Resources

Books

Afshar, Tessa. The Rested Soul: 30 Meditations to Quiet Your Heart.

Alcorn, Randy. If God is Good: Why Do We Hurt?

Collier, Mardi. What Do I Know About My God? 

Caine, Christine. Unexpected.

Carmichael, Amy. Rose From Briar.

Dunkelberger, Kim. More Precious Than Gold: Faith That Leads to Hope, Peace, and Joy in Life’s Various Trials.

Dunkelgerber, Kim. Learning to be Content.

Elliot, Elisabeth. The Path of Suffering.

Freeman, Emily P. Simply Tuesday.

Lewis, C.S. The Problem of Pain.

Lloyd-Jones, D. Martyn. Spiritual Depression: Its Causes and Cure.

Lundy, Rachel. Hope for the Hard Days: A 30-Day Devotional for the Tired and Weary.

MacDonald, Gordon. Ordering Your Private World.

Meed, Ruth with Brenda Brough and Rebekah Ringenberg. Is God There? 34 Ways God Says He Is Faithful.

Power, P. B. A Book of Comfort for Those in Sickness.

Schmidt, Cary. Off Script: When God Rewrites Your Life.

TerKeurst, Lysa. It’s Not Supposed To Be This Way. 

Voskamp, Ann. One Thousand Gifts.

Wetherell, Kristen & Sarah Walton. Hope When it Hurts.

Wiersbe, Warren. God Isn’t in a Hurry. 

Wolf, Jay and Katherine. Suffer Strong: How to Survive Anything by Redefining Everything.

Young, Sarah. Jesus Calling.

Young, Sarah. Jesus Today.

Bible Study

Risner, Vaneetha. Desperate for Hope: Questions We Ask God in Suffering, Loss, & Longing. (7-session Bible study with video access)

Online

For Reading

• Jon Bloom. “When Your Worst Storm Comes.”
• John Piper. “When God Withholds Something Good.”
• John Piper. “How Does Chronic Pain Glorify God?”
• Rachel Mayes. “When It Rains.”
• Kimberly Joy. “Pretending You’re Okay When You’re Not.”
• Kimberly Joy. “When you tell God your cross is too heavy.”
• Tim Challies. “Blessed Are the Weak!”
• Frank Cameron. “What Story Does Your Pain Tell?”
• Frank Cameron. “When the Pain Began.”
• Hannah Heath. “Not Abandoned: Keeping Faith as a Disabled Christian.”
• Andy Stearns. “When God Sends the Wind and the Waves.”
• Vanessa Le. “Let the Little Moments Linger.”
• Kristin Couch. “Fear Not.”

For Listening

• Kimberli West, interview on Joni and Friends Ministry Podcast. “Thriving With Invisible Chronic Illness.”
• Kimberli West, interview on Joni and Friends Ministry Podcast. “How Vulnerability Builds Community When You Are Living With Invisible Chronic Illness.”
• Sue Thomas, interview on Revive Our Hearts Podcast. “Meet Sue Thomas.”
• John Piper, interview on Desiring God. “I Have Chronic Fatigue – How Do I Not Waste My Life.”
• Jennifer Rothschild. “Can I Tap Into God’s Strength When I’m Weak?”
• Jay and Katherine Wolf at Passion City Church. “Let’s Start Over.”
• Various speakers at Bob Jones University. “The God of All Comfort.”
• Louie Giglio at Passion City Church, Atlanta. “Finding Joy in the Process and the Pain.”
• Louie Giglio at Liberty University. Convocation Sermon: Knowing About God vs. Knowing God Himself.
• Ben Stuart at Passion City Church, DC. “Kings and Kingdoms” series.
• John Piper. “Job.”
• Taigen Joos. “Thankful, Yet Burdened.”