Companionship in Suffering

Wendy Alsup

Sometimes one of the hardest places in suffering is the isolation and loneliness of pain. In this conversation with Sharon Betters, Wendy Alsup shares how suffering came in wave after wave, leaving her breathless and lonely. In one particularly dark and painful period after intense surgery for cancer, Wendy discovered she was not truly alone. Though her pain was not alleviated, she found comfort and strength in experiencing intimacy with the Lord Who walks with us in suffering. Wendy describes how the Lord is our companion in suffering, even when we must walk alone.

Biography of Wendy Alsup

Wendy Alsup is the author of Practical Theology for Women, The Gospel-Centered Woman, By His Wounds You Are Healed and Companions in Suffering. She began her public ministry as deacon of women’s theology and teaching at her church in Seattle, but she now lives on an old family farm in South Carolina, where she teaches math at a local community college and is a mother to her two boys. She also writes at gospelcenteredwoman.com. She is a member of a local church in the Low country Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America.

Learn more about Wendy and be refreshed by her writing at theologyforwomen.org/