Podcast, Grief
Kelly Streiff
Episode 17: There Will Be Joy

We talk a lot after loss about giving ourselves permission to grieve. And that’s important! But we don’t talk as much about giving ourselves permission to laugh. To sing. To feel joy, even here. So consider this permission. I’m sharing three practices I’m adopting to welcome joy into my life.

Episode 17: There Will Be Joy
Kelly Streiff
Episode 16 - God's Promises Are Fulfilled in ...

We’ve gotten accustomed to “no contact” delivery - drop it off on the porch and avoid contact, connection, and contamination. But, while that might be a good option for our dinner, groceries, and mail, it’s a poor system for our relationship with God.

Episode 16 - God's Promises Are Fulfilled in His Presence
Podcast
Kelly Streiff
Episode 15: When Worship Is Our Weapon

It feels powerfully defiant to look suffering in the face, to stare it down, and say, “You can’t have my voice. You can’t have my praise, my affection, my song. No matter how shaky my voice gets, it won’t ever change its tune." Worship isn't always the easy choice when we're facing suffering, grief, and pain but it is a powerful weapon in this battle we're fighting - and we're never fighting alone!

Episode 15: When Worship Is Our Weapon
Podcast, Grief
Kelly Streiff
Episode 10: Even When There Are No Magic Words ...

When we've tried everything - kicking, screaming, resisting, begging, pleading - and the pain still doesn't go away, we're tempted to believe that God is inactive, distant, and aloof. But what if God is more present than ever, waiting out our pain with us, and delivering us through the very trial we're in.

Episode 10: Even When There Are No Magic Words To Make It Stop
Podcast, Grief
Kelly Streiff
Episode 9: Even When Hope Is Hard To Find

There are some moments in life that feel so final, so unending that hope is hard to find. But it's from the darkest place that Jeremiah declared these words that bring us so much comfort today.

Episode 9: Even When Hope Is Hard To Find

God's goodness

Episode 6: Even When God Doesn't Seem Good

Episode 6: Even When God Doesn't Seem Good

One of the most confusing questions I get asked after our daughter died at birth is, "How can you still believe in God? How can you still believe He's good?" And I always think, "How could I not?" I'm not sure what it gains me to give up on God, but I am sure that He has the words of eternal life. We're committed, we've made up our minds, we're confident in who He is. In this episode, we explore how God's character and track record are more than enough to convince me of his goodness.