What do you do when the prayers keep coming, but the pain remains? In this MercyCast episode, Kristen Weatherall and Sarah Walton discuss chronic illness, family crises, unanswered prayers, and the long seasons of suffering that test faith. Discover how Jesus meets us in weakness, sustains us through doubt, and offers hope that reaches beyond present circumstances.

In this MercyCast episode with Raleigh Sadler, author Wayne Jacobsen shares how suffering stripped away performance-based faith and revealed a deeper reality: God’s love meets us in the middle of pain, not just after it ends. Discover how living as God’s beloved transforms relationships, healing, justice, discipleship, and everyday compassion. A powerful conversation on grace, presence, trauma, faith, and learning to love from fullness rather than striving.

Hey friends, it’s Raleigh Sadler. In this episode of MercyCast, I sit down with my good friend Tyler Gresham, Administrative pastor to students at Fairhaven Baptist in Demopolis, Al,  to talk about something we all encounter but often don’t know how to handle—suffering, especially in the face of unimaginable loss. Tyler opens up about the heartbreaking journey of losing his daughter, Tessa, to a terminal birth defect, and what it looked like to walk through that adversity with honesty, trust, and a deep longing for healing.

Together, we unpack how compassion—as well-intentioned as it is—can sometimes feel like salt in a wound when we’re not careful with our words. We talk about how simply listening—really listening—can communicate more love than any advice ever could.