Courtney Pray Duke: Finding Hope After Loss// The Nona Jones Show

Grief can knock the breath out of you. One moment life feels steady — and the next, everything you knew is gone.

In this episode of The Nona Jones Show, I sit down with author and speaker Courtney Pray Duke, who was widowed at 29 and left to raise three young children after the sudden loss of her husband.

This isn’t a conversation about “moving on.”
It’s about what happens when resurrection meets real life — when Jesus shows up in the middle of heartbreak and helps you rise again.

We talk about:
• walking through unbearable grief
• faith when God feels silent
• declarations in the dark
• filtering voices during loss
• and how healing actually happens

Scripture reminds us in Matthew 9:25, “The girl got up.”
Sometimes that’s the miracle, not the absence of pain, but the strength to stand again.

If you’re grieving, exhausted, or wondering if your story is over, this conversation is for you.