Did someone teach you how to grieve? /// FOLLOW x UP with Chad Bruegman

Episode 008: Did someone teach you how to grieve?In this episode of the FOLLOW x UP podcast, Steve Carter and Eric Parks are joined by Chad Bruegman, Lead Pastor of River Pointe Church in Houston, for an honest conversation about grief, lament, and the prayers most of us were never taught to pray.Drawing from personal seasons of church hurt, disappointment, and loss, Chad reflects on how forced positivity and spiritual performance can keep us from genuine healing. Together, the three explore why lament isn’t a failure of faith but one of its most courageous expressions.Through stories, Scripture, and practical wisdom, they discuss the importance of naming pain, bringing difficult emotions to God, and learning to trust that honesty is not something God fears.If you’ve ever wondered what to do with grief, disappointment, or unanswered questions, this conversation offers a framework for bringing your whole self before God and discovering that honest prayer may be the beginning of healing.Meet your hosts, Eric Parks and Steve CarterEric ParksEric is an Executive Pastor at Plum Creek Church in Castle Rock, Colorado, who cares deeply about helping people rehearse the way of Jesus in everyday life—and holds firm as a Denver Broncos fan, no matter how often Steve brings up the Bears.Steve CarterSteve is the Lead Pastor at Christ Church in Oak Brook, Illinois, offering a thoughtful and honest voice to the deeper work of formation and calling—and remains a devoted Chicago Bears fan, even with Eric representing Broncos country.Explore all of FollowWe’re all following something—habits, expectations, ambition—but Jesus offers a different way. A way marked by love, presence, trust, and a life that actually leads somewhere good. Not perfectly, but increasingly, we begin to shape our lives around his.We believe that if Jesus is right—about God, about life, about the soul—then is only makes sense to rearrange your life around what he says is true.Follow isn’t a program to complete or a path to master, but a way of life centered on Jesus. A way of living that takes shape over time through a steady rearrangement of our lives—our priorities, our rhythms, and the things we trust most.LinksFollow: https://www.followtheway.church/Plum...