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Ep 45: My Wife Asked Me To Preach Her Funeral
In this special episode of Run to the Hard, Curtis shares the eulogy he delivered to honor his wife, the stories that reveal who she was, and the faith she wanted him to speak about.
What Happens When the Thing You Built Your Identity Around is Gone?
Days before she died, Michal asked her husband, Curtis Christopher, to preach her funeral.
Four years later, he watched the service for the first time.In this special episode of Run to the Hard, Curtis shares the eulogy he delivered to honor his wife, the stories that reveal who she was, and the faith she wanted him to speak about.
You’ll also hear Michal in her own words through a recorded testimony, followed by Wendell’s message about the marriage promises they made and kept.Curtis opens with an honest reflection on his own grief. It took him three and a half years to clear out Michal’s closet.
His message to anyone facing loss: there is no single timeline, and your life can hold purpose again even if it never looks the same.
This episode includes personal accounts of terminal illness, end-of-life care, and the death of a spouse and child.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Remembering Michal four years later
02:16 “An expert griever,” not a grief expert
05:08 Watching her funeral for the first time
05:35 She asked me to preach her funeral
08:36 A different life after loss
09:42 The Michal Foundation and Coffee with Michal
10:59 Curtis’s eulogy begins
12:47 The people who cared for our family
20:14 Remembering Michal’s humor and friendships
24:53 The Loft and a story of restoration
28:06 Her laughter and her heart for others
29:35 The final days with our family
33:38 Her humor stayed with her
36:21 What Michal wanted me to tell you
37:51 Her daily life of faith
40:16 How God brought two broken lives together
43:49 Michal’s hope of heaven
47:37 Introducing Michal’s recorded testimony
48:49 Michal shares her faith
55:41 Wendell: The promises they kept
1:00:11 Are we keeping our promises?
1:02:05 God’s promises and grace
1:05:36 Closing prayer
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Episode Transcript
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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