Amanda Held Opelt: Faith, Grief and Grace

In this episode of Worth Your Time Podcast, I speak with Amanda Held Opelt, an author, mother and songwriter who lives in the mountains of North Carolina with her husband and two daughters.

Amanda's upcoming book, A Hole in the World: Finding Hope in Rituals of Grief and Meaning, she dives into her own grief over her miscarriages, the unexpected death of her sister, Rachel Held Evans and her grandmother. Rachel's untimely death stunned the Christian world, as she left behind two small children and many believed, much more to say.

In this beautiful memoir and in our conversation, Amanda speaks about her own grief, the legacy of her sister and more broadly, the wider world of human grief practices in different cultures and eras. It was an honor to speak with Amanda and I encourage you check out her upcoming book.

Ericka Andersen hosts Worth Your Time podcast, a part of the Christianity Today podcast network. Ericka is a freelance writer, author and mother of two in Indianapolis, Indiana. She is the author of "Leaving Cloud 9: The True Story of a Life Resurrected From the Ashes of Poverty, Trauma and Mental Illness" from Thomas Nelson and "Reason to Return: Why Women Need the Church and the Church Needs Women" from NavPress. Ericka has written for the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Christianity Today, WORLD Magazine, USA Today, the Washington Post & more.

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