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Finding Joy in Hope
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Nancy and her husband, David, tell how they walked through the valley of the shadow of death with their baby girl, Hope.
Show Notes
About the Guest
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We knew Hope was going to die, but we decided to celebrate her life while we still had her with us. Such were the thoughts of Nancy Guthrie when talking about her daughter Hope, who was diagnosed with Zellweger’s Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. Today, Nancy and her husband, David, tell how they walked through the valley of the shadow of death with their baby girl, Hope.
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David and Nancy Guthrie
Nancy and her husband, David, have faced the deaths of two of their three children, a daughter, Hope, in 1999, and a son, Gabriel, in 2001, both of whom were born with a rare genetic disorder called Zellweger Syndrome. Nancy offered many of the lessons she learned from this sorrowful experience in her 2002 book, Holding On to Hope: A Pathway of Suffering to the Heart of God. She regularly hears from readers who have been touched by the book from all around the world as the book has been trans...more
Nancy and her husband, David, tell how they walked through the valley of the shadow of death with their baby girl, Hope.
Episodes in this Series
Holding on to Heaven
Hear a moving message given by author Anne Graham Lotz at the funeral of David and Nancy Guthrie’s baby girl, Hope.
Holding on to Gabe
David and Nancy Guthrie talk about the pregnancy that took them by surprise.
Finding a Faith Like Job’s
David and Nancy Guthrie talk about the birth of their baby, Hope, and the genetic disorder that eventually took her life.
