The Widow Chose Red – A Story of Grief, Faith, and Fierce Love with Rachel Kerr Schneider

What do you do when the life you built with the love of your life begins to unravel under the weight of terminal illness? And what does it mean to walk through grief while still holding on to faith, family, and identity?

In this deeply moving episode of the Christian Readers Community Podcast, I sit down with author Rachel Kerr Schneider to talk about her powerful memoir, The Widow Chose Red. Rachel shares the raw, unfiltered story of loving her husband through his battle with ALS, raising their boys, and choosing red—yes, red—for his memorial service.

We talk about her journey as a writer, what it means to grieve with hope, and how God used one of the hardest seasons of her life to reveal a deeper kind of joy and strength.

This conversation is honest, emotional, and beautifully faith-filled. If you’ve ever wrestled with loss, caregiving, or finding your voice through pain, Rachel’s story will speak to your heart.

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ABOUT RACHEL KERR SCHNEIDER

Since her husband died in 2011, Rachel’s faith continues to be challenged by widowhood, single parenting, a son with an addiction, relocation, relationships—a new husband, after ten years of long-distance dating, bonus mom to four girls who lost their mom to breast cancer, and becoming a YaYa, unexpectedly. Through it all, her reliance and relationship with Jesus has given her the resilience that only the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit can provide. Her mission is to remind women that they do, in fact, possess a super-power of their own in the form of the Holy Spirit which lives and breathes in each one of us.

Rachel is a member of the National Association for Christian Women Entrepreneurs and BRI Talks. She enjoys travel, which is good, since her parents live in Melbourne, Australia. She is a graduate of Cottey College and holds a B.B.A. from Southern Methodist University. A southern gal at heart, she currently calls the Dallas area home.

On a professional level, Rachel created Spirited Prosperity to provide support, encouragement, and inspiration for women seeking to grow their faith, with a special emphasis on their relationship with the Holy Spirit. Her work has included personal training with Patty Aubrey, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Christian Woman’s Soul, and Jack Canfield, co-creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul series, Ignite with Lisa Nichols, John Tesh’s All Access Coaching, and Platform with Michael Hyatt. As a Senior Regional Vice President for Partylite, she was a contributing author to the bestseller Build It Big and has trained and spoken with hundreds of women. Visit Rachel’s website at www.SpiritedProsperity.com