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Mar 2021
28m 28s

When Pain Enters The Pulpit

CHRISTIANITY TODAY
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Nobody wants to talk about grief. At least, not until it invades our lives and we feel like not talking about it might crush us. On this special episode of The Art of Pastoring, Ronnie Martin and Jared Wilson welcome Christianity Today Editor-in-Chief Daniel Harrell. Daniel, who pastored for over 30 years, lost his wife, Dawn, to cancer in 2019. He speaks op ... Show More
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