No Matter What Happens, Blessed Be His Name

Forgive this intrusion into the Clothes Organization series, but I thought it might be of interest to some...

This past summer, I gave a talk called "No Matter What Happens, Blessed Be His Name" at the Midwest Catholic Family Conference. It was the first time that I spoke about losing our son, Joshua Michael, in public. It was a hard talk to give, but I'm told that it helped people in the audience who were going through their own bouts with suffering. In the talk, I retell the Biblical story of Job and share how I found that God's story about suffering had real applicability to what our family experienced.

I just found out that the talk is available on CD from St. Joseph Communications for $7.00. To order, call Monica at 1800-526-2151, ext. #413. Or, you can email her at monica@saintjoe.com. The item number for the talk is #MWCFC07-CDM#8.

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Elena LaVictoire said…
Regina, I awarded you with a blog award.

God Bless you
9:27 PM
Anonymous said…
what an interesting blog!
1:39 PM
regina doman said…
Thank you so much Elena! I am honored!

Thanks for visiting, Jackie! Hope you come by again!
12:19 AM
majellamom said…
Regina,

My hubby and I were at the conference, and he loved your talk there. I wasn't in an emotional state to be able to attend your talk that day, so he ordered the CD for me. We have passed it on to my mother-in-law as well. God bless you for sharing your struggles with all of us! The steps to help were particularly useful.

My hubby was sad, however, that your brother's song at the end of the talk was left off of the CD. So, I guess I really missed out there!

Just wanted to let you know that you definately made an impact in our lives with your talk.
12:50 PM
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