Writing Through Suffering as Worship

How are we expected to live well on this side of the sky?

Sometimes we need wisdom for the deep, hard, dark suffering. But most of the time, we just need encouragement for the normal lives we’re living on this side of heaven. Laura Wifler is a mother and poet who finds endless inspiration in the mundanity and mess of her everyday life.

In our conversation, Laura shares what’s changed in her theology of the body, why she’s relying on the grace of the present, and how a crisis of faith invited her to doubt “toward God.”

Show Notes

Mentioned in this conversation:

• This Side of the Sky: 101 Poems and Scriptures for the Hungry, Hopeful, and Homesick by Laura Wifler

• Sword Drill - https://www.sworddrilltrivia.com/waitlist

• The GoodHard Story Podcast Ep. 51 with Laura Wifler - https://hopeheals.com/podcast/not-the-mom-with-the-chickens-stewarding-the-story-you-have-with-laura-wifler/

• 1 John 4:4

• Like Me: A Story About Disability and God’s Image by Laura Wifler

• All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir by Beth Moore

• The GoodHard Story Podcast Ep. 104 with Beth Moore - https://hopeheals.com/podcast/beth-moore-on-walking-with-god/

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