S4 07: Clinging to God Through Grief and Loss With Dana St. John
The Strong Women Podcast
Sarah Stonestreet
2.4 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
How do we trust the Lord in the face of devastating loss? This week, I've invited my friend Dana St. John to share her experience of walking with the Lord through the unexpected loss of her husband at age 44. Through Dana's grief, doubt, and wrestling with faith, God brought her into a deeper relationship with Him. She also shares how Christians can grieve well and prepare for loss.
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| 0:00.0 | Gender has become a confusing and heated topic of conversation in our culture today, |
| 0:07.3 | but the Christian worldview offers clarity and a vision of gender that's good, true, and beautiful. |
| 0:13.9 | At the next Lighthouse Voices event on October 3rd, Dr. Abigail Favali will join us to talk about the Christian view of gender |
| 0:22.8 | that's rooted in God's design and examine how this view compares and clashes with secular views |
| 0:30.3 | of gender. You can join us in person at the Focus on the Family Bookstore in Holland, Michigan, |
| 0:36.9 | or from home through live stream. |
| 0:39.4 | Grab your spot today at colsoncenter.org forward slash lighthouse voices. |
| 0:45.1 | That's colsoncenter.org forward slash lighthouse voices. Welcome to the Strong Women Podcast, where we explore the beautifully diverse ways God invites and equips women to participate in his story. |
| 1:13.2 | We're here to encourage one another as we step out of the shallow definitions of what it means to be a woman |
| 1:19.6 | and into the flourishing life that comes when we walk out our design. I'm so glad you're here. |
| 1:26.9 | Welcome to the Strong Women podcast today. My guest is Dana |
| 1:30.9 | St. John. And I met Dana because she is a Colson fellow as am I. And so we got to meet this |
| 1:39.8 | year at the Colson Center National Conference. Dana's husband was killed tragically in an airplane |
| 1:46.1 | accident when Dana was only 44 years old with three boys at home. And so I've asked Dana to come on |
| 1:53.7 | and share her story with us about what she has learned about grief and about God's faithfulness |
| 2:00.4 | in that grief. So I'm so glad that she's here |
| 2:03.7 | with us. Dana is author of the book, Grace in the Fray, Anticipating, Enduring, and Embracing, |
| 2:12.1 | loss. Now, if this topic scares you a little, it's okay, stick with us because I think you're going to leave |
| 2:18.7 | with some really good thoughts, things to mull over for a few days, also some encouragement and some |
| 2:26.9 | hope through this conversation. So I'm glad you're with us. And Dana, thank you for coming on. |
| 2:32.4 | Absolutely. Thank you. It's my pleasure. Yes. And Dana, I want you to start |
| 2:37.2 | by telling us what fills your days right now. So I'm a Colson fellow and I'm also a facilitator |
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