Coffee and Bible Time Podcast Overwhelmed & Grateful: Giving God Your Complex Emotions | Jillian Benfield
What does it mean to live truthfully with complex emotions? Author Jillian Benfield joins us to share how parenting two medically complex children led her to deeper honesty with God—and freedom in holding both pain and praise. This conversation challenges toxic positivity, explores biblical lament, and offers a powerful framework for living fully human through life’s hardest seasons.
Overwhelmed & Grateful releases on October 7th, 2025—order your copy today!
Scripture and Resources:
- Psalm 13
- The Spirituality of the Psalms by Walter Brueggemann
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