Kate Bowler is joined by Nadia Bolz-Weber and Sarah Bessey for an honest, funny, and deeply tender conversation about what it means to be people of faith right now. When the world feels overwhelming—personally and globally—they explore small acts of love, embodied community, and “cozy faith” as resistance to despair. From knitting circles and prayer shawls to church, doubt, and the stubborn choice to keep loving the world, this episode is about finding hope in ordinary, human ways.

SHOW NOTES


Tour dates & tickets: katebowler.com/joyfulanyway


Watch the live conversation on YouTube


Nadia Bolz-Weber


Sarah Bessey 


Evolving Faith Conference & Community


Sacred Harp singing


Braving the Truth by Rachel Held Evans (edited by Sarah Bessey)


Books by Nadia Bolz-Weber — Pastrix, Accidental Saints, Shameless


Books by Sarah Bessey — Field Notes for the Wilderness, A Rhythm of Prayer, Jesus Feminist 

Kate Bowler is joined by Nadia Bolz-Weber and Sarah Bessey for an honest, funny, and deeply tender conversation about what it means to be people of faith right now. When the world feels overwhelming&mdash;personally and globally&mdash;they explore small acts of love, embodied community, and &ldquo;cozy faith&rdquo; as resistance to despair. From knitting circles and prayer shawls to church, doubt, and the stubborn choice to keep loving the world, this episode is about finding hope in ordinary, human ways.
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SHOW NOTES
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Tour dates &amp; tickets:<a href="https://katebowler.com/books/joyfulanyway/">&nbsp;katebowler.com/joyfulanyway</a>
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Watch the live conversation on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@katecbowler">YouTube</a>
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<a href="https://nadiabolzweber.com">Nadia Bolz-Weber</a>
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<a href="https://www.sarahbessey.com">Sarah Bessey&nbsp;</a>
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<a href="https://www.evolvingfaith.com">Evolving Faith Conference &amp; Community</a>
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<a href="https://fasola.org/singings/">Sacred Harp singing</a>
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<a href="https://www.sarahbessey.com/books/braving-the-truth">Braving the Truth by Rachel Held Evans (edited by Sarah Bessey)</a>
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Books by Nadia Bolz-Weber &mdash; <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/pastrix-the-cranky-beautiful-faith-of-a-sinner-saint-nadia-bolz-weber/90ecb864747637c7?ean=9781546012443&amp;amp;next=t">Pastrix</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/accidental-saints-finding-god-in-all-the-wrong-people-nadia-bolz-weber/77b65f079063c47b?ean=9781601427564&amp;amp;next=t">Accidental Saints</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/shameless-a-sexual-reformation-nadia-bolz-weber/4cd04fa8f16d16c7?ean=9781601427595&amp;amp;next=t">Shameless</a>
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Books by Sarah Bessey &mdash; <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/field-notes-for-the-wilderness-practices-for-an-evolving-faith-sarah-bessey/6c7cbae61b0766cb?ean=9780593593677&amp;amp;next=t">Field Notes for the Wilderness</a>, <a href="https://www.sarahbessey.com/books/rhythm-of-prayer">A Rhythm of Prayer</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/jesus-feminist-an-invitation-to-revisit-the-bible-s-view-of-women-sarah-bessey/e03b026763c2b3d9?ean=9781476717258&amp;next=t">Jesus Feminist&nbsp;</a>
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Are you living your best life now? Not always? This is a podcast for you. Duke Professor Kate Bowler is an expert in the stories we tell about success and failure, suffering and happiness. She had Stage IV cancer. Then she didn’t. And since then, all she wants to do is talk to funny and wise people about how to live with the knowledge that, well, everything happens.  Find her online at @katecbowler.

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Are you living your best life now? Not always? This is a podcast for you. Duke Professor Kate Bowler is an expert in the stories we tell about success and failure, suffering and happiness. She had Stage IV cancer. Then she didn’t. And since then, all she wants to do is talk to funny and wise people about how to live with the knowledge that, well, everything happens.  Find her online at @katecbowler.
Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media <a href="https://lemonadamedia.com/" data-stringify-link="https://lemonadamedia.com/" data-sk="tooltip_parent">https://lemonadamedia.com/</a>

Honest conversation about life's less-shiny moments.