Grieving With God

Bereaved Mothers Day: Reshaped by Grief

Sunday May 3rd is Bereaved Mothers' Day — MAny people do not know about bereaved mothers day, but it is a day where we honor and recognize women who have lost a child. In this solo episode, I share an update on where the podcast is heading and sit with a question that's been shaping me: can pain and gried reshape and reform us? Does God grieve with us? If you're walking through loss, especially the loss of a child, I hope this episode meets you with tenderness and reminds you that your grief is not borne alone.

Rejoice on Sunday - Repost

This episode was released last Easter. It's a good reminder for us how to celebrate all God has done for us and remember the victory in the Resurrection

Good Friday

I am reposting this episode from Good Friday last year. This year my heart was heavy and tormented in a way. There has been so many spiritual battles being fought. This Good Friday I am acutely aware of the grief associated with my own sin, and the reason he had to go to the cross in the first place. This episode I discuss the grief of those that are gone, and the heaviness of grief. What was the grief of the Father on this day?

Widowed with Seven Children: Grief, Faith, and the God Who Stays Carissa Yoder

What happens when the love of your life dies — and you have seven children? In this episode of Grieving with God, I sit down with Carrissa Yoder to talk about widowhood, parenting through loss, and what faith looks like when your world has been torn apart. Carrissa shares about losing her husband — the man she deeply loved — as well as the grief of losing her sister. She speaks honestly about how each of her children has processed loss differently, and how surprising and humbling that has been as a mother. We talk about: * The reality of the second year of grief — and how it can feel harder in new ways * What it’s like to want to do nothing but grieve * How community showed up in ways she didn’t expect * The tension of trusting God while living with deep pain * Parenting children who are grieving in their own unique ways * The role of therapy in walking through loss as a family * How grief evolves over time instead of simply “getting better” She reminds us that acknowledging pain does not mean we doubt God’s goodness. Carissa's Instagram - @carissayoder https://www.instagram.com/carissayoder/?hl=en Chapters 00:00 — Carrissa’s Story: Love, Loss, and Widowhood 03:55 — How Grief Changed Their Family 07:48 — Children, Therapy, and Individual Grieving Styles 11:41 — When Community Shows Up 15:32 — Losing More Than One Person 19:32 — The Second Year of Grief 25:26 — Moving Forward and Relocating 28:41 — Parenting Through Uncertainty 33:37 — Trusting God With the Future

Krisila Foster - When Motherhood Doesn’t Go as Planned: Autism, Infertility, and watching your child suffer

In this episode, we sit with a story shaped by unexpected turns—years of infertility, an autism diagnosis, traumatic and rapid labors, and a daughter who walked through infertility, adoption, and a child facing serious medical challenges. Our guest shares what it has been like to carry grief and faith across generations: first as a mother navigating her own losses, and now as a grandmother supporting her daughter through medical diagnosis she never saw coming. We talk honestly about the shock of early delivery, the ache of leaving a tiny baby in the NICU, and the confusing mix of joy and grief that can exist at the same time. This conversation doesn’t offer easy answers or spiritual clichés. Instead, it explores how God’s presence often shows up quietly—in Scripture that anchors us, in prayers we barely have words for. Drawing from Psalm 139, we reflect on what it means to trust that every child is fearfully and wonderfully made, even when the story feels unbearably fragile. If you’ve ever wondered where God is in the middle of medical trauma, infertility, or watching someone you love suffer, this episode is an invitation to consider that He may be closer than you think. He Grieves with us!