“Everything happens for a reason” — and other lies I’ve loved | Kate Bowler

by Katie Lovell January 18, 2020, 11:58 am

In life’s toughest moments, how do you go on living? Kate Bowler has been exploring this question ever since she was diagnosed with stage IV cancer at age 35. In a profound, heartbreaking and unexpectedly funny talk, she offers some answers — challenging the idea that “everything happens

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