Special Episode 3 — Terry Gurno: A Legacy of Unyielding Hope

Last week, I lost my friend Terry Gurno.

Terry and I first met in Bible college, and years later I had the privilege of sitting down with him for two deeply personal conversations on Pastors in Recovery.

In this special memorial episode, I’ve brought those conversations together so Terry can tell his own story in his own words. You’ll hear Terry talk honestly about ministry, leadership, church hurt, burnout, isolation, learning to take responsibility for his own recovery, and discovering the value of coaching and developing others.

Then the conversation turns toward the health battles that reshaped the final years of his life - heart surgery, cancer, fear, faith, gratitude, and the question he eventually had to ask himself:  “Am I okay if I don’t come out of this?” Terry learned to savor ordinary life: another day with his wife, another day at home, sitting by the fire, drinking a cup of coffee.

He later poured what he had learned into leadership development and Unyielding Hope, encouraging others facing difficult seasons to keep moving forward. Cancer did not get to decide how Terry lived the life he had left. He prepared. He loved his family. He faced mortality. He developed people. He turned his suffering outward into hope for others. And he savored the life that was still in front of him.This episode is my tribute to my friend - and an opportunity to let Terry’s own words continue doing what he spent so much of his life doing: helping people find hope.

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