She Reads Truth Podcast Mourning and Dancing Week 1 with Todd Teller
May 11, 2026
Todd Teller, pastor of congregational care who ministers in hospitals and in seasons of grief, joins to explore communal lament and gospel-shaped hope. They discuss grieving together, writing laments, balancing sorrow with resurrection joy, and practical church care. Short, raw, and rooted in Scripture.
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Call The Church Like An ER
- Do call your church care team when you don’t know what to do; congregational care acts like an ER to stop the bleeding and help you heal.
- Todd Teller compares pastoral care to triage: stop immediate harm, mobilize community, then pursue long-term healing.
Life Is Made Of Juxtapositions Not Opposites
- The Mourning and Dancing plan frames life as honest juxtapositions rather than neat opposites, e.g., death and life, mourning and dancing.
- Raechel Myers explains these are 'unlikely companions' that deepen each other when held together.
Practice Lament Like A Skill
- Do practice lament regularly using the workbook templates that name the complaint and rehearse who God is as your hope.
- Amanda and Raechel point to Psalm 71–style prompts in the guide for writing laments repeatedly, not once.