Silver Lining with Luke & Monica is a biblically grounded podcast about finding hope, healing, and purpose through life’s hardest seasons. With humor, honesty, and heart, Luke and Monica share real stories of grief, grace, and God’s redemption—reminding listeners that life isn’t perfect, but Jesus is.
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Luke & Monica Sorensen
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religion & spirituality · society & culture · society & culture
If You Want an A+ Marriage, You Can’t Be a C+ Person - Episode 11
After a little accidental sabbatical, Luke and Monica are back with life updates, moving news, Maxwell Conference stories, and the usual amount of sarcasm, chaos, and marriage banter. But underneath the laughs is a real conversation about something deeper - if you want an A+ marriage, you cannot keep showing up as a C+ version of yourself. In this episode, they talk through what it means to guard your heart, know your identity in Christ, stop expecting your spouse to fill places only Jesus ca...
12 Jan 2026
New Year, New Mercies: Why Habits Beat Resolutions
New year… mid-January… and we are still building the goal list. In this episode we laugh about past goals (guitar, pull-ups, and “oops we already accomplished that one”) while getting real about why “resolutions” usually crash and burn. The big takeaway: behaviors and habits beat wishful goal statements every time. We also talk about God’s mercy being new every morning, what to do when you fall off track, and how storms can either push you away from God or pull you closer. Here is the d...
24 Dec 2025
The Christmas Eve Christmas Card - Episode 9
In this special Christmas Eve episode, Luke and Monica share the story they’ve been building toward since the beginning of the podcast—the moment that quietly changed everything. What started as a simple Christmas card on Christmas Eve 2023 became the spark for deeper conversation, unexpected connection, and a relationship formed in the middle of grief, faith, and uncertainty. This episode is raw, reflective, and full of heart as Luke and Monica walk through: Why this Christmas Eve story matt...
25 Nov 2025
When Grief Meets the Holidays: Learning to Grieve & Mourn With Grace
In today’s episode, Luke & Monica take listeners into one of the most tender conversations yet — navigating grief, mourning, and the holiday season when life looks nothing like you expected. Thanksgiving week can bring joy, memories, and celebration… but it can also magnify loss, loneliness, and the reality of a life you didn’t plan for. Both hosts share openly from their own stories: Luke walking through the loss of his wife, Alicia, in 2023Monica navigating the shock of divorce, d...
19 Nov 2025
When Words Hurt: Gossip, Rumors, and Responding With Grace
When you are walking through grief, divorce, or a hard season, people talk. Some mean well and still hurt you. Others do not mean well at all. Rumors, opinions, and half-truths start flying, and suddenly it’s not just your circumstances that hurt — it’s the words surrounding them. In this episode of Silver Lining with Luke & Monica, we talk honestly about how to handle hurtful words, gossip, and assumptions while you’re “in the fire,” and how to respond without losing your pea...
5 Nov 2025
Seek First: What to Do When You’re Going Through It
When you’re walking through the dark—grief, divorce, loss, or the fog of transition—it’s easy to ask, “What now? Who am I?” In this episode, Luke and Monica open their journals and hearts to talk about what it means to seek first the Kingdom of God when life doesn’t make sense. They share how worship, serving, and stewarding your inputs and outputs can help you find peace in the middle of pain. You’ll laugh through their candy-tax stories, nod along with their honesty about...
2 Nov 2025
Peace, Counsel, and Clarity – When God Brings Calm After Confusion
In this episode of The Silver Lining Podcast with Luke and Monica, the conversation gets real about peace, counsel, and confusion — and how to recognize God’s voice when everyone else seems to have an opinion. Monica opens up about a pivotal season in her life, when dating, divorce recovery, and godly counsel all collided. She shares the peace she felt after ending a relationship that “looked right” but wasn’t right — and the unexpected moment she was called into her pastor’s office for...
28 Oct 2025
Peace in the Uncomfortable — Silver Lining with Luke & Monica, Episode 4
You can be right where God wants you—living by faith—and still feel deeply uncomfortable… yet completely at peace in His presence. In this episode, Monica reads never-before-shared journal entries (Aug 13, 2023 & Sept 10, 2023) from the week of Alicia’s hospitalization and the weeks that followed. We talk through grief, gratitude, and how God’s peace guarded our hearts even when circumstances didn’t make sense. Mentioned in this episode (song): https://youtu.be/OqjGT9BSyJA?si=z9uU0c...
25 Oct 2025
The Hidden Gift of Intercession: How Praying for Others Changes Us
Summary Today we talk about the surprising personal benefit of interceding—praying on behalf of others. From Jesus and the Holy Spirit interceding for us to the command for believers to pray “for all men,” we share how God used prayer to carry our family through grief, build compassion, bring peace, and draw our hearts closer to Him. Monica shares how a simple burden to pray became a lifeline, and Luke unpacks why intercession strengthens both the person praying and the people being pra...
22 Oct 2025
God Always Answers Prayers…
God Always Answers Prayers… Just Not Always the Way We Pray God always answers prayers—sometimes with yes, sometimes wait, and sometimes no. In this episode, Luke and Monica share their stories of loss, healing, and God’s sovereignty through it all. Monica opens up about her cancer journey and the peace that carried her day by day. Luke shares about losing his late wife, Alicia, and how God’s grace met him in heartbreak. Together they talk about why God’s “no” is still love, how H...
19 Oct 2025
Episode One: Welcome to Holland — Finding Beauty in the Place You Didn’t Plan
Episode one dives into the famous “Welcome to Holland” illustration (by Emily Perl Kingsley) and why it reframed how we see grief, change, and second chances. We talk about living in the place you didn’t plan—divorce recovery, widowhood, blending a family, parenting on the spectrum—and how God meets us there with tulips, windmills, and grace. You’ll hear our working definition of grief (the gap between expectation and reality), the difference between grief and mourning, and a few simple pract...
18 Oct 2025
Trailer Episode: The Story Behind Silver Lining Podcast
Welcome to Silver Lining with Luke & Monica! In our very first recording, we open up about why this podcast exists and what inspired us to start it. It’s not a marriage or parenting podcast—it’s a real-life, faith-filled conversation about finding Jesus in every season. We talk about grief, healing, laughter, and how God has redeemed both of our stories—Luke as a widower and dad of four, and Monica through divorce and cancer recovery. Together we share the heart behind Silver Lining: that...
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