EP217: Life is Hard. God is Good. Let's Dance
with Brant Hansen, Part One
Okay, you guys.
The show you are about to hear is Part 1 of my dream interview. If it all ended today, I’d die a happy podcast host. I may have screamed when his publicist emailed me.
Brant Hansen has informed my faith—most notably, how I view Jesus and access the peace of God—more than anyone in the last 20 years. I retell his jokes. I have listened to all 1,900+ episodes of his podcast. I quote him at my dinner table like preachers quote C.S. Lewis.
As one who is prone to exaggerate, this is no exaggeration.
Brant is a best-selling author, award-winning syndicated radio host, podcast host of the Brant and Sherri Oddcast (my favorite podcast), advocate for children with correctable disabilities with CURE international, and he’s on the autism spectrum.
In Part 1 we discuss
How it’s possible to be joyful and peaceful in a messed-up world.
How working for CURE International has informed and solidified Brant’s faith and given him glimpses of the Kingdom of God at work today.
How the act of remaining hopeful when people are suffering is neither naive nor insensitive.
Why we can remain faithful to Jesus even though church culture has let us down.
Encouragement for the moms of young adults who are deconstructing their faith.
How “worry” is a form of control…and what to do instead.
More about Brant Hansen:
Brant Hansen is a bestselling author of several books including his latest, Life is Hard. God is Good. Let’s Dance.
Brant is also a syndicated radio host and advocate for healing children with correctable disabilities through CURE International Children's Hospitals. His award-winning radio show, The Brant Hansen Show, airs on top stations in the U.S. and Canada. His podcast, The Brant and Sherri Oddcast, has been downloaded more than 15 million times. (Many of those by Sandy Cooper)
He has been named "Personality of the Year" multiple times by Christian Music Broadcasters and is called "Christian Music's most beloved radio personality" by Christian Voice Magazine. Brant writes about varied topics related to faith, including masculinity in his book, The Men We Need, and forgiveness in Unoffendable, about which he was recently interviewed on ABC's Good Morning America.
Brant speaks often about being diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder as an adult. Brant also proudly refers to himself as a “toast-obsessed nerd’ who was no less than the president of the Illinois Student Librarians Association in high school. He also plays the accordion, “in spite of popular demand.”
Be sure to listen to me act all chill in Part 1.
Love,
Sandy
Oh, Sandy, I'm smiling from ear to ear. Can't wait to give this a listen!