Kate Bowler — A Blessing for the Life You Didnt Choose @onbeing
Kate Bowler — A Blessing for the Life You Didnt Choose  @onbeing
Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
This blessing is featured in Kate’s conversation with Krista, “On Being in a Body.” It's published in her book The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days.

Kate Bowler's beloved books include Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I’ve Loved) and most recently, The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days. She is an associate professor at Duke Divinity School, and made an early name in her field of American religious history with her 2013 book Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel. She also hosts the podcast Everything Happens.

Delve more deeply into Kate Bowler's wisdom in her 2023 On Being conversation with Krista, “On Being in a Body.”
—Listen on YouTube: youtu.be/n_sKl0A_Ww8
—Listen at On Being: onbeing.org/programs/kate-bowler-on-being-in-a-body

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