When You Love a Prodigal

by Charisma Podcast Network

Loving a prodigal is a long, desperate journey. Fear. Worry. Anger. Blame. But God intends to use your valley to fill you with grace and hope. In each episode, author and speaker Judy Douglass will guide you through lessons she’s learned in her son's 15-year prodigal journey to help mold your spiritual life.

Podcast episodes

  • Transformation thru Journey, episode 139

    Transformation thru Journey, episode 139

    I imagine, if you listened to the past two episodes on ambiguous loss, you’ve done some challenging thinking about your own challenges and losses. Today will be an encouraging time, I believe. You will hear a recording from me, a message I gave at Christian Leadership Alliance about the transformation God did in me over the years of our prodigal journey. Judy’s Resources: Read Way-of-Life Practices: https://tinyurl.com/3z73vybh Join the Prayer for Prodigals community here: https://bit.ly/3uyhSWQ Sign up for Judy’s monthly newsletter here: https://bit.ly/39TBlYt Purchase a copy of the When You Love a Prodigal book for you or a loved one here: https://amzn.to/3RuiUx9 Stay connected: Website: judydouglass.com/podcast Facebook: facebook.com/JudyDouglass417 Instagram: instagram.com/judydouglass417 Twitter: twitter.com/judydouglass417 Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/judyddouglass/ YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/JudyDouglass

  • Surviving Ambiguous Loss Pt 2-Pat & Tammy McLeod, episode 138

    Surviving Ambiguous Loss Pt 2-Pat & Tammy McLeod, episode 138

    Last week, we heard Pat and Tammy McLeod's heartbreaking story of their son's brain damaging football accident, and the so hard journey of great loss. This week we hear them again, telling of help and hope, of living with their son who was both there and not there.  Though their situation may not be like yours, they offer us real, hard life and new perspectives and practices. And even a little Tim Tebow. McLeod’s Resources: Website: https://patandtammymcleod.com/ Hit Hard: One Family’s Journey of Letting God What Was—and Learning to Live Well with What Is Book: https://a.co/d/iOTbmAp Enter to win a copy of the McLeod’s books: https://judydouglass.com/bookgiveaway Judy’s Resources: Join the Prayer for Prodigals community here: https://bit.ly/3uyhSWQ Sign up for Judy’s monthly newsletter here: https://bit.ly/39TBlYt Purchase a copy of the When You Love a Prodigal book for you or a loved one here: https://amzn.to/3RuiUx9 Stay connected: Website: judydouglass.com/podcast Facebook: facebook.com/JudyDouglass417 Instagram: instagram.com/judydouglass417 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JudyDouglass

  • Recognizing Ambiguous Loss Pt 1-Pat & Tammy McLeod, episode 137

    Recognizing Ambiguous Loss Pt 1-Pat & Tammy McLeod, episode 137

    Perhaps your loved one is gone, through suicide or overdose or a terrible accident, or gone from your presence by their own choice. Today we are hearing a heartbreaking story of a young man with a traumatic brain injury, who lived. He is severely impacted, but he is still with his family. Pat and Tammy McLeod will be with us this week and next week, vulnerably sharing their story of walking through what the reality of “our loved one is here, but he isn’t here.” That may not be exactly your situation, but Pat and Tammy have some very helpful realities that could help anyone on a journey with a challenging child. You won’t want to miss this. McLeod’s Resources: Website: https://patandtammymcleod.com/ Hit Hard: One Family’s Journey of Letting God What Was—and Learning to Live Well with What Is Book: https://a.co/d/iOTbmAp Enter to win a copy of the McLeod’s books: https://judydouglass.com/bookgiveaway Judy’s Resources: Join the Prayer for Prodigals community here: https://bit.ly/3uyhSWQ Sign up for Judy’s monthly newsletter here: https://bit.ly/39TBlYt Purchase a copy of the When You Love a Prodigal book for you or a loved one here: https://amzn.to/3RuiUx9 Stay connected: Website: judydouglass.com/podcast Facebook: facebook.com/JudyDouglass417 Instagram: instagram.com/judydouglass417 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JudyDouglass

  • Is it possible to love like Jesus?, episode 136

    Is it possible to love like Jesus?, episode 136

    Jesus said some radical things about love. Then He commanded us to do the impossible: to love others just as He loved us—which He defined as “laying down His life for us.” He said love would make this happen: Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.  And then: Do everything in love.   Jesus says it’s possible. Judy’s Resources: Read Loving a Prodigal: Never Give Up: https://tinyurl.com/4kmj3rxf Read Loving on the Love Trail: https://tinyurl.com/3u8enhdf Join the Prayer for Prodigals community here: https://bit.ly/3uyhSWQ Sign up for Judy’s monthly newsletter here: https://bit.ly/39TBlYt Purchase a copy of the When You Love a Prodigal book for you or a loved one here: https://amzn.to/3RuiUx9 Stay connected: Website: judydouglass.com/podcast Facebook: facebook.com/JudyDouglass417 Instagram: instagram.com/judydouglass417 Twitter: twitter.com/judydouglass417 Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/judyddouglass/ YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/JudyDouglass

  • Living-loving like Jesus: Forgiveness, episode 135

    Living-loving like Jesus: Forgiveness, episode 135

    God is clear: We must forgive. And we must ask for forgiveness. Forgiveness is an essential garment in our wardrobe as a child of God. Surely Peter thought he was being magnanimous in suggesting he would forgive someone seven times. But Jesus responded in Matthew 18:22, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. Some of our prodigals might need to be forgiven 77 times—or even more. Judy’s Resources: Read A Prayer for Forgiving: http://tinyurl.com/4t67nb5y Read What to Wear as a Child of God: Forgiveness: http://tinyurl.com/ycjhphcv Join the Prayer for Prodigals community here: https://bit.ly/3uyhSWQ Sign up for Judy’s monthly newsletter here: https://bit.ly/39TBlYt Purchase a copy of the When You Love a Prodigal book for you or a loved one here: https://amzn.to/3RuiUx9 Stay connected: Website: judydouglass.com/podcast Facebook: facebook.com/JudyDouglass417 Instagram: instagram.com/judydouglass417 Twitter: twitter.com/judydouglass417 Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/judyddouglass/ YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/c/JudyDouglass