Facing Cancer Alone — Why We Shut the Door, and What It Costs Us

There is a moment right after a diagnosis when almost every one of us does the same thing. We start facing cancer alone — not because anyone abandoned us, but because we quietly decide that is how it has to be. We stop returning calls. We keep the details vague. And we tell ourselves we

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Faith Through Prostate Cancer — Doug’s Story of Not Walking Alone

Today I get to introduce you to my friend Doug DeFouw, and his story of faith through prostate cancer is one of the most honest conversations I have had on this podcast. Doug did not clean it up for us. He told me about the anger, the isolation, and the years he spent trying to

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Faith and Fear During Cancer: You’re Not Failing

If you’re a believer walking through cancer and you still feel afraid, let me say something it took me too long to learn: that fear does not mean your faith is failing. Faith and fear during cancer can live in the same heart at the same time — and God is not disappointed in you

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Finding Peace in the Valley of Cancer

When you’re walking through cancer, you don’t need someone to pretend the valley isn’t real. You need to know you’re not walking it alone. That’s the quiet promise tucked inside the most familiar psalm there is — and it’s where I’ve found a peace in the valley of cancer that I could never have manufactured

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Surrendering to God During Cancer: The Bravest Thing You Can Do

Everything in you wants to fight. To control. To manage every scan, every appointment, every possible outcome. I know, because that was me. But somewhere along my cancer journey, I discovered that surrendering to God during cancer wasn’t the white flag I feared — it was the doorway to the only peace that held when

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God as a Relationship, Not a Resource: Letting Go of Control

Letting go of control might be the hardest thing cancer ever asks of you — especially if you have spent your whole life being the person who figures things out. I know, because I was that person. And the truth I had to learn, the same one figure skater Scott Hamilton had to learn, is

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Either Way You Win: Trusting God With Your Cancer Journey

When I talk about trusting God through cancer, I am not talking about pretending you are not scared. I spent the first stretch of my own journey gripping every fear with both hands, so I understand the pull to control what feels completely out of control. But somewhere along the way — in the middle

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Living Hope in Jesus: Are You Turning to Him First?

Calise’s story left me with a question I could not shake, and it goes straight to the heart of living hope in Jesus. When I walked through my own cancer journey back in 2017, I already believed in Him — but I did not always turn to Him first. And that one habit, or the

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When You’re Waiting on God During Cancer — What Silent Saturday Taught Me

If you are waiting on God during cancer right now, this is for you. Waiting for results. Waiting for healing. Waiting for the treatment to work. Waiting for strength to return. Waiting for an answer to a prayer you have been praying for weeks, maybe months. Waiting on God during cancer is one of the hardest

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From Lukewarm to All In — What Cancer Taught Me About My Relationship with Jesus

Be honest with yourself for a moment. How would you describe your relationship with Jesus right now? If the word “lukewarm” comes to mind — if you believe, you go to church sometimes, you pray when life gets hard, but deep down you know you are going through the motions — I want you to stay

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