Season 3

Ep 41: We Both Lost Our Spouses, Then God Wrote A New Story

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Run to the Hard
December 9, 2025
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God Wrote a New Story

This might be the most complete version of our grief story we've ever told.What an honor to share it with the people at Fostoria Church of the Nazarene.Curtis starts right from the beginning...Him at 6 years old, packed into his mom's VW, driving away to start life anew.Through a messy divorce, remarriage and Michael dying suddenly.Into Crystal's story of abandonment, remarriage, then widowhood. Through coming together in miraculous ways, only to have Michael's kids' dad die right before Curtis and Crystal were supposed to get married.Guys God is in this. He's in the hard. He's in the hurt.Let Him do a miraculous work in your life by trusting Him and running into those hard places.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro

6:12 Curtis' story growing up

15:25 Hidden family problems to tragedy

27:06 Crystal's story of grief

35:05 God's story weaving our lives together

42:44 More tragedy

46:19 Breakthrough

48:18 Run to the hard

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Episode Transcript

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Run to the Hard
A podcast for those in and around grief —

Throughout episodes, Curtis shares his own hardships, from childhood to adulthood, and how Michal’s words have taught him to look at things from a new perspective. 

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