In this conversation, Dr. Lynn Cohick interviews Tiffany Stein about her book, Mourning God: Grieving Loss, Wrestling with God, and Finding Your Way Back to Life. Tiffany shares the story of her son David, who lived 53 days in the NICU, and how his death led her into both profound grief and a disorienting season of feeling God’s absence after initially sensing His nearness. Drawing on Tim Keller and others, she describes different kinds of suffering—especially the “suffering of mystery” and the secondary loss of the God you thought you knew—and unpacks practices of lament, honest wrestling, and “joyful sorrow.” Lynn and Tiffany also explore how deep grief reshapes our understanding of God, the role of the church community in carrying the bereaved, and practical ways both to walk through our own grief and to accompany friends in theirs.

Resources Mentioned:

Mourning God: Grieving Loss, Wrestling with God, and Finding Your Way Back to Life by Tiffany Stein

The Critical Journey: Stages in the Life of Faith by Janet O. Hagberg and Robert A. Guelich

Philippians (The Story of God Bible Commentary Book 11) by Dr. Lynn Cohick

Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament by Mark Vroegop

Walking with God through Pain and Suffering by Tim Keller

The Visual Museum of Women in Christianity

Let Her Lead

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