36 | From Whom All Blessings Flow

36 | From Whom All Blessings Flow

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December 30, 2025 · 53 min · Season 1 · Episode 36

About this episode

Rhesa Bailey shares her near-death experience in the Grand Canyon and how it transformed her faith and identity.

When a falling rock shattered Rhesa Bailey’s pelvis at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, survival became immediate and bodily— improvised splints, a perilous raft run to the remote ranger station, a turbulent helicopter through weather.  In the year leading up to the accident, Rhesa had begun to doubt her beliefs—beliefs that had defined her—beliefs that once seemed unshakable—about God, safety, and certainty. These were stripped down to questions.  In this riveting episode, Rhesa talks about the Grand Canyon accident that almost killed her, her crisis of faith, the ache of doubt, the humility of not knowing, and how her experience of almost dying helped reshaped her identity.  Eventually she re-imagined faith— not as answers to the mysteries of the universe, but as a practice: presence, honesty, and love enacted in small, daily choices. What emerged was a renewed understanding of herself and her place in the grand universe. This is a story of faith transformed by experience, moving from borrowed conviction to a grounded, personal belief that can hold both mystery and joy. Contains traumatic injury, blood loss, and medical/ICU…

People in this episode

Guest: Rhesa Bailey

Topics covered

  • faith
  • survival
  • identity
  • near-death experience
  • doubt
  • transformation

Keywords

  • Grand Canyon
  • near-death experience
  • faith
  • survival
  • identity
  • doubt
  • transformation

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Places: Grand Canyon

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