About this episode
The episode explores the intersection of faith and grief through the story of Lazarus and the questions surrounding God's timing in moments of loss.
Drop us a note about the podcast. A story about death turns into a story about trust and it gets personal fast. We open with John 11 and the moment Jesus stops using gentle words and says it plainly: “Lazarus is dead.” From there, we slow down and ask the question most of us avoid when life hurts: what do we do with God’s timing when it feels late, silent, or even unfair? We walk through Martha and Mary’s grief, Jesus’s promise that he is “the resurrection and the life,” and the short vers...
People in this episode
Host: Jesse
Topics covered
- grief
- faith
- trust
- God's timing
- resurrection
- life
Keywords
- grief
- faith
- God's timing
- Lazarus
- resurrection
- Martha
- Mary
- trust
- Jesus
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