Welcome to this new podcast. I am so glad you're here. In addition to readings from my new book, each episode will feature discussions around listener-submitted questions.
So, where would you like to begin?
It's a question I've asked countless times in the counseling room, and it's now my privilege to ask it of you, here and now. Where would you like to begin? If we were sharing a visit over coffee or tea, what would bubble up for you?
I will not pretend to know all the answers. Often, when we're really into the mud and the muck, there aren't satisfying answers. Even so, I will aim to value the questions, make space for the pain that is often behind the questions, and perhaps offer some thoughts and resources.
From marriages to missions, from emotions to sexual challenges, from trauma to grief and loss, it's all on the table here. Or at least it can be. It's up to you.
So, where would you like to begin?
Jonathan Trotter
www.seeingtheheartsofthehurting.com
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From the back cover of Digging in the Dirt:
Welcome to ground level, to the dirt and the mess.
We like the mountain tops and the sunshine. We like green grass under a clear blue sky. We like victory and breakthrough and answered prayers. But sometimes it rains, the shadows deepen, and life turns muddy. Sometimes God seems quiet. What then? What happens when depression descends, or anxiety hangs like a sword overhead? What happens when loneliness suffocates, the thief steals more than stuff, and you get blood on your shoes?
In Digging in the Dirt, Jonathan Trotter delves into the disasters, the darkness, and the deluge, and he offers comfort, presence, and a gentle invitation to hope.
With humor and prose, with poetry and Top Ten lists, Jonathan welcomes us to the dirt, to the places where we actually live. He invites us to boldly see life as it is, with eyes wide open, and reminds us that even when the digging is scary, we are never alone.
To the ones who are dealing with devastation and distress, welcome. To the ones who need to uproot, to pull out, to clear ground, welcome. To the ones who seek desperately to plant seeds of grace and hope in once barren soil, welcome. To the missionary abroad and the believer at home, welcome. Receive the invitation, and join with Jonathan here at ground level, together.
Come, dig in the dirt.
