This episode was released last Easter. It's a good reminder for us how to celebrate all God has done for us and remember the victory in the Resurrection

I am reposting this episode from Good Friday last year. This year my heart was heavy and tormented in a way. There has been so many spiritual battles being fought. This Good Friday I am acutely aware of the grief associated with my own sin, and the reason he had to go to the cross in the first place.

This episode I discuss the grief of those that are gone, and the heaviness of grief. What was the grief of the Father on this day?

What happens when the love of your life dies — and you have seven children?

In this episode of Grieving with God, I sit down with Carrissa Yoder to talk about widowhood, parenting through loss, and what faith looks like when your world has been torn apart.

Carrissa shares about losing her husband — the man she deeply loved — as well as the grief of losing her sister. She speaks honestly about how each of her children has processed loss differently, and how surprising and humbling that has been as a mother.

We talk about:

• The reality of the second year of grief — and how it can feel harder in new ways

• What it’s like to want to do nothing but grieve

• How community showed up in ways she didn’t expect

• The tension of trusting God while living with deep pain

• Parenting children who are grieving in their own unique ways

• The role of therapy in walking through loss as a family

• How grief evolves over time instead of simply “getting better”

She reminds us that acknowledging pain does not mean we doubt God’s goodness.

Carissa's Instagram - @carissayoder

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Chapters

00:00 — Carrissa’s Story: Love, Loss, and Widowhood
03:55 — How Grief Changed Their Family
07:48 — Children, Therapy, and Individual Grieving Styles
11:41 — When Community Shows Up
15:32 — Losing More Than One Person
19:32 — The Second Year of Grief
25:26 — Moving Forward and Relocating
28:41 — Parenting Through Uncertainty
33:37 — Trusting God With the Future