What if the hardest seasons are the ones that actually teach us how to live? That’s the thread we follow with author and chaplain Sam Wegner as he opens up about walking through his wife’s stage 4 cancer, months that turned into years, a long job loss, and the daily choice to trust a God who doesn’t flinch when the ground shifts beneath us.
Sam shares how “the weight of the wait” exposes our craving for control and invites a sturdier kind of hope—one grounded not in outcomes but in the unchanging goodness of God. We talk about why affliction can be a teacher, how milestones like “just get to Easter” can disorient when we outlive them, and why real rest is an act of surrender rather than a luxury. He tells a raw story of waking up drowning in dread, breaking the spiral with first principles—God is good, God provides—and finding peace that didn’t fix the circumstances but freed his heart to keep going.
We also get practical: the difference between positivity and true hope, how to recognize when your body is carrying what your soul won’t release, and why asking for prayer to endure may be more powerful than asking for the storm to end. Sam walks us through The Weight of the Wait—available in print, Kindle, and audiobook in his own voice—and the listener stories that continue to shape him, including a reminder that avoidance may feel safe but keeps us from healing.
If you need a reason to keep moving when answers are slow and the stakes are high, this conversation is a companion for the long road. Subscribe, share this with someone who’s waiting for news, and leave a review with one insight that stayed with you. Your words help more people find hope that holds.

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