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the cultivation of spiritual complaint

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#55 My ALS Journey—Some Really Good Things
ALS / Family / Grief / Jesus / Lament / Lou Gehrig's Disease / Outings / Susan's Steps

#55 My ALS Journey—Some Really Good Things

June 26, 2025June 26, 2025

“Grief is a part of what it means to be human in a broken world. And once you wrap your heart around that fact, your sorrows have a […]

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#54 My ALS Journey—The First Step
ALS / Family / Grief / Jesus / Lament / Lou Gehrig's Disease / Outings / Susan's Steps

#54 My ALS Journey—The First Step

June 26, 2025June 26, 2025

“It is not down on any map; true places never are.” Herman Melville As they say in many 12-Step Programs, “Hi, my name is Susan and I have […]

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"Life is unspeakably sad until you recover the lost language of lament. Then it becomes 'speakably' sad and an authentic journey into His presence begins."

Larry Crabb, quoted in A Sacred Sorrow by Michael Card

Welcome to Sweet Speakable Sorrow! If you are here, you may wonder why anyone would want to think about grief or suffering, let alone talk about it. Yet, God is a God who hears us in our sorrow and longs for us to bring our complaints to Him. Sweet Speakable Sorrow is a home where I learned, as taught to me by my mother, to appreciate and cultivate the language of sorrow and give it back to God in praise.

  • #55 My ALS Journey—Some Really Good Things
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  • #51 My ALS Journey—Rule 15: Be a Crusader & Know Your Disease

"Life is unspeakably sad until you recover the lost language of lament. Then it becomes 'speakably' sad and an authentic journey into His presence begins."

Larry Crabb, quoted in A Sacred Sorrow by Michael Card

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