Ask The Experts: Divorce Was Never the Plan with Vaneetha Rendall Risner

Tune in for a very special episode of the Rooted Parent podcast, in which Anna discusses divorce with Rooted's executive director, Hannah Dow, and guest author Vaneetha Rendall Risner. Risner has written an important book: This Was Never the Plan: Walking with God through the Heartache of Divorce. If you have been through a divorce, you will want to hear the renewed hope Vaneetha has found in Christ; if you have not suffered a divorce, you will still want to hear her story so that you can pray and care for both parents and children.

Vaneetha Rendall Risner is the author of several books, including This Was Never the Plan: Walking with God Through the Heartache of Divorce. She and her husband, Joel, live in Raleigh, where she shares on her website about Christ’s unwavering presence in suffering. Two grown daughters call her mom. Her story includes childhood bullying, losing an infant son, developing post-polio syndrome, and going through an unwanted divorce. You can find her at vaneetha.com. 

Resources:

Ask Alice: Helping Children and Families Process and Navigate Divorce

Ask Alice: Interview With Melody Lovvorn on Parenting Children Through a Divorce

The Sufficiency of God for the Single Parent by Anna Meade Harris

The Weight of Single Parenthood and the Weight of (Christ’s) Glory by Isaiah Marshall

Caring for Single Parent Families at Christmas by Hannah Dow

The Loneliness of Parenting Alone by Anna Meade Harris

This Was Never the Plan: Walking with God Through the Heartache of Divorce by Vaneetha Rendall Risner

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Hosted by Anna Meade Harris, author of God's Grace for Every Family: Biblical Encouragement for Single-Parent Families and the Churches That Seek to Love Them Well, and Cameron Cole, author of Heavenward: How Eternity Can Change Your Life on Earth and Therefore I Have Hope: 12 Truths That Comfort, Sustain, and Redeem in Tragedy.