In this, the last episode in the Good Grief podcast series, we face the ultimate question that lurks in the shadows of sorrow and loss and our sense of pain and devastation. The hardest question to ask is also the hardest question to answer - a

Episode 14: God Wins: The Christian story does not remove our grief and loss immediately, but it does transfigure them eternally.

Aug 1st, 2020 25m 10s

The resurrection of Lazarus offers us hope about life after death, but the Resurrection of Jesus changes everything. What does the promise of 'Resurrection' mean and how can it temper and transfigure our sorrow and pain?

Episode 13: Death's defeat and shared sorrow: giving God our grief and loss

Jul 31st, 2020 22m 40s

If all that we have explored thus far in the Good Grief Podcast is true, why do we still go through death, sorrow and loss? Can we find a way of seeing our sorrow and loss redeemed?

Episode 12: Hope's Heartbeat: The resurrection of Lazarus and why death does not have the last word

Jun 30th, 2020 29m 53s

Death lies to us, trying to convince us that it gets the last word. What if this isn;t true? The story of Lazarus;s resurrection exposes some of our confusion around death, and some of Jesus's answers. This episode explores those answers.

Episode 11: Redeeming our sorrow: The gift of grief and why it helps.

Jun 28th, 2020 35m 22s

Why do we have to weep? Is there anything good that come of the grieving process? In this episode, I pick up the story of Lazarus and explore why Jesus let Martha and Mary weep, and why He lets us weep too.

Episode 10: The God Who doesn't come to us yet is always there.

Jun 20th, 2020 27m 40s

How do we navigate the deep sense of aloneness, abandonment and absence that accompanies loss? In this episode, I explore how the experience of Mary, Martha and Lazarus help us look at absence differently, perhaps hopefully.

Episode 9: Good Grief: Learning to walk through sorrow and loss with Jesus.

Jun 20th, 2020 27m 40s

We can often feel like our grief journey is a solo affair, or one that we walk through and ask God to help us. In this episode, and the ones that follow, I explore the single Biblical story of death, sorrow, loss and hope that has shaped my gri

Episode 8: The Cadence of Loss: Learning to celebrate the symphony of life in both the major and the minor keys.

Jun 12th, 2020 33m 35s

So often our cultures, out communities, and perhaps our churches, expect us to live our lives in the major keys of celebration, hope and joy. But what if life is written in both a major and a minor key, and to live well is to learn to recognise

Episode 7: Holding Hands - Learning to have a different grip through grief and loss.

Jun 11th, 2020 26m 11s

We spend our lives holding the hands of those we love. When we lose someone, we do not want to let them go and we do not know how to do it. What if we don;t have to? What if we simply need to learn to change our grip?

The Church of Jesus Christ stands against racism in all its forms.

Jun 4th, 2020 26m 29s

Always remember that a child might hear what you say ‘amen’ to. Rev Malcolm Duncan explores a response to racism and its challenges.

Episode 6: The Sap Will Rise: Grief and Loss and part of being human and how we learn to live in the seasons of life.

Jun 3rd, 2020 34m 19s

Grief is not linear. Learning to walk through grief as a seasonal experience helps us to identify what is happening in our grief journey at a particular moment and enables us to respond in ways that can not only help us to survive, but see us b

Episode 5: A Jumbled Journey: The chaos of grief and loss and how we navigate the unpredictability

May 29th, 2020 41m 15s

Grief and Loss don't come in neat little boxes so we can emotionally wrap them up. They are chaotic and painful - but there are things that will help us navigate the journey. This episode explores three metaphors for grief and loss - the storm,