Deep Gladness :: Healing Grief Through Music : Denny Flanagan (ToG Ep 11)
Tears of Gold :: Stories of Hope
Release Date: 06/02/2017
Season Two Closer and A Ministry Update (ToG Ep 28)
Tears of Gold :: Stories of Hope
Short episode to close things up!
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To Know Christ in His Suffering :: Loss of Husband and Son : Debi Rooney (ToG Ep 27)
Tears of Gold :: Stories of Hope
Hear Debi's testimony of God's compassion in the midst of deep loss.
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Despite the Diagnosis :: Living with Lupus : Jena Holliday (ToG Ep 26)
Tears of Gold :: Stories of Hope
Hear Jena's testimony of God's faithfulness in the midst of a chronic illness.
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Redeeming the Pain :: Loss of Father to Lewy Body : Dana Bonilla (ToG Ep 25)
Tears of Gold :: Stories of Hope
Listen to how Dana Bonilla walked through the loss of her father to Lewy Body disease.
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A God Outside the Box :: Recovering from a Destructive Marriage : “Joan” (ToG Ep 24)
Tears of Gold :: Stories of Hope
What do you do when marriage isn't forever? What do you do when staying becomes unsafe? My friend and guest, "Joan" shares her story about leaving a destructive marriage for her own safety. She opens up about her experience of God and the body of Christ as she wrestled with how to love God and walk a path she never thought she would be walking. With vulnerability, compassion, and authenticity, Joan shares her story of a God who revealed Himself to be bigger than the box she thought He fit in. Due to the sensitivity of this particular story, Joan is not my...
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God with Skin On :: Loving an Adult Son with Alcoholism : Marla Christian (ToG Ep 23)
Tears of Gold :: Stories of Hope
Marla Christian knows the pain of walking the tumultuous road alongside a loved one with an addiction. And she knows the deep love of God in the midst of that pain and uncertainty. Click play to hear more of Marla's story!
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God in the Mystery :: Having a Baby with an Unknown Condition : Rebecca Ortiz (ToG Ep 22)
Tears of Gold :: Stories of Hope
Where is God when you have a baby with an unknown condition? Rebecca Ortiz shares her story of God's faithful presence when faced with this situation.
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Look Up : Loss of Father and Brother :: Marisa Wagner (ToG Ep 21)
Tears of Gold :: Stories of Hope
What do you do when the rug feels like it has been pulled out from under you? Marisa Wagner learned to look to her Father and cling to the truths in His Word. Marisa's world was rocked to it's core when her father took his own life and, while still reeling with that complicated grief, her younger brother died in a motorcycle accident just six months later. And, yet, through deep and heart wrenching pain, Marisa turned to the one place she knew could be certain of, God's arms. In this episode, you'll hear Marisa recount the story of losses and her story of hope in the...
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Unchosen Grief :: When Other’s Choices Cause Heartache : Alison Dear (ToG Ep 20)
Tears of Gold :: Stories of Hope
SoCal native, Alison Dear, now calls Texas home. The beach-loving wife and mom to four boys never thought that she would live anywhere but near the ocean she holds dear. Her story took a different path after a series of decisions, court battles, and ultimately a cross-country move as a type of safeguard for their family. In this episode, you'll hear Alison's testimony of surrender, obedience, and trust when the choices of other people impacted her family and her life. Before you listen, I want to give you a heads up that parts of Alison’s story may seem a little vague...
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Trusting in the Lord :: Husband's Diagnosis with Cancer : Lesley Miller (ToG Ep 19)
Tears of Gold :: Stories of Hope
Lesley Miller shares how God was present in her life as she walked the journey of caregiver for both her husband after his cancer diagnosis and their newborn daughter.
info_outlineI was honored to interview my friend, Denny Flanagan, for this week's episode. I've known Denny since high school and it was a privilege to get to hear his story and God's working in his life as he walked through waves of grief you'll hear during our time talking together.
Denny experienced his first wave of grief after a hamstring injury interrupted a promising football trajectory for college ball. He wrestled with the loss of a dream and his identity in God while his leg was healing. Soon after graduating from him college, his beloved dad was diagnosed and passed away from bladder cancer. With the grief needing to get out, Denny turned to God and to music to find the words to express the deep heartache of loss. One of Denny's songs is "A Song for Dad" that he wrote from that place of pain. Another more recent loss of a miscarriage of his fourth child solidified how God uses music as a part of Denny's healing process for pain and putting words to song as a form of expression for both himself and others. An in that realization Denny found a calling he wasn't given credit to as a place of deep gladness for himself and meeting a deep hunger for others.
I think you'll really enjoy this episode of hearing Denny share his story. I know I was blessed in talking with him!
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And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 (NIV)
"The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet." - Frederick Buechner
Where to listen/read some of Denny's works:
The Royal Mountain blog