Ashley Hales and Stephanie Lobdell talk about loss shaming, church hurt, and we can lean into a narrative of hope in practical ways right now.

Rev. Stephanie Lobdell, MDiv, is a pastor and writer. She served as co-lead pastor with her husband, Tommy, for ten years and is now the Campus Pastor at Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Ohio. She is the author of Signs of Life: Resurrecting Hope out of Ordinary Losses and co-author of Lenten Postcards. Stephanie and Tommy have two children, Josephine and Jack.

Other applicable episodes: Episode 51 with K.J. Ramsey on suffering on hope, Episode 36 with Richella Parham on Life behind Lifehack Answers, and Episode 22 with Catherine McNiel on Hope in Chaos.

LINKS

Stephanie Lobdell’s website: http://www.stephanielobdell.com/

Stephanie’s book: Signs of Life: https://amzn.to/2ZAmAnO

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ONE SMALL STEP

Practice keeping a pen and paper list of your losses (your ordinary ones as well as the large ones) with a corresponding gratitude list. It’ll be a way to move through rather than around pain and loss. This is how we practice resurrection.

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