Lent After Loss: What Christian Hope Really Looks Like
About this episode
The episode discusses the nature of hope in the face of unanswered prayers and personal loss during Lent.
Ash Wednesday forces us to acknowledge that some day we will die. For some, that truth is abstract. For others, it is painfully personal. Esau and Mike are joined by Hannah Miller King, author of Feasting on Hope: How God Sets a Table in the Wilderness , to talk about what happens to faith when prayers for healing go unanswered. After losing her father to cancer as a teenager, Hannah began wrestling with a question many believers quietly carry: What does hope look like when God doesn't do what you asked? They explore the difference between a "transaction of goods" gospel and the communion of persons, the role of the Lord's Supper in shaping Christian imagination, and how Lent invites us to hold suffering and resurrection together. Also, can Hannah and Esau convince Mike to become anglican? 0:00 - Theme Song 1:19 - Making Mike Anglican 7:21 - King's New Book on Ash Wednesday 14:40 - The Book's Thesis 18:10 - Grief 26:07 - Community and Grief 39:22 - End Credits Feasting on Hope: How God Sets a Table in the Wilderness by Hannah Miller King: https://amzn.to/4aHAvgh
People in this episode
Host: Esau McCaulley
Guests: Mike, Hannah Miller King
Topics covered
- Lent
- Christian hope
- grief
- faith
- community
- suffering
- resurrection
Keywords
- Lent
- Christian hope
- grief
- faith
- Hannah Miller King
- Ash Wednesday
- Lord's Supper
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Feasting on Hope: How God Sets a Table in the Wilderness
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