The Journey: PCA Parent Podcast
Kids & Family:Parenting
Guest: Dr. Connor Bales, Prestonwood Baptist Church, North Campus Pastor
New book: Counted Worthy: A Father’s Perspective on the Theology of Suffering
Connor shares their family’s intimate journey with two special needs daughters - Libby and Hannah. Both girls were diagnosed with the rare genetic disease called Trisomy 16p.
“Everyone suffers, just not all of our suffering is the same.” Connor Bales
Joni Eareckson Tada says in her book When God Weeps, “This is good news for the suffering soul. The Son of God did not exempt Himself from affliction but lived through it and learned from it.”
Connor Bales: I counsel people who engage with those in suffering to usually say only three things:
Other great resources:
Stephanie Hubach - Same Lake, Different Boat: Coming Alongside People Touched by Disability
D.A. Caron and Kathleen Nielson - Resurrection Life in a World of Suffering
Joni Eareckson Tada - When God Weeps
Randy Alcorn - If God is Good: Faith in the Midst of Suffering and Evil
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