Always Good: Recent Episodes
Emily Brumwell
Life is full of hard things that don’t feel good… walking through dark seasons of broken family, foster care, and miscarriage has cemented this reality. Can God’s goodness be real even in the midst of these seasons?
So many people have walked through brutally hard and even bad things, and yet they are not without hope… in fact, they are still praising God for being good. It might sound crazy because none of these things are good. But these people are still seeing how good God is... and they are still saying “He is always good”.
In this episode, I talk with Shamber Flore about how God walked with her through broken systems of foster care and legalism to bring her to a real relationship with Himself.
In part two of my conversation with Maggie, we discuss how her view of God’s goodness changed through three traumatic birth experiences and through the unexpected jump her family made into the world of foster care and adoption.
In part one of this first episode of season three, I talk with my friend, Maggie Diemer about her difficult childhood and how she ran away from God until He drew her to Himself. She discusses the beginning of her dream to become a mom and how she finally had to surrender her desires and trust God for what He was giving her each day.
In this emotional final episode of season two, I talk with a woman very dear to me, Sandy Dufrin, about the death of her daughter and how God showed her His sovereignty and goodness even in the darkest valley.
In this episode, I talk with Macy about her experience being a sibling to three foster children and how their abrupt removal led her to find the love and goodness of God.
In this episode, I talk with my first referral guest. I’ve known Alyssa for a long time, but she has lived through her trials and triumphs with such grace and quiet peace that I didn’t know how heartbreaking her story was until very recently when she shared it with me. I was so blessed by her willingness to share how God is good even in the midst of broken dreams.
In this episode, I talk with my mentor and friend, Jamie about trusting God’s posture towards us when His plan doesn’t make sense to us. Jamie challenged my view of God’s goodness last summer and was able to speak into my life through this recent season of trial because she understands so much of how I think. She has walked through seasons of infertility, failed missions, foster care, and anxiety and has so much wisdom to share.
In this first episode of season two, I talk with my dear friend Jen about being in the middle of a storm, begging God for mercy, and hoping when hope seems lost. She has experienced God’s goodness even in the midst of the unfaithfulness of a spouse and her example of waiting on God is truly incredible.
In this final episode of season one, I talk with my pastor Norm Dufrin about his road through illness. From sepsis to cancer, Norm has experienced a wide range of difficult health problems and yet he still says he wouldn’t trade it.
In this episode, I talk with my friend, Megan about the death of her first husband and the cementing of her faith.
In this episode, I talk with Natalie and hear about her resoluteness to trust God’s goodness even in long periods of waiting.
In this episode, I talk with my sister Samantha who has walked a long journey of battling anxiety and has walked me through my recent bouts of anxiety.
Life is full of hard things that don’t feel good… walking through dark seasons of broken family, foster care, and miscarriage has cemented this reality. Can God’s goodness be real even in the midst of these seasons?
In this first episode, I talk about how divorce, broken relationships, death and finally miscarriage challenged my view of God's goodness and led me to start this podcast.