Graceologie #6 with Kate Merrick
GRACEOLOGIE with Gwen Smith
Gwen Smith
4.8 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2018
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
At a glance Kate Merrick looks like she just stepped off the pages of a Free People or Anthropologie ad. But boho style and beautiful blonde hair with beach waves don't tell a complete story. This California girl and her pastor husband Britt lost their cherished 8-year old daughter to cancer in 2013. Kate has been through the ringer wrestling with grief, doubt, sorrow and truth. She's honest, funny, passionate and real. Her struggle to find hope in the midst of devastation is archived on prayfordaisy.com. She's the author of the book "And She Still Laughs" and is my incredible guest on episode #6 of the GRACEOLOGIE with Gwen Smith podcast. Don't miss this conversation.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Graceology with Gwen Smith podcast. I'm Gwen Smith, and I'm so glad you've joined us today. |
| 0:09.8 | Around here, we have fun, faith-focused, grace-filled conversations, all purpose to help you know and trust God more. |
| 0:17.4 | Our discussions are honest, often humorous, and always practical, and they're going to encourage |
| 0:22.7 | you in meaningful ways to live out and lean on the grace of Jesus in the midst of cluttered, messy days. |
| 0:29.8 | You got any of those? I know I do, and I can't wait to get to today's conversation, |
| 0:34.5 | which is about finding joy and suffering, and also in the simple things. |
| 0:40.0 | My guest is Kate Merrick, and she's a writer, speaker, pastor's wife, and get this, |
| 0:45.5 | self-proclaimed chicken whisperer. Is that not hilarious? And she's also the author of a book |
| 0:51.6 | called And She Still Laughs. |
| 0:56.3 | I had a great time talking with Kate. We had tons of fun on the front end, and then we went deep in discussions about tender |
| 1:01.2 | topics like loss, sorrow, surrender, simplicity, and doubts. |
| 1:06.5 | At the end of our time together, Kate prayed over the Graceology community for each and every |
| 1:11.7 | single one of you who are listening right now. |
| 1:14.8 | And she prayed with a pure, purposed, and powerful anointing. |
| 1:19.6 | Trust me, as you listen in on our conversation and pray with us at the end, your heart |
| 1:24.0 | is going to be stretched long and soaked deep with the love of Jesus that is fresh |
| 1:29.0 | with grace, truth, clarity, and encouragement. So if you've ever found yourself asking God, |
| 1:35.6 | why? If you've ever been wrecked by loss, discouraged by doubt, shattered by grief, |
| 1:42.3 | then today's episode with Kate Merrick is going to help you move towards the |
| 1:46.0 | strength, dignity, and joy that your soul's longing for. |
| 2:11.8 | I'm super excited to introduce to you Kate Merrick today. She has the coolest bio. She is an author. |
| 2:19.4 | She's a pastor's wife. She's a surfer. How cool is that? She's also a mom to both a teen and a toddler, which is obviously scary for all of us. She's a self-professed dancer, a bacon lover, and a real conversation |
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