There Are Good Things Here

There Are Good Things Here


Latest Episodes

“I Feel Shaken To The Core” S03 | E16
February 12, 2024

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 shaken to the core. I feel sad. I just feel totally

Most of the Things We Desire Leave Us Empty When They Become Ours S03 | E15
February 05, 2024

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 and desire that FULFILLS. Everything else leaves me

“Cherishing The Beauty of Your Own Backyard” S03 | E14
January 29, 2024

Cherishing the beauty of your own backyard. Asking God for the things you want. Trusting him for the things that lie ahead. Thats what youll hear from Katie Hubbard in her journal entries from mid-A

The 8th Anniversary Edition
January 25, 2024

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 8th anniversary of Katie's passing.

“Cowardly Joyless Souls” S03 | E13
October 17, 2023

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 life meant confronting the anxiety of normal life

“The Garden Is Always Changing” S03 | E12
October 10, 2023

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 her garden asked her to do. Sitting under her new

Everyone Needs a Pergola S03 | E11
October 03, 2023

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. I don't know that you need a pergola to do so, but

The Practice of Disciplined Thankfulness S03 | E10
September 26, 2023

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-hearted thank-you note or "give thanks" over a meal.

“How To Trust You?” S03 | E09
September 21, 2023

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 cancer journey but also praying for friends whose ca

“How much larger your life would be if you were smaller in it” S03 | E08
May 22, 2023

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 focus on God's holiness with humility. GK Chesterton