S3 E6: Dr Jonathan Foster: Liminal Space of Grief After You Lose a Child

Liminal Living

9 years ago, Jonathan watched from his picture window as a law enforcement officer drove up his driveway to give him the devastating news that his 20 year old daughter was killed in a car crash. His family has been in the Liminal space of grief ever since. He wrote a book about his grief entitled, indigo, the color of grief. This work guides our discussion today. And yes, I cried.

Dr Jonathan Foster is a writer at heart. He writes books, podcasts, and blog posts. He is an author of 5 books, and he helps other authors make books at SacraSagePress. He is involved with the open table network, which provides ordination credentials to progressive religious leaders. And he loves hiking in the Rocky Mountains.

You can find Jonathan’s podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jonathan-foster/id1479338607
You can find Jonathan’s work here: www.jonathanfosteronline.com
Please go buy Jonathan’s book here: https://www.amazon.com/indigo-color-Jonathan-J-Foster/dp/1737664968

Time Stamps for the episode:
03:30 Thin spaces as Liminal spaces
07:15 Early faith roots run deep
11:18 Wandering in Liminal spaces
17:07 The potency of poetry in liminal spaces
20:39 Encountering cliche after tragedy
23:48 Somatically processing grief
29:23 What grief feels like
34:59 Grief strips you down to simplicity
39:11 Offering solutions vs solidarity
44:35 Your presence becomes a threat to theology
48:58 Hope and Optimism, Cynicism and Faith
54:46 God does not exist, God insists
59:03 A new way of thinking about God is needed
1:04:22 Beauty as Defiance
1:08:13 Conclusion

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