Trauma, Catastrophic Loss, and A Grace Disguised (Interview with Jerry Sittser) Part 2

The Intentional Parents Podcast

Intentional

Christianity, Kids & Family, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Here we go again! The much anticipated part two. Today Jerry shares eight things that he has learned after looking back over thirty years after his catastrophic loss. Jerry Sittser is the author of A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss. Jerry has suffered catastrophic loss and is no stranger to pain. He has done an outstanding job of helping those who suffer understand the more important story of their lives. In this episode, Brook and Elizabeth sit with Jerry and have a candid conversation about suffering, loss, trauma, and the way forward. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Intentional Parents Podcast. Intentional exists to help parents in their
0:18.6	God-given task to raise passionate Jesus followers. We exist to bring hope, help, and healing
0:24.5	to families. Each week, we will talk about anything from parenting, marriage, lifestyle, and what
0:30.4	it looks like to follow Jesus in our time. Intentional is made up of Phil and Diane Comer and Brook
0:35.6	and Elizabeth Moser. I am Brook, and the funny thing is, we are all family. Elizabeth is
0:40.8	Phil and Diane's daughter, so we're a family, figuring this thing out together. We hope this
0:46.0	podcast feels like you're sitting with us in our home talking about how to do this thing called
0:51.1	together. Elizabeth and I are your host. Let's get into this week's podcast.
1:02.4	Welcome back to the Intentional Parents Podcast. Today is part two of our wonderful
1:07.5	interview with Jerry Sitzer. If you tuned in last week, you know that, uh, man, what a gift
1:12.9	Jerry is to the world. If you haven't had a chance to listen to part one, why don't you just pause
1:17.6	really quick and listen to part one to get context for this conversation. But in part two today,
1:22.4	we actually go through the eight different things that Jerry has learned over the last 25 years
1:28.4	sitting in this catastrophic loss that was mentioned in the earlier episode. And the lessons he's
1:35.1	learned along the way. And this, this stuff is gold. So these different eight things that we go
1:40.1	over, I think we left them in the show notes. But man, what a gift that has been. So I really hope
1:44.6	you're ready for today because it is just very practical and very helpful. Also thank you to
1:50.0	all everybody who has rated and subscribed to the podcast. As a reminder, we are just trying to
1:54.5	get up to a thousand ratings on Apple podcast by the end of August. So if you haven't had a chance
1:59.0	to just pause and rate the podcast, that'd be such a gift. But enjoy part two of our wonderful
2:04.6	and lovely conversation with Jerry Sitzer. So that, that was your process personally. Yes.
2:10.5	You had three kids. I did. And my question, and I would just wonder for those who are listening,
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