Life Worth Living: How to Choose Meaning Without Optimizing with Miroslav Volf @katecbowler
Life Worth Living: How to Choose Meaning Without Optimizing with Miroslav Volf  @katecbowler
Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Kate Bowler and theologian Miroslav Volf take on the embarrassing, necessary question we avoid until life forces it: what makes a good life—actually?

They explore why modern “wellness” scripts can become a hamster wheel of means (sleep, water, optimization) while the ends stay fuzzy. A grounded conversation about purpose, joy that can coexist with grief, and how to begin asking better questions without turning your life into a self-help project.
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Life Worth Living: How to Choose Meaning Without Optimizing with Miroslav Volf

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