Sarah J. Hauser: Finding Rest When Life is Hard
Release Date: 07/25/2023
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info_outlineAre you going through a hard season right now? Does God feel silent? Sarah J. Hauser, my guest on the Christian Habits Podcast (links below), is no stranger to these difficulties. In our interview, she shares about her new book, All Who are Weary: Finding True Rest by Letting Go of the Burdens You were Never Meant to Carry, and about the difficult season she went through to learn the truths she writes about.
What We Discussed on the Podcast
- Sarah's battle with depression
- How a perfectionist mindset can manifest in unexpected (and harmful) ways
- The antidote to perfectionism
- How we should respond to God's offer of rest found in Matthew 11
- What we should do when God feels silent in our suffering
- How trials often force us to examine what we truly believe about God
Resources Mentioned on the Podcast
- All Who are Weary: Finding True Rest by Letting Go of the Burdens You were Never Meant to Carry by Sarah J. Hauser
- The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
About Sarah J. Hauser
SARAH J. HAUSER is a writer and speaker living in the
Chicago suburbs with her husband and four kids. She
shares biblical truth to nourish the soul -- and the
occasional recipe to nourish the body. Sarah completed
her B.A. and M.A. at Wheaton College. She's a member
of the Redbud Writers Guild and has written for Coffee +
Crumbs, Risen Motherhood, The Rabbit Room, The
Gospel Coalition, (in)courage, and more. Find her at
sarahjhauser.com, on Instagram (@sarah.j.hauser), or
check out her monthly newsletter at
sarahjhauser.com/subscribe
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