S3E5: The Art of Having a Good Bad Day - Facing Grief, Disappointment, and Suffering

Welcome to this week's episode of The AUSA Podcast! This is a conversation we've been wanting to have on the pod here for a while, and this season we finally felt poised well enough to do it. It's a pretty real and raw one, so strap in. 
This week, Dr. Wyma, a professor at AU, and Luke talk about suffering, disappointment, grief, and asking for help. Ultimately, this episode is about how to handle a bad day — to clarify, we’re using “bad day” as a sort of shorthand for a difficult time of disappointment, grief, struggle, heartache, and so on. We walk through some appropriate (and inappropriate) responses to and about God in the face of suffering, how to manage bad days maturely and wisely, what Jesus' human experience means for our grief and sadness, and how to show compassion to ourselves and others in the midst of suffering. Thanks for listening!
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Here are some of the resources that were talked about in this episode (or used while planning this episode) if you’re curious about doing some in-depth exploring on your own!
Books: "Abraham's Silence" by J. Richard Middleton; "Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work Or Watch Or Weep" by Tish Harrison Warren; "A Curious Faith: The Questions God Asks, We Ask, and We Wish Someone Would Ask Us" by Lore Ferguson Wilbert; "God on Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer" by Pete Greig; "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin.
Scripture: 1 Kings 18-19, Genesis 22, Job
Other: Every Moment Holy Volumes 1 and 2