{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hillsong Australia Podcast","title":"S1E8: ‘A New Year - A New You’: A Conversation","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2660,"description":"In this deeply pastoral and honest conversation, Donna Crouch joins host Shekeinah Hill to unpack one of the most universal — yet often avoided — human experiences: pain.\nDrawing from John 11 and the story of Lazarus, Donna shares from both Scripture and personal experience to explore how suffering, grief, and despair are not signs of weak faith — but often spaces where faith is formed.\nAt the beginning of a new year, when hope and expectation can sit alongside unexpected hardship, this episode reminds us that God meets us not only in breakthrough — but also in lament.\n⚠️ Disclaimer & Support\nThis episode contains discussions around grief, loss, suffering, and emotional pain which may be sensitive for some listeners.\nIf this conversation raises difficult emotions or you need support, you are not alone. The following Australian support services are available:\n• Lifeline Australia — 📞 13 11 14\nhttps://www.lifeline.org.au\n• Beyond Blue — 📞 1300 22 4636\nhttps://www.beyondblue.org.au\n• 1800RESPECT — 📞 1800 737 732\nhttps://www.1800respect.org.au\nIf you are in immediate danger, please call 000 🚨\n\n✨ Key Themes\n1. Jesus Weeps With Us ❤️\nGod does not stand distant from our pain. The compassion of Jesus Christ shows that grief and faith can exist together — and that lament is a biblical response to suffering.\n2. Movement Is Medicine 🚶\nHealing is often not immediate or passive. Emotional, spiritual, and relational movement can be part of the process God uses to restore us.\n3. Take Off the Grave Clothes 🕊️\nPain can leave behind beliefs, identities, or coping mechanisms that no longer serve us. Like Lazarus of Bethany, we may need community to help remove what keeps us bound.\n\n📖 Key Scripture References\n• John 11:1–44 — Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead\n• John 11:35 — “Jesus wept”\n• Colossians 1:24 — Sharing in Christ’s sufferings\n• Book of Job — Faithfulness amidst suffering\n• Book of Psalms — Biblical expressions of lament and hope\n• Book of Lamentations — Grief, sorrow,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/eykYjGcTPC5Wa8qzCs8D1GWDCHTB_bfYIcjRFd9McpE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80Njli/MDk1MTYwMGYxMGM3/MzRmMTc4ODE0Yjc0/Y2Q5MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}