Pastor Chris Seay invites us into the beginning of a new series which will unfold over the course of the summer, exploring the stories and voices of women in Scripture and throughout Christian history. This week, we consider the story of Anna Spafford and how her response might help us reflect upon our own in facing the inescapability of grief. We hope you’ll continue joining us for more of these powerful, beautiful, and crucial stories of faith.
The Worship Table: Online Liturgy
Live Teaching Podcast
Scripture & Quotations
Matthew 5:4
John 11:17-18
2 Corinthians 9:6-8
“Holding both, there are no clean emotions, the complexity of this season does not allow us to give in to either full-fledged grief or full-fledged gratitude, there is going to be a profound mixture of both.”
— Dr. Dan Allender
“When we give in to contempt, we are doing something revolutionary to change the very nature of the trauma itself… By the way that we hold one another’s suffering, we can change the trajectory of trauma.”
— Dr. Dan Allender
"We've all fallen, and we have the skinned knees and bruised hearts to prove it. But scars are easier to talk about than they are to show, with all the remembered feelings laid bare. And rarely do we see wounds that are in the process of healing. I'm not sure if it's because we feel too much shame to let anyone see a process as intimate as overcoming hurt, or if it's because even when we muster the courage to share our still-incomplete healing, people reflexively look away.”
— Brene Brown, Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.