You are in for a treat with this 25-minute episode, where I interview Trina Paulus, the feisty, 88-year old author & illustrator of the beloved book, Hope for the Flowers.

Trina shares about the theology of hope that inspired this message, her experience working in Egypt, about how she crawled off the expected "pillar" of becoming a nun, and how her message has reached China, Korea, Russia and beyond. As Hope for the Flowers celebrates its' 50th anniversary, Trina shares about what is bringing her hope in the present.

Stay tuned for the surprise when she flips the tables and begins interviewing me! Enjoy our witty banter and laughing about how we are doing life scared.

"We all have our pillars. We are all wounded healers." - Trina Paulus

"You have to go through something, but the change is much more dramatic than most people dream of... this amazing transformation is radical, and we need that today." - Trina Paulus

Show Notes:

Buy a fafillion copies of Hope for the Flowers and pass them out for Halloween: Hope for the Flowers

Connect with Trina at hopefortheflowers.com

More about how Hope for the Flowers came to be:
"It all started many years ago while sharing comfort with a friend who just experienced the death of someone close. What does one say? How can we dare imagine that life can go on – we have no proof? The amazing transformation of a caterpillar, a lowly worm, into a glorious flying creature is also hard to believe. But because we have actually seen a butterfly we can hope for other transformations invisible to the eye.

In face of loss beyond words I would draw a card with a caterpillar, a cocoon and a butterfly illustrating a favorite text, “Life is changed, not taken away.” - Trina Paulus

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Episode 9 - Conversation with hope revolutionist, author & illustrator of Hope for the Flowers, Trina Paulus