Reflections and Hopes for a New Year (2014) S03 | E21

Katie Hubbard closes out 2013 with a long journal entry on everything she had done since mid-November of that year. (She didn’t journal a lot during that time because her journal went missing for a month.) It’s amazing to consider all she did after finishing chemo, radiation, and reconstructive surgery. It would have been a… Continue reading Reflections and Hopes for a New Year (2014) S03 | E21

Katie Hubbard, the Auburn Tigers Fan S03 | E20

Lest anyone think I (Norman Hubbard) edit Katie’s journals heavily when I read them on air, let this podcast stand as testimony. In early December 2013, you get pure Katie Hubbard, the quintessential Auburn Tigers football fan. (Really, the “kick 6” game might be one of the greatest moments in sports!) You also see another… Continue reading Katie Hubbard, the Auburn Tigers Fan S03 | E20

Reconstructive Surgery and Gratitude S03 | E19

In this episode, Katie Hubbard talks about reconstructive surgery with her followers on Caring Bridge. It may be the only time you hear her publicly threaten to beat you with a baseball bat. And she reflects on a common theme in her journals: having a lot of stuff doesn’t make you grateful.

“Katie Hubbard, Beloved Child of God” S03 | E17

In the previous podcast, we found Katie Hubbard struggling with the idea that her life, taken by cancer, might be dispensable. Here, we find her breakthrough as she writes out, Romans 8:38: “For I am persuaded that … death … shall not be able to separate us from the love of God.” She goes on… Continue reading “Katie Hubbard, Beloved Child of God” S03 | E17

“I Feel Shaken To The Core” S03 | E16

Katie Hubbard grapples with the distressing notion that cancer might kill her, and God might regard her life as “dispensable.” In her words: “I feel shaken to the core. I feel sad. I just feel totally dispensable. How do you face your life being taken away? Not being here at all?! It might not even… Continue reading “I Feel Shaken To The Core” S03 | E16

Most of the Things We Desire Leave Us Empty When They Become Ours S03 | E15

In her journey with cancer, Katie Hubbard learned a thing or two about what truly satisfies. To God, she wrote, “You are the one thing that I crave and desire that FULFILLS. Everything else leaves me feeling empty.”

“Cherishing The Beauty of Your Own Backyard” S03 | E14

Cherishing the beauty of your own backyard. Asking God for the things you want. Trusting him for the things that lie ahead. That’s what you’ll hear from Katie Hubbard in her journal entries from mid-August 2013. And you get classic commentary like this: “You just keep providing, and I keep being stingy and amazed.”

“Cowardly Joyless Souls” S03 | E13

Katie Hubbard tried to find her footing in “the land of the living” after weeks of chemotherapy had kept her sidelined. Resuming something like normal life meant confronting the anxiety of normal life. She wrote down a quote from a friend about Satan’s goal to turn us into “cowardly joyless souls” by filling us with… Continue reading “Cowardly Joyless Souls” S03 | E13

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