Kate Bowler hosts the award-winning “Everything Happens” podcast. An associate professor of American religious history at Duke University, Bowler studies the cultural stories we tell ourselves about success, suffering and whether (or not) we’re capable of change. She is also the author of “Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel” and “The Preacher’s Wife: The Precarious Power of Evangelical Women Celebrities.” After a diagnosis of Stage IV cancer at age 35, she penned the memoir, “Everything Happens for a Reason (and Other Lies I’ve Loved)” and “No Cure For Being Human (and Other Truths I Need to Hear).” Bowler has also co-written, with Jessica Richie, “Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection” and “The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days.” Bowler’s most recent book is “Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day! Daily Meditations for the Ups, Downs & In-Betweens.”
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