52: Jonathan Gibson | Proclaiming God is Good After Infant Loss

Jonny and I chat about the loss of his daughter Leila, the questions his son asked about his sister, how that led to the writing of "The Moon Is Always Round (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1645070271/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ambo14-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1645070271&linkId=88e03fea779b88033c170b999094d881) " and the goodness of God.

4:55 Will you share your faith journey with us? How did you come to know Jesus?

Raised as a missionary kid with Mission Aviation Fellowship (https://www.maf.org/) in East Africa

"Some people who come from outside Christian homes, when they're converted it is a bit like a hurricane comes into their life. The Spirit is like the wind, it blows where it pleases. But I think in Christian homes it is still the same Spirit, the same wind that comes in and converts people, but it's more like a gentle breeze. In my case, it was a gentle breeze that blew into my life and re-generated me. The Spirit of God re-generated me and gave me faith in Christ."

7:19 Your children's book The Moon is Always Round (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1645070271/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=ambo14-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1645070271&linkId=88e03fea779b88033c170b999094d881) came to my attention at the perfect time...Tell us, when and why did you began talking to your son about the moon?

Catechism:

Q: What shape is the moon tonight?

A: Crescent, Gibbous, etc.

Q: What shape is the moon always?

A: The moon is always around.

Q: What does that mean?

A: It means God is always good.

"It began as a childlike fascination with the moon that led to that connection with the moon."

8:31 Eventually your wife became pregnant with your second child, a baby girl. Will you share that journey with us?

"That's really the tragedy [stillbirth of their daughter, Leila] that came into our life as a sudden surprise that we didn't see coming. All of a sudden we entered a world of pain and sorrow that we had only ever heard of and imagined, but here we were in the midst of it trying to navigate ourselves through it."

10:02I share about how I learned about The Moon Is Always Round and the story of my dear friend Andie and her son Ryker James, who was stillborn October 10, 2019.

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