Biblical Lament — with Mark Vroegop

Foster care can feel isolating, even within a loving church community, but no one has to walk this journey alone. In this episode, Janet talks with Leah, a foster mom, about biblical encouragement for foster parents and practical ways churches can love and support the families ar ...  Show more

When someone you love causes you pain, how do you name what’s happening, and how do you respond in a way that honors Christ? In this conversation, Janet Aucoin sits down once again with repeat guest Kevin Carson to explore how counselors discern the nature and depth of mistreatme ...  Show more

Grief is a human emotion and and affects each of us at one time or another. The Catholic Church in all her wisdom offers us this beautiful prayer in the rite of Christian burial: "Indeed for your faithful, Lord, life is changed not ended, and, when this earthly dwelling turns to ...  Show more

Featuring: Why study the difficult chapters in the Bible? Lamenting VS. Complaining in Scripture How to use a passage like Psalm 88 in counseling Chapters of lament provide prayers for our suffering Notes: When the Darkness Will Not Lift: Doing What We Can While We Wait for God a ...  Show more

During times of grief, it is easy (and sometimes tempting) to look for comfort anywhere we can get it—in a sign, a message, or someone claiming the ability to reach our loved ones. In this episode, Megs and Kelley explain why this type of comfort never lasts, what’s going on in o ...  Show more

Nobody wants to talk about grief. At least, not until it invades our lives and we feel like not talking about it might crush us. On this special episode of The Art of Pastoring, Ronnie Martin and Jared Wilson welcome Christianity Today Editor-in-Chief Daniel Harrell. Daniel, who ...  Show more