Joel and Vaneetha Risner
Joel and Vaneetha Risner understand suffering, as Joel’s late wife Barb died of cancer and Vaneetha lost a newborn son, has a progressive debilitating disease, and went through an unwanted divorce.
They live in Raleigh, North Carolina where they’ve been married for eight years and have a blended family with four adult daughters: Ashley, Emily, Katie, and Kristi.
Joel is a senior R&D staff member in radiation analysis at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Vaneetha writes about how Christ meets us in suffering. She writes regularly for Desiring God and on her website; her latest book is a Bible Study, Desperate for Hope: Questions We Ask God in Suffering, Loss and Longing.
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Does God care about your darkest feelings? Vaneetha & Joel Risner help you navigate the hurts and find purpose in pain. View Show Notes →
If you could ask God one question, what would it be? Vaneetha Risner found hope after a divorce and a difficult diagnosis. View Show Notes →
Trauma and suffering can impact families in unexpected ways. Joel and Vaneetha Risner share with Ron Deal the positive effects of loss and suffering and how it helped to ground their faith, trust God in deeper ways, and bond their blended family. View Show Notes →