Beautiful & Brutal: Finding Family, Healing, and Hope with Pastor-Mama Sherry Weedman

Clean Heart Club crew, you are in for such a tender, faith-filled treat today. 🥹✨I’m welcoming my longtime friend Sherry Weedman to the podcast—pastor, mama of seven (one in heaven), Grammy to 21 (and a great-grandma!), and spiritual mama at HopeUC Nashville, a beautiful “barn church” that’s bursting at the seams with worship, community, and real-deal Jesus people.We talk about what it means to be a “family of families” in the church, how to create small group spaces where people are truly seen and known, and why the world is hungry for authentic, not polished. Sherry shares deeply vulnerable stories of losing her son and grandson, how God met her in devastating grief, and how He truly makes beauty from ashes—or as she says, “brutiful things: both brutal and beautiful.”If you’ve ever been hurt by church, avoided small groups, struggled with shame, or wondered if God could ever redeem the hardest parts of your story…this conversation will feel like a warm hug and a holy invitation. 🤍HopeUC Nashville and the HopeUC global family of churcheshttps://youtu.be/MEOOfBiyVEchttp://www.hopeucnashville.com/Darlene Zschech (writer of “Shout to the Lord” and part of the HopeUC story)Mentioned in this EpisodeCreative Comfort: Where Grief Meets God by Natalie Weedman (Sherry’s daughter-in-law)https://a.co/d/3VnINXjIf this blessed you, would you follow/subscribe and share it with a friend who needs courage today?Want gentle soul care in your inbox? Join my Clean Heart Club list for meditations + notes from me.P.S. If you’ve been thinking about baptism…consider this your nudge. I’m cheering you on.P.P.S. New here? My book Hello, You! is a hug in paperback—made to walk with you through seasons like this.Thanks for listening, friend. I’m so glad you’re here. 💛Let's Connect⁠⁠Grab Your Copy of Hello You⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Thought Calenda⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠r⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Free Clean Heart Club Facebook Group⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Clean Heart Club Course⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠1:1 Christian Life Coaching⁠⁠