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Relentless Podcast, Episode 13: A God Who Is With You in Pain, Suffering, and DeathSuffering is a great unifier, because all of us experience it and it puts all of us on the same ground. It’s also the great divider because it forces us to choose. We cannot stay...

Relentless Podcast, Episode 12: A God Who is With You In Your Hunger“I’m staaaaaarving.” Anyone else’s kiddos claim this on a regular basis? In July of 2011, we received a phone call that would change our lives forever.  Three little kids, whose mama couldn’t care for...

Relentless Podcast, Episode 11: A God Who is With You In the ProcessHave you ever walked into a room and felt completely out of place? Like somehow there was something inherently flawed about you? That for some reason you just did not belong? Perhaps it’s happened to...

Relentless Podcast Episode 9: A God Who is with You in Your Humanity Chemo and radiation were complete, and I was hopeful I could finally enjoy a long-overdue meeting with my counselor, a little too hopeful… It was approximately ten minutes into the session when it...

Relentless Podcast, Episode 7: “For When Church Leaders Fail”I thought they’d come to offer compassion and support. Instead, they’d come to criticize and correct.   I was desperate for comfort, maybe some wisdom or guidance. What I received was something quite...

Relentless Podcast, Episode 6: “Lost in the wilderness without a canteen…”I remember it like it was yesterday… Certain memories seem to play in technicolor. These are the ones you can see, smell, feel for years. Where the terror hangs heavy and every hair on your body...