There Are Good Things Here

Katie Hubbard was undergoing alternative therapy and thinking about eternal life. She was not ready to die — “far from it” — but she was more than willing to face death and the life that is to come. Sitting in a hospital bed in Mexico, she asks powerfully and poignantly what it says about us… Continue reading “Why should a person fear the passage from life to life?” S01 | E31

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Katie Hubbard was pursuing alternative cancer treatment but looking to the Lord for help. This was a hallmark of her journey through life with cancer. So much was uncertain … even the ways of God. However, God’s nearness, goodness, and power were Katie’s constant source of help. You and I can trust God’s character even… Continue reading “Help Me, Lord, To Hear From You” S01 | E30

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Katie Hubbard had come to the end of chemotherapy options, but she was grateful (and sad!) to have an alternative cancer treatment option available. In early July 2015, we were planning to board a plane for Mexico to pursue another course of therapy. For some people, alternative therapy is a first choice. For Katie, it… Continue reading “Gratitude that this course is available. Sadness that I have to have it at all.” S01 | E29

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As Katie looked back on an unconventional life that was rapidly headed toward an untimely death, she had no regrets. This blog post, written in 2015 for other women in vocational ministry, makes two things clear: she was grateful for her years in ministry, and she remained single-minded about her goal. As she put it,… Continue reading “What This Girl Wants” S01 | E28

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Katie Hubbard was running out of cancer treatment options but not faith that God could heal her if He wanted to. As she contemplated the prospect of alternative treatment in Mexico and meditated on Namaan’s story from 2 Kings 5, she sincerely asked God again to heal her from cancer. She knew the road of… Continue reading “Seriously, Will You Heal Me Now?” S01 | E27

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At the halfway point of this first season of “There Are Good Things Here“, Katie Hubbard reminds us all that God is the source of all the goodness we seek. This episode in not a re-broadcast—but it is a re-reading—of Katie’s journal entry from June 18, 2015. The podcast began (actually, it was episode 2)… Continue reading “Everything About You Produces Good In Me” S01 | E26

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Katie Hubbard peppers the pages of her June journal with pithy questions like this, “What does God want to do with this life he bought?” She gives credit where it’s due, to our friend and mentor Vic Black who said this in his book, Speak Lord. Katie also records her own proverbial observation, “The tradeoff… Continue reading “What Does God Want To Do With This Life He Bought?” | S01E25

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In characteristic fashion, Katie Hubbard explained the ups and downs of a “cancer straightaway” by saying, “I focus on what I have not what I have lost”. This was her secret when the currents of life were tumultuous and when they were relatively calm. You and I can experience the same kind of life with… Continue reading “I focus on what I have not what I have lost” S01 | E24

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If you read the journals of Katie Hubbard without reference to the dates, you would think she was always seeing astonishing things from God’s word. As was often the case, though, there had been a lapse of more than two weeks since Katie had last journaled. When she took up her pen again, it was… Continue reading “You Show Me Astonishing Things From Your Word” S01|E22

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