Winfree Brisley
Church hurt comes in many shapes and sizes, but we can all find comfort in the same place. Page after page, Megan Hill gently applies truths from Scripture to the questions and aches of the soul wounded by church hurt. Sighing on Sunday reminds us that though the church may hurt us, Christ and Word will never fail us. There is healing on the other side of church hurt, and these devotions are a great place to start.
Darby Strickland
Megan Hill beautifully weaves the wisdom of Scripture into the delicate area of church hurt. Sighing on Sunday will encourage those weary from the deep hurts inflicted by their church family while providing helpful direction for navigating the complexities in the days ahead.
Karen Hodge
Sighing on Sunday is an empathetic invitation to exhale coupled with an exhortation to think biblically rather than emotionally as we encounter the inevitable disappointments as we serve alongside saints who are also sinners. Megan’s newest book adds another beautiful learning layer that perpetuates a high view of Christ’s Church.
Trevin Wax
Church hurt is real, and it really hurts — whether it comes from sinful shepherds, suffering in a fallen world, or Satan's designs. Megan Hill has done us all a service by taking us back to the Scriptures and to the heart of Christ, offering words of wisdom and warning, as we seek healing in the Body of Christ where we've experienced hurt.
It only took a couple of years as a local church pastor to realize something that has shaped my ministry ever since: everyone in the church is hurting. Not a single individual sitting in a pew or standing behind a pulpit remains free of pain. Unfortunately, too often that hurt stems from experiences in the church itself. Megan Hill’s insightful book, Sighing on Sunday, provides welcome counsel, relief, and balm for the Christian pained in or by the church. These pages are not filled with the ruminations of theorists or the well-wishes of pop-psychology, but with the only true comfort for saints in need—gracious abiding truths from the loving Lord of the Church. As Megan Hill finishes each meditation, “Read. Reflect. Pray.
