If you listen to anything this Christmas season, listen to this conversation with Nancy Hicks. She lost her son to cancer this year and she shares with us what this Christmas season means to her. It is raw. It is powerful. And it approaches grief with such honesty you won’t know what hit you.

God didn’t come as a savior over two thousand years ago to save us from our comfortable lives, he came to rescue us from our real pain. That’s not a free pass from experiencing loss, it’s an invitation to sit with him in authentic tenderness. And anger? Oh she covers that too.

Nancy covers how to approach grief this Christmas. If you are wondering how you’re going to face the holiday because of disappointment, loss, anger, please push play and then let us know what you think.

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Nancy’s book: Meant to Live: Living in Light of the Good News

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