Healing Through Fiction and Processing Grief

We've probably all watched a movie or read a novel that had a profound impact on us and helped us see ourselves, our circumstances, and our struggles in a fresh way. God uses numerous ways to speak to our souls, and stories can reach places within us we might otherwise keep walled off. In this episode, host Jennifer Slattery talks with novelist Felicia Ferguson on some of the themes presented in her latest release When Secrets Come Calling, the various losses her characters grieve, how God meets them in their pain, and how He longs to heal us as well. (Scroll down for discussion/reflective questions.)

Books mentioned: When Secrets Come Calling, The Paths We Walk: Trails, The Paths We Walk: Bridges. 

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Discussion/Reflective Questions:

1. What resonated with you most in this episode?
2. What movies or novels have impacted you most and why?
3. What is it about stories that they have such a capacity to so deeply touch us?
4. Why is it important to allow ourselves to grieve our losses?
5. What are some things that might cause "ongoing" grief, and how can we grieve those well?
6. How might remembering God's steadfast love help us in our grief?
7. What is one action step God might be asking you to take having listened to this episode?

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