Jan 18, 2023
Welcome to Widow Life and Money,
where Certified Financial Planner and Financial Therapist, Daniel
Kopp, discusses the intersection of widowhood, faith, and finances.
His passion is helping younger widows gain clarity and confidence
in their financial lives.
The
acute pain of grief is the pain of a wound that we can only see
through a worldview that acknowledges the problem of death in a
personal way. Believers in Christ know that the Christian worldview
rests on the Hope of resurrection and eternal life. What we
sometimes miss is the part in between—the
suffering.
There's no way around it. We can get stuck—or we can find a path through it. Scripture gives us the map. And you may be surprised by how closely the biblical worldview for death and the hope that follows tracks with a widow's life.
Understanding “worldview” and how it guides our grief journey can help us make sense of this widow life and gather strength from new resources.
In this episode, Daniel
shares:
- How a Christian worldview shapes and steers the
grief journey
- Questions about identity and what we believe
about God
- Making sense of pain through the life of
Jesus
- How the practice of lament heals the
soul
- A review of six resources for healing in grief
Selected
Links from this
episode
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Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis
Experiencing Grief by H. Norman Wright
Heaven by Randy Alcorn
Reflections of a Grieving Spouse by H. Norman Wright
The Scars That Have Shaped Me by Vaneetha Rendall Risner
When the Darkness Will Not Lift by John Piper