Miroslav Volf: Life Worth Living

Miroslav Volf: Life Worth Living

What makes a good life? How would you answer that question? Not just life in the abstract… but what makes YOUR life good? Professor Miroslav Volf teaches a popular class at Yale University which guides students through these kinds of questions and might help us all think a little more deeply about what our lives are adding up to be.

In this conversation, Kate and Miroslav discuss:

  • Why just practicing the habits of a good life doesn’t make a life meaningful (hint: we need to be thinking about the ends)
  • Importance of asking questions we don’t always have the answers to
  • How to define joy
  • What does flourishing look like when we feel like we’re “losing”
  • How joy and suffering can coexist

On a personal note, this is a special interview for Kate because Miroslav was also her professor at Yale and someone she looks up to with joy and admiration.

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