Lessons on living and dying from one who did both well
In this episode, Katie Hubbard simply ponders examples from Scripture where people express faith or disbelief in the face of fear and pain. “Where is your faith?” It was a question Jesus asked many people in his day, and Katie heard the divine challenge in her own. Her subsequent journal entry ends with an epigram,… Continue reading “I Must Cling To What Is True Rather Than To What I Feel” S01 | E14
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In this episode, Katie Hubbard writes about the fruit of faith and the frustration of missed expectations in the struggle with cancer. “The fruit of faith. Hope. Courage. God is pleased. Fortitude. Stepping out. Encouragement for others.” She had no idea what kind of impact she was leaving behind when she wrote the words, “Without… Continue reading “Without Faith What Do We Have To Offer Others?” S01 | E13
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Katie Hubbard was coming to grips with the extent of pain and suffering in the world as she waited for her own miracle. She also knew that the trials recorded in the Bible far outnumbered the miracles recorded. What is more, you can’t minister to people in pain unless you’ve experienced it yourself. That was… Continue reading “We Want The Miracles Of Acts But Not The Trials” S01 | E12
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Katie Hubbard had struggled through the final week of February 2015, but she surged into a new season of faith and hope in the face of cancer when March rolled around. She identifies the source of the change in her first journal entry for the month. The first was practical, or circumstantial. We rearranged our… Continue reading “I Can Have Cancer And A Good Life” S01 | E11
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In this special episode, I want to give you a chance to hear Katie Hubbard in prayer … not just her voice coming through as I read her journal entries … but her actual voice. I recorded a handful of prayer times we shared together in 2014 and 2015. There were not remarkable occasions, but I… Continue reading A Prayer Time With Katie
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When Katie wrote the two entries featured on today’s podcast, cancer treatment and pain medication had combined to leave her so low you can actually see it in her handwriting. If you only had her journal entries, you would assume that she was simply sitting in her bedroom trying to get over her fatigue and… Continue reading “I Feel Like The Train Has Gone Off The Rails” | S01E09
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The presence of cancer and the threat of paralysis cannot overwhelm a soul that trusts in God. This week’s podcast features Katie at her best in the worst of times. She opens her heart in a journal entry (below), email, and Caring Bridge post with striking vulnerability, spirituality, and wit. She was passing through a… Continue reading “Every day is a gift and I have a choice” | S01E08
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How do you keep living forward day after day with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis? If you’re Katie, you just open your Bible up and read the next passage. Then, you open your journal up and write out the verse(s) that meant the most to you, underlining the words that matter most. That’s what you… Continue reading “Dealing with a Stage IV Diagnosis” S01 | E07
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Katie was living with Stage IV cancer and didn’t often wake up feeling happy or hopeful. Her journal entry from January 31 was uncharacteristically upbeat for this season of life. She sets a good example for all of us going through hard times. It’s OK to feel happy and even better to express it to… Continue reading “I Feel Hopeful” S01 | E06
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In her entries for January 24 and 28, 2015, Katie reflected on lessons she was learning from fellow-travelers as she walked her own road with cancer. In particular, she was processing the tension she felt over parenting (when you never feel good) and trusting in God for a miracle (when you never feel good). In… Continue reading “I Would Rather Trust And Be Disappointed” S01E05
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