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There Are Good Things Here
Life can sometimes get so complicated, confusing, and painful that we lose sight of the good. No one knew that better than Katie Hubbard, a mom of four who lived with cancer for seven years and left 50 journals behind her filled with hope, longing, and sincere faith. If you’re skeptical of simple an...
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“Mr. and Mrs. Hansen”
My new book, More Than Christians, comes out on January 14, 2024. The book is dedicated to Katie's parents, Charles and Betsy Hansen, and there's a se...
Mom Hansen’s Eulogy
On November 10, 2024, Betsy Hansen passed from this life into the presence of the Savior she loved. Mom Hansen was one of the most influential women i...
30th Anniversary
Today, December 17, 2024, would have been Katie's and my 30th Anniversary. To commemorate this day, I reflect back on some stories from our wedding da...
“In This Place There Are Good Things” S03 | E23
In this final episode of Season 3, we find Katie Hubbard characteristically wrestling with questions of doubt and faith, death and life, promises of p...
“I Love the Perspective that Comes with Having Cancer” S03 | E22
Katie hated almost everything about cancer treatment, except for the perspective cancer brings. She had a high tolerance for pain but a low tolerance...
Reflections and Hopes for a New Year (2014) S03 | E21
Katie Hubbard closes out 2013 with a long journal entry on everything she had done since mid-November of that year. (She didn’t journal a lot during t...
Katie Hubbard, the Auburn Tigers Fan S03 | E20
Lest anyone think I (Norman Hubbard) edit Katie’s journals heavily when I read them on air, let this podcast stand as testimony. In early December 201...
Reconstructive Surgery and Gratitude S03 | E19
In this episode, Katie Hubbard talks about reconstructive surgery with her followers on Caring Bridge. It may be the only time you hear her publicly t...
Parenting, Losing a Friend, and Focusing on Scripture S03 | E18
In this episode, Katie reflects on the challenges and joys of parenting four kids at very different stages of life, losing a friend to cancer, and med...
“Katie Hubbard, Beloved Child of God” S03 | E17
In the previous podcast, we found Katie Hubbard struggling with the idea that her life, taken by cancer, might be dispensable. Here, we find her break...
“I Feel Shaken To The Core” S03 | E16
Katie Hubbard grapples with the distressing notion that cancer might kill her, and God might regard her life as "dispensable." In her words: "I feel s...
Most of the Things We Desire Leave Us Empty When They Become Ours S03 | E15
In her journey with cancer, Katie Hubbard learned a thing or two about what truly satisfies. To God, she wrote, “You are the one thing that I crave an...
“Cherishing The Beauty of Your Own Backyard” S03 | E14
Cherishing the beauty of your own backyard. Asking God for the things you want. Trusting him for the things that lie ahead. That’s what you’ll hear fr...
The 8th Anniversary Edition
Join Norman Hubbard as he reflects on Katie Hubbard's life, the "voice" of this podcast, and Jesus' promises of eternal life. January 25, 2024 is the...
“Cowardly Joyless Souls” S03 | E13
Katie Hubbard tried to find her footing in "the land of the living" after weeks of chemotherapy had kept her sidelined. Resuming something like normal...
“The Garden Is Always Changing” S03 | E12
Katie Hubbard had lived under the shadow of cancer and cancer treatment so long, it was hard to look ahead with hope. Even so, that's what her God and...
Everyone Needs a Pergola S03 | E11
Katie Hubbard must have spent every morning in June of 2013 under her new pergola thinking about the troubles in her world and the beauty of her God....
The Practice of Disciplined Thankfulness S03 | E10
Katie Hubbard was capable of tutoring an entire generation on thanksgiving in the face of suffering. Many of us know what it's like to write a half-he...
“How To Trust You?” S03 | E09
In her journal entries for late May 2013, Katie wonders how to trust God for the healing that others need. She was not only walking through her own ca...
