The Healthy Christian Leader
The Healthy Christian Leader Show is a podcast by the Aaron Ministries Network for those who are leading in their churches, businesses, communities, or elsewhere. Weekly episodes feature conversations with local leaders about their experiences in topics of growth and health. We trust that these discussions will encourage, focus, and equip you for your unique journey as a Christian leader! For more information, visit our website aaronministries.com.
The Healthy Christian Leader
Pastoral Care Strategies for Grief and Loss | Leanne Friesen
Aaron Ministries has the vision to see Healthy Leaders leading Healthy Churches that transform communities with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Resourcing Pastors and Christian Leaders through the Healthy Christian Leaders Podcast is one way that we strive to do this.
In today’s episode of The Healthy Christian Leader Show, host Dwight Habermehl sits down with Leanne Friesen, Executive Minister of the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec and author of Grieving Room: Making Space for All the Hard Things After Death and Loss. Together, they explore pastoral care strategies for grief and loss, focusing on how church leaders can walk alongside grieving congregants without burning out. Leanne shares insights on the role of pastors as “sheepdogs” guiding people to the Good Shepherd, the importance of creating space for lament in worship, and practical ways to acknowledge grief through church life and milestones. They also discuss how to recognize when grief requires additional support, and the countercultural need to resist skipping funerals or avoiding sadness. The conversation equips leaders with both spiritual and pragmatic tools to support grievers with compassion, presence, and love.
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