Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Thanks for listening to this podcast from Susie Larson Live.

It's only just a matter of it. Welcome to Susizzy Larson live.

I'm always honored to get to spend this time with you.

In fact, I look forward to bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk,

that deepen your understanding of God's Word, and that heightens your awareness of his very real presence in your life. Well, a few years ago, I had Stephen Arterburn on the show. He's a licensed

counselor and author. Maybe you've heard me reference this quote, but he said something I'll never

forget. He said, Susie, one of the great epidemics of the church today is unresolved grief.

He said, we've all experienced a series of hurts and losses, but so few have

slowed down long enough to deal with them. What you think about that? Here we are on the 19th

anniversary of 9-11. A day will never forget. And here we are, nine months into a year, we never fathomed

possible. If anybody would have told us a year ago that we'd be standing where we are with one birth pang on top of the other of grief, of loss, of tragedy, of trial, I don't think anybody would have believed us.

So many losses and hurts and disappointments. How are we supposed to sort through them all?

Well, my guest today is no stranger to grief, and yet her approach is different than you may expect.

Dr. Melissa Mark joins me today to talk about her story and her book, navigating grief with humor.

She's a professor at our university, and when we offered an online course that she taught on this topic, the response was epic.

You cannot even believe it.

We've got two copies of Melissa's book to give away today.

You know the drill. If you listen often enough, if you don't, this is how you do it. You just text

the word book to 877-933-2484. Text the word book to 877-933. 2484. If you've got

questions or comments about the grief process, we'll talk about stages of grief.

We'll talk about appropriate humor in grief and how that helps us heal.

You got questions, comments, that same number.

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