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 for a reason" and sharing hard-won wisdom about how to make sense of the world after your life is suddenly, completely changed. "I believe that in the darkness, even there, there will be beauty and there will be love," she says.

Kate Bowler: "Everything happens for a reason" -- and other lies I've loved

"Everything happens for a reason" -- and other lies I've loved

Facing stage IV cancer at 35, a historian confronts the irony of her own 'prosperity gospel' beliefs amidst life's randomness.

In grappling with terminal illness, she discovers love's profound impact, challenging the notion that 'everything happens for a reason.'

Embracing life's beauty and hardship, she advocates for finding love and beauty in darkness, transcending prosperity gospel's promises.

*Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved*

*Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel*

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