Good Hard Story Podcast Katherine Wolf

Have you ever spent a thousand hours studying something? Other than the back of your own eyelids, that is.

Today, Katherine is joined by her friend Dr. Joel Muddamalle, who recently spent one thousand hours studying everything the Bible has to say about humility. He’s sharing everything he learned with us! What he has to say might surprise you, and it’s certain to convict you.

If you sense you might be harboring hidden pride and finally feel ready to recover your God-designed humility, this episode is for you.

What you’ll take away from this conversation…

Why humility is the key to developing resilience against humiliation

How to invite God to re-order your ambitions

Making the switch from resenting your limitations to resting in them instead



All things Joel Muddamalle: https://linktr.ee/muddamalle

The Hidden Peace: Finding True Security, Strength, and Confidence Through Humility by Joel Muddamalle: https://a.co/d/bYj1ypQ

Hope Heals Camp: https://hopeheals.com/camp

Proverbs 31 Ministries: https://proverbs31.org/

“These Are The Days” by Cory Asbury: https://g.co/kgs/fRaQBGz

Scriptures referenced in this episode:

Genesis 1, 2, and 3

Matthew 11:28-29

Philippians 2:8-9

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Katherine spent her first Mother’s Day unconscious in an intensive care unit, a fact that has brought a flavor of bittersweetness to every Mother’s Day since. Today she’s reflecting on the experiences of parenthood that were eventually restored to her, as well as the ones she will simply never get back. 

If your life is feeling more like a famine than a feast and you’re hungry to hear from someone who has found her way back to a full life, this episode is for you.

Today’s episode is an excerpt from the Treasures in the Dark audiobook! If you’re listening on Spotify Premium, you can stream Treasures in the Dark for free as a part of your subscription.

Grab your own copy of the book today in print, ebook, or audiobook formats at treasuresinthedark.com or wherever books are sold.



Show Notes:

Treasures in the Dark: 90 Reflections on Finding Bright Hope Hidden in the Hurting by Katherine Wolf: https://hopeheals.com/treasures



Scriptures referenced in this episode:

Joel 1:16

Joel 2:25-27



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In this episode of the GoodHard Story Podcast, Katherine discovers a kindred spirit in Kay Warren, who founded the beloved Saddleback Church with her husband Rick. Kay and Rick have endured the earth-shattering loss of one of their sons, who died by suicide in 2013.

Both Katherine and Kay were in tears by the end of the conversation, which spans from the complexities of mental illness to the life-saving power of respite to the privilege of sitting with suffering people. Kay could not have been more generous in sharing her hard-won insights into the most terrible kind of grief.

What you’ll take away from this conversation…


What to do when God stops making sense
The single experience that can make us more Christlike
The one question you should never ask someone who is suffering
How a marriage can withstand unimaginable loss

If you need to hear a story of deep hurt and even deeper hope, this episode is for you.

Show Notes


Hope for Mental Health: https://hope4mentalhealth.com/

Breathe: https://saddleback.com/connect/ministry/outreach-retreats

The Wounder Healer by Henri Nouwen - https://henrinouwen.org/read/the-wounded-healer/

Lews Smedes - https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/smedes_recordings/

Walter Brueggemann - https://www.walterbrueggemann.com/resources/

“Pay mind to your own life, your own health, and wholeness. A bleeding heart is of no help to anyone if it bleeds to death.” - Frederick Buechner

Scriptures referenced in this episode:
1 Corinthians 15:43-45

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As Katherine observes the sixteenth anniversary of her stroke this week, she’s reflecting on one of the most transformative treasures she’s discovered in the darkness of her pain: If the worst day of Jesus’ life was eventually called good, then maybe one day my worst day could be called good too.

But this is no ordinary podcast episode! We are so excited to be sharing a clip straight from the Treasures in the Dark AUDIOBOOK!

If you enjoy this little preview book, we sure hope you’ll pick up a copy of your own. And if you’re listening on Spotify Premium, you can stream Treasures in the Dark for free as a part of your subscription!

Grab your copy of the book today in print, ebook, or audiobook formats at treasuresinthedark.com or wherever books are sold.

Treasures in the Dark: 90 Reflections on Finding Bright Hope Hidden in the Hurting by Katherine Wolf: https://hopeheals.com/treasures



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Amy Julia was a high-achieving, religiously devout Princeton grad who lived with the nagging feeling that there must something *more* to life than what she had experienced so far. Then her first child was diagnosed with Down syndrome, and Amy Julia began her journey into a version of “the good life” that she never expected.

Amy Julia joins Katherine for a deeply vulnerable conversation about the theological reckoning that took place in her heart and mind when she became a parent to a child with intellectual disabilities. She emerged with a new understanding of God’s love and her own inherent value.

Today, eighteen years later, she's inviting us all to re-imagine what belonging and belovedness really looks like for people with AND without disabilities. 

What We’ll Cover:


How to determine if you’re settling for a lesser version of the good life


The one place in the Bible where we get an “equation” for God and what it means about how we see ourselves and other people


Why there are no such things as “special needs,” only human needs



https://amyjuliabecker.com/

https://www.instagram.com/amyjuliabecker/

Reimagining the Good Life Podcast: https://amyjuliabecker.com/podcast/

Hope Heals Camp: https://hopeheals.com/camp/

“The Blurring Is Part of the Beauty”: https://comment.org/the-blurring-is-part-of-the-beauty/

Andrew Leland: https://www.andrewleland.org/

Mend Coffee & Goods: https://www.mendcoffee.org/

“Faith means believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse.” - Philip Yancey 

Scriptures referenced in this episode:

 Luke 14:15-24

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Are you ready to replace the “God, help me to have a good day tomorrow” bedtime prayer? Maybe for your kids…and maybe for yourself!

Today, Katherine is offering you a benediction fifteen years in the making. What started as a bedtime prayer for her sons has become her prayer for a generation of souls hoping to live their good/hard story well to the very end.

If you need fresh inspiration and real-talk motivation for your prayer life today, this episode is for YOU!

What We’ll Cover:


What we miss out on by seeing life as only good OR hard.


How we can become better, instead of bitter, from our suffering


The surprising ways that Jesus defined “blessedness” and what it means for our pain


The opportunity we have to reframe painful limitations as the places of ultimate freedom



Treasures in the Dark: 90 Reflections on Finding Bright Hope Hidden in the Hurting by Katherine Wolf: https://hopeheals.com/treasures

“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.” - C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses

This Is a Joyful Rebellion! by Brad Montague - https://youtu.be/Pp_gxJspWEI?si=K7Uf_qvq9EAXVY-e

My Benediction for The Good/Hard Life

May you see life as a good/hard story that God is writing.

May you open your hands to release old dreams and receive new ones.

May you find the miracle you’ve been looking for has been right in front of you all along.

May you accept the stunning capacity you have to endure because of Jesus, who endured for you.

May you live out the hardest parts of your story with a joyful rebellion against the darkness.

May you believe the boundary lines around your life are good and pleasant because God uniquely assigned them to you.

May your invisible wheelchairs become avenues to a new kind of freedom because of Jesus

Scriptures referenced in this episode:

Psalm 139:16

Isaiah 43:18-19

John 12:37

John 16:33

Deuteronomy 31:6 

Psalm 16:6

Philippians 4:13

Galatians 6:5 

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