Sharon McMahon: Drops Make an Ocean
It is a hard time to be a person in the world given the volatile political climate or state of our world or the realities we’re facing in our family. But the weight of the world’s problems are not on ...
24 Sep 202452min
Francis Collins: Foolish Hopes
We all experience seasons where all we can do is scratch our heads and say, “WHAT EVEN HAPPENED?!” Dr. Francis Collins led the National Institutes of Health during 2020—our season of collective “WHA...
17 Sep 202450min
Richard Hays: Change at Any Age
Is it possible for anyone to change—change their mind, change their theology, change their priorities? What does it mean to hope when we live in such uncertainty? Richard B. Hays is a world-renowned ...
10 Sep 202459min
Nicholas Kristof: Hope is a Muscle
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof understands how to hope—especially in the face of despair or disappointment. He has spent his life shining a light on global tragedies like the Tiana...
3 Sep 202446min
Introducing Season 13 of Everything Happens
Are you living your best life now? Not always? GREAT, ME NEITHER. My name is Kate Bowler. I’m a Duke professor, bestselling author, and your friendly neighborhood Canadian. This is a show for peopl...
27 Aug 20242min
Listen Again: Rob Delaney—A Heart that Works is a Heart that Hurts
Comedians have the ability to be unsparingly honest in ways that buck all cultural norms. It’s a truth-telling that so many of us crave. Cue Rob Delaney. Rob is a comedian, actor, writer, and dire...
20 Aug 202448min
Beautiful and Terrible: A Bonus Episode
There is this quote by writer and theologian Frederick Buechner. He writes, “Here is the world. Beautiful and terrible things will happen. Don't be afraid.” …But I always sort of wanted to amend his o...
13 Aug 202418min
Listen Again: Rabbi Steve Leder—Don’t Come Out Empty Handed
How should you show up for people in grief? What do you say? What should you do? Why is it that beauty can exist alongside deep suffering? What can be said at funerals when the person who died was com...
6 Aug 202455min
