life.…
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170.0 Faith & Healing: How to Find the Right Help After the Loss of a Loved One.
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SHOW NOTES As Christians we are all flawed, like the rest of humanity. And, as Christians, we should grieve differently. But, if we are still very human, what does ‘grieving differently’ look like and how do you find the kind of help that takes you to God rather toward the world. Finding people who will help you heal are SO important right now and …
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169.0 Coffee & Kathy: A Weekly Quiet Time with God to Build Trust. ‘A Story of the Kingdom’
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SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life.…
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168.0 The Front Row at a Funeral: How to Get Through the Service for Your Loved One.
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SHOW NOTES Nobody wants to attend a funeral – regardless of who it is. But – when it’s your loved one that the funeral is being scheduled for and it’s gonna be you on the front row? Well – that’s a whole different ball game! Is this really happening? Did we just schedule a date for their funeral? It all seems surreal, but no amount of protest can c…
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167.0 Coffee & Kathy: A Weekly Quiet Time with God to Build Trust. ‘I Believe, Don’t I?’
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SHOW NOTES Well, Hey Framily! Welcome to Coffee & Kathy, this is Stef from the Grief 2 Great Day Podcast. You are listening to our weekly devotional episode. Grief is the hardest thing you’ll ever face, don’t ever let anyone diminish that – but let’s also not diminish the power of God’s Word and the transformational healing He will do in your life.…
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166.0 Stories of Hope: How God is Healing My Broken Heart After the Death of My Husband. Cheri Eilers.
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SHOW NOTES Today is a great day because I get to introduce Cheri Eilers to you. Now, if you are in the Grief Group for Christian Women (private FB group), you have been blessed by her warm and caring welcomes. But today everyone gets to hear Cheri’s story. Cheri’s husband of over 40 years died and soon after, her mother did also. She will share wit…
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