The GoodHard Story Podcast Episode 128: Laura Wifler on Doubting Toward God
Oct 6, 2026
Laura Wifler, author, poet, mother, and co-founder of Risen Motherhood, explores finding hope in ordinary life. She discusses disability parenting, a renewed theology of the body, resisting internet influence, and welcoming people with disabilities. Laura also shares how a crisis of faith led her to doubt toward God, pursue new callings, and discover gospel beauty amid suffering.
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Living Between Heaven’s Distance And Presence
- Christian life holds present hope and future homesickness together.
- Laura Wifler’s poetry contrasts God’s seeming distance with the Spirit’s present work and Christ’s promised return.
How Suffering Changed Laura’s Writing
- Laura Wifler’s writing deepened after several years of disability, chronic pain, Parkinson’s, funerals, and private suffering.
- She writes to understand both her feelings and what remains true, turning processing into worship.
Stop Letting Algorithms Define Your Life
- Treat online advice as information to evaluate, not law to obey.
- Laura Wifler recommends weighing trends against Scripture and seeking guidance from trusted friends who actually know you.
