The Pivot9 Des 2025

Reconciling Chronic Pain and Faith: Liuan Huska

Writer and speaker Liuan Huska joins this episode of The Pivot to share her studies on anthropology and her venture into journalism, as well as her book on reconciling chronic pain and illness with faith. Liuan shares about her family’s year-long travels through South America, her work with Christian conservation organization A Rocha, and reflects on how to find wholeness in the middle of life’s challenges.

Thought-Provoking Quotes:

“I just got more and more concerned about environmental issues, just being a human in this world today and noticing things and being sad about pollution and the way that humans have impacted creation in a negative way.” - Liuan Huska

“I had this image of God where He has to act in this certain way for me to maintain a relationship with Him. I had to let go of my images of who God is and what God does in the world.” - Liuan Huska

“If we pray and it matters to God, but it doesn’t actually make the tangible difference we thought it was going to make, then what difference does it make to engage with God and continue this personal relationship where we expect God to respond?” - Liuan Huska

“We have the ability to make a life for ourselves in different places and we can figure things out. You can go anywhere and really plug in and find community.” - Liuan Huska

“It has sometimes just hurt my heart to see that caring for the earth sometimes seems to be treated like an enemy of the church politically sometimes. We are called so clearly in the Scripture to care for the world, to care for the earth. And you look around you and think, This is a gift from God, why would we not want to steward it well?” - Andrew Osenga

Links, Products, and Resources Mentioned:

Hurting Yet Whole by Liuan Huska

A Rocha International

Liuan Huska’s Substack, Becoming Whole

University of Chicago

Christianity Today

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Disappointment with God by Philip Yancey

Parker Palmer

My South American Classroom by Liuan Huska

Catherine McNiel

Eugene Peterson

Behold the Lamb of God 2025

*Watch this interview on Andrew’s YouTube channel!

*All episode music is by Andrew Osenga.

Guest’s Links:

Liuan Huska’s website

Liuan Huska’s Facebook

Liuan Huska’s Instagram

Connect with Andrew:

How to Remember by Andrew Osenga

Hold the Light by Andrew Osenga

*The Pivot is produced in conjunction with Four Eyes Media.

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