Loss of A Child

Loss of a Child is MARKINC's first resource, encouraging over 2 million hearts with help, hope, and healing. In this interview, Dr. Chuck and Sharon Betters discuss their story as parents who lost Mark, their sixteen year old son, in a devastating car accident. They are honest and they are real about their struggle to not only face each day without Mark but also to reconcile the love of God with His sovereign care.

GriefMARKINC MinistriesJuly 6, 2024Loss, Grief, Death, Loss of a Child, Car Accident, Library Block, popular, 7th 30Comment

Hope In The Midst Of Grief

In this wide-ranging interview, two mothers who have experienced the grief of losing their children transparently answers questions from how to push the question “why” through the grid of God’s love and sovereignty, to how to protect marriages assaulted by grief. Nancy’s loss of two children uniquely qualifies her to offer help and hope in sorrow’s darkest night.

Grief, Warrior WomanMARKINC MinistriesApril 8, 20248th 30, 2024, Loss of a ChildComment

A Grieving Mother Shares Her Heart

In this poignant conversation, a son, Dr. Chuck L. Betters, talks to his mother, Sharon Betters, about her grief journey after the loss of her sixteen-year-old son, Mark. They use Sharon’s book, Treasures in Darkness as a jumping off place and dive right into some of the hardest places of grief with the goal of offering help and hope to other grieving parents read more…

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Sudden Loss of a Daughter and a Dad's Grief

You start your day thinking it will be like any other. And then a text with four words, “Eva not breathing. Pray.” Within hours, the unexpected death of your daughter propels you and your family down into the deepest sorrow you have ever experienced. In this conversation with Sharon Betters, Mel Lawrenz introduces us to his beloved daughter Eva and how her unexpected death led his family into the read more…

Faith, GriefMARKINC MinistriesApril 5, 20242020, Loss of a Child, 7th 30Comment

When Your Son Commits Suicide - Grieving Moms Finding Hope

Jacke Rose, founder of Grieving Moms Finding Hope, joins Sharon Betters to talk about her journey to find hope and purpose after the death by suicide of her son, Randy. The loss of a child cannot be fathomed but Jacke’s son also unsuccessfully attempted read more…

Emotions, Grief, ParentingMARKINC MinistriesApril 4, 20242020, 7th 30, Loss of a ChildComment

Surviving A Tsunami of Grief: A Conversation with Andrea Maher

Her oldest son’s battle with drug addiction ended when drug induced hypothermia took his life. Several years later, her youngest son made a decision that would forever change his life and resulted in imprisonment. How does a mother not just survive but find hope and joy when a tsunami of grief repeatedly slams her deeper into an abyss of sorrow?

Addiction, Grief, Parenting, Addressing SinsMARKINC MinistriesApril 3, 20242018, 3rd 30, Loss of a ChildComment

Disability, Death, Guilt and Grief

In this moving and sometimes emotional conversation, Sharon Betters talks to Susanna Musser and her friend and counselor, Heidi Scott, about the sudden, accidental death of Susanna’s adopted son, Tommy. This conversation will not only encourage others in similar places, but will give listeners a renewed understanding of the burdens some parents bear and how to help them.

Grief, Special Needs, Parenting, CaregivingMARKINC MinistriesMarch 17, 20242020, 7th 30, Loss of a ChildComment