Overwhelmed & Grateful: Giving God Your Complex Emotions | Jillian Benfield

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🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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What does it mean to live truthfully with complex emotions? Author Jillian Benfield joins us to share how parenting two medically complex children led her to deeper honesty with God—and freedom in holding both pain and praise. This conversation challenges toxic positivity, explores biblical lament, and offers a powerful framework for living fully human through life’s hardest seasons. Overwhelmed & Grateful releases on October 7th, 2025—order your copy today! Scripture and R...

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0:00.0	At the Coffee and Bible Time podcast, our goal is to help you delight in God's Word and thrive in Christian living.
0:11.7	Each week, we talk to subject matter experts who broaden your biblical understanding, encourage you in hard times, and provide life-building tips to enhance your Christian walk.
0:22.8	We are so glad you have joined us.
0:28.1	Welcome back to the Coffee and Bible Time podcast. I'm Ellen, your host, and I'm so grateful
0:34.0	that you are joining us today. You know, life rarely goes exactly as planned.
0:40.7	In fact, sometimes it throws us curve balls that literally shake us to the core.
0:46.6	Health challenges, seasons of grief, or unexpected detours can leave us questioning everything.
0:53.8	And yet, somehow, there can still be beauty in the
0:57.7	midst of the mess. Our guest today, Jillian Benfield, knows that tension well. Jillian is a former
1:06.4	journalist and news anchor who holds a degree in broadcast journalism from the University of Georgia.
1:13.1	She's also a mom writer, disability advocate, and someone who's walked through some deeply
1:19.0	unexpected circumstances. And today we're diving into what it looks like to hold pain and
1:27.4	gratitude and tension with one another, to thank God
1:31.5	without suppressing our grief and to grieve while holding space from gratitude.
1:38.8	Jillian, welcome to the Coffee at Bible Time podcast.
1:42.5	Thank you so much for having me.
1:44.5	As I told you earlier, this is my first one.
1:46.9	So I'm just super excited to be here a little nervous, but I know that we're just going to chat like old friends.
1:54.2	Exactly.
1:55.0	Well, I can tell you, after reading overwhelmed and great, like this book just came exactly when I needed it.
2:04.3	So I think it's going to hit a lot of people in the same way.
2:07.7	I'm so glad to hear that.
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