Other Side of Hurt

Tristan interviews his good friend, counselor, and pastor, Loren Fritze. Loren shares about the great sufferings he has faced over many years and how God has brought healing and redemption in his life and work. 00:00 - Introduction 01:17 - Growing up and Chronic Illness 05:26 - Close to Death at 18 07:25 - Facing Death Again with Horrible Injury 12:34 - Never Going to Walk Again 15:22 - Long Rehab...

Tristan and Kayla return after a few weeks break to talk about some big news and finding hope and joy after suffering.

Tristan talks about the good and the bad of the internet and our need to find flesh-and-blood, healing relationships.

Tristan and Kayla reconnect and talk about what's going on in their lives. https://smileagaingriefministries.org

Tristan is flying solo this week, so he talks about the struggles that men often face going through grief and gives practical advice on how husbands and wives can learn to grieve and go through hard things together. 00:00 - Lonely Tristan 00:25 - Men and Women and Grief 01:11 - Scary Statistic on Divorce and Grief 03:44 - Generalizations and Stereotypes 05:49 - A Time Not to Grieve 08:46 - A Time...

Tristan and Kayla talk about how their faith in God has been strengthened and stretched during their times of hardship. 00:00 - Faith in God in a world of Suffering 03:27 - Don’t answer questions people aren’t asking 06:56 - Scriptures and suffering 11:39 - Unchanged aspect of faith 13:30 - Do I really trust God? 15:18 - The Scripture is full of examples 16:42 - Redemption and Suffering 19:38 - Th...

Tristan and his wife Jill talk about meeting, planning their wedding, and then going through the unthinkable process of planning a funeral for their 3-year-old daughter. They recorded this over three months ago when preparing to start this podcast. https://smileagaingriefministries.org/ 00:00 - Intro 00:57 - Our baby hates me 02:06 - Planning a Wedding and Funeral 03:03 - Jill meets Tristan 04:17...

Melanie was a 26-year-old wife and mother of two young girls when she was diagnosed with life threatening cancer. She comes on the podcast today to share her story of faith, joy, and defiant hope in the midst of her diagnosis and eventual amputation. http://smileagaingriefministries.org

My friend Dave came on to talk about walking with his brother through a very hard season and then through his brother's death by suicide. Dave and his wife have started Camp Christopher in after their loss, helping other families who have also been affected by suicide. https://www.campchriscotton.com https://smileagaingriefministries.org/

Tristan and Kayla discuss what was helpful and not helpful when they were going through their personal hardships. They tell their stories and give some practical tips on how to love and help people who are going through sorrow and crisis. https://smileagaingriefministries.org 00:00 - Introduction 00:29 - Every Suffering is Unique 02:53 - Pity vs. Charity 06:35 - Loving us is knowing my son 12:46 -...

Our friend Denny was just diagnosed with a very serious cancer about a month before we recorded. He came on the podcast to tell us how he's facing it. https://www.caringbridge.org/visit/dennypluimer

Kayla shares the story of her son, Nolan's birth, the many challenges Nolan has faced in his first two years of life, and the joys and difficulties Paul and her face as they love and parent their family.

Tristan and Kayla talk about the hardships, grief, and tragedies they have experienced and their hopes for this podcast. They want to talk about hard and sorrowful things but also find joy and beauty in the middle of it all.