“How much larger your life would be if you were smaller in it” S03 | E08
As Katie wrestled with her own sickness and fear, she knew how tempting it was to turn her eyes only on herself. The Scriptures were calling her to fo...
“Why me? Why now? Why here? Why this?” S03 | E07
Katie was not just struggling with cancer. She was struggling with self-pity. Everyone in the world would have given her a pass, but she would not all...
“With Whom Did God Seek Counsel” S03 | E06
From Isaiah 40:13, 14, Katie Hubbard wrote, "From whom did God take counsel, and who instructed him and taught him the paths of justice?" Her reflecti...
“I Have To Walk Through This Valley” S03 | E05
"I have to walk through this valley no matter what. No matter how I respond, I am still here. So I can slog through with bitterness and a pity party o...
“I Would Choose Heaven This Afternoon” S03 | E04
As Katie Hubbard faced the challenges of radiation and the fear of losing her life to cancer, she told the Lord what she often told me. If she only ha...
“I Can’t Make God Do My Will” S03 | E03
Stress and anxiety have a way of driving us forward while blinding us to reality. Katie Hubbard was experiencing massive anxiety as she faced radiatio...
“Take Captive Every (Stressful) Thought” S03 | E02
After Katie Hubbard's diagnosis with recurrent breast cancer, she struggled to take every stressful thought captive. The idea behind this comes from 2...
“Even There” S03 | E01
For me (Norman Hubbard), it's an emotional start to a new season of the podcast. Today is the 7th anniversary of Katie's passing, and it falls very cl...
“Deeply Happy and Profoundly Emotional” S02 | E23
Katie closed her journal entries for 2009 by reflecting on a December that was a fitting end to a hard year! Everyone in our family got sick with stre...
When Things Are Looking Up, Look Up S02 | E22
In September and October of 2009, things were looking up for Katie after months of feeling bad from cancer treatment. Consistent with her custom of ta...
“Promises for Times of Storm” S02 | E21
As Katie Hubbard geared up for a new school year, she found herself confronted with so many negative thoughts about the challenges of life with cancer...
“I Am Planted In The House of the Lord” S02 | E20
Katie Hubbard was recovering strength after several rounds of chemotherapy for breast cancer. Though her progress wasn't without setbacks, she was loo...
“Without Faith It Is Impossible To Please God” S02 | E19
Katie Hubbard never quit meditating on what it meant to walk with God in faith. The pressure of a cancer diagnosis, the challenges of chemotherapy, an...
“Dare To Trust Him, Dare To Follow Him” S02 | E18
As Katie Hubbard regained her strength after chemotherapy, she faced all the fears the future might hold for her. More importantly, she turned to the...
“You Work Out Of Abundance” S02 | E17
After months away from her personal journal during chemotherapy, Katie Hubbard reopened a dialogue with the Lord about his power and our weakness. She...
Perspective On Chemo For Fellow-Travelers S02 | E16
Katie Hubbard excelled at passing on perspective, even when chemotherapy was making her miserable. As she chronicles her final round of chemo, with al...
“God Has Flattened Me On My Back And Said, ‘Look Up!’” S02 | E15
This is quite simply one of the best podcasts you will listen to as Katie Hubbard wrestles through the darkness of cancer into the light of God. This...
“Only One More Time” S02 | E14
In this week’s podcast, Katie Hubbard reflects on the difficulties of raising a toddler while undergoing chemo. She also humorously recounts how peril...
“Staying Grateful and Staying Honest” S02 | E13
As Katie Hubbard lived through her second round of chemo, she found grace from God through the Scriptures that encouraged her not to fear. This was pa...
“Help Mrs. Hubbard Know How To Do Nothing” S02 | E12
In her blog post, Katie Hubbard shares a cherished family memory that involves Rachel’s baptism and a pair of very small pants. You’ll want to listen...
“Chemo, Chemo Brain, And A Toddler” S02 | E11
Katie Hubbard was adjusting to life with a toddler (along with 3 older kids) while undergoing her first round of chemo for breast cancer. Things got p...