Showing results for "Death and Shadows" in Religion & Spirituality

When I returned home from my latest deployment in the U.S. Army, my life began to fall apart. One night, after heavy drinking, I placed my 1911 pistol in my mouth and thought a prayer—silence. I deactivated the safety and began to slowly squeeze the trigger. BANG! I dropped the pistol, and I looked around me, but there was no blood. The bang I heard was the Bible on my desk falling and hitting the floor. I fell to my knees and asked God for forgiveness. I surrendered to Jesus Christ and asked him to help me. He answered.

Death and Her Shadows is a podcast that explores death in all its spiritual and physical forms in an effort to encourage conversations about grief, mortality, loss, and spiritual growth.My name is Viridia-Mae and in having this space I hope to provide a platform where people can have a safe space to be vulnerable and explore what death means to them, how it shows up in their life, and learn how their shadows help them confront and accept their own mortality.Music used:https://uppbeat.io/t/locran/sapporoLicense code: KHQUPWDS5WAQVEHN

When Alissa Parker lost her daughter Emilie in the Sandy Hook Elementary mass shooting, she started a life-changing journey to answer soul-searching questions about faith, hope, and healing. As she sought for the peace and comfort that could help mend her broken heart, she learned, step by step, how to open her heart to God's grace and will. The story of Alissa and Emilie reminds us that the bonds of love continue beyond this life and that despite tragedy and heartache, we can find strength in our family and our faith.