Encouraging weary women to hope in Christ alone
I recently chatted with Niki Hardy on her Chemo Chair Prayers podcast about living with the unknowns after a cancer diagnosis. I’d love for you to check it out and consider sharing it with cancer patients and survivors who might be encouraged by our conversation!
Click here to find out more or find Chemo Chair Prayers wherever you listen to podcasts.
ShareI’m grateful to be this week’s guest on the Equipping You In Grace podcast with Dave Jenkins. I hope you’ll check out our conversation about Loving Your Friend through Cancer! And if you enjoy listening to thoughtful people discuss important topics, listen to some of his other episodes, too. I especially enjoyed this conversation with Jen Wilkin!
Note: There were audio issues with this podcast recording. If you’d rather read the interview, I answered many of the same questions in written form on their website – click here to read the interview!Share
I had a great time chatting with Alana Dawson on the Mom Wants More podcast. She’s hosting a summer book club, and I’d encourage you to go check it out! Here’s what she posted in the show notes about our conversation . . .
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Click here to listen to our conversation and check out the rest of her summer book club episodes!Share
This week I had the privilege of appearing on the enCourage blog and podcast hosted by the women’s ministry of the Presbyterian Church in America. I’d encourage you to check out these links to learn more about how to love a friend through cancer and subscribe to these fabulous resources!
Loving Your Friend through Cancer podcast episode: The diagnosis of cancer can be devastating. How do we come alongside a friend who is suffering with cancer in practical ways? Today, Marissa Henley joins Karen Hodge to share about her battle with cancer and those who fought with her by encouraging her to keep her eyes on Jesus. She gives us practical ways we can minster to the body, mind, and spirit of those walking through the shadow of death. (Listen here.)
Three Ways to Encourage a Friend with Cancer article: Seven years ago, my friends taught me by their extravagant example how to be a friend to someone with cancer. I was standing alone in my bedroom when I received the biopsy results, but I wasn’t alone for long. Within hours, one friend sat folding laundry and another made dinner in my kitchen, both of them holding me up with their presence. In the days and weeks that followed, the body of Christ rallied around us, providing for my family’s physical, logistical, emotional, and spiritual needs through several months of intense treatment. They wept with us, suffered with us, bore our burdens, and sustained us with acts of service, encouraging words, and persistent prayers. When cancer impacts a friend, we often wonder, “What can I do to help? How can I encourage her during this hard time?” Here are three first steps you can take to encourage a friend with cancer. (Read more here.)Share