What happens when a journalist-turned-seminarian finds God in a pile of rotting vegetables?You get Jeff Chu—writer, pastor, and accidental theologian of compost.

In this tender and funny conversation, Jeff and Kate talk about what it means to be changed—by grief, by love, by the kind of calling that makes zero practical sense. They talk about complicated families, appropriate smallness, and what it means to belong to one another in just-because texts, foreign potato chips, and a rice cooker packed in a suitcase. Sometimes resurrection doesn’t look like a clean slate. Sometimes it looks like compost. Hope grows slowly. But oh, it grows.

In this conversation, Kate and Jeff discuss:
Why God’s call often doesn’t add up (and still won’t leave us alone)
The theology of compost: how death, rot, and loss make way for new life
How to live like we are beloved—even when life doesn’t feel that way
Why small, ordinary graces are how we build the world we want



Watch clips from this conversation, read the full transcript, and access discussion questions by clicking here or visiting katebowler.com/podcasts.

Follow Kate on Instagram, Facebook, or X (formerly known as Twitter)—@katecbowler. Links to social pages and more available at linktr.ee/katecbowler.

What happens when a journalist-turned-seminarian finds God in a pile of rotting vegetables? You get Jeff Chu&mdash;writer, pastor, and accidental theologian of compost.
In this tender and funny conversation, Jeff and Kate talk about what it means to be changed&mdash;by grief, by love, by the kind of calling that makes zero practical sense. They talk about complicated families, appropriate smallness, and what it means to belong to one another in just-because texts, foreign potato chips, and a rice cooker packed in a suitcase. Sometimes resurrection doesn&rsquo;t look like a clean slate. Sometimes it looks like compost. Hope grows slowly. But oh, it grows.
In this conversation, Kate and Jeff discuss:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Why God&rsquo;s call often doesn&rsquo;t add up (and still won&rsquo;t leave us alone)</li>
<li aria-level="1">The theology of compost: how death, rot, and loss make way for new life</li>
<li aria-level="1">How to live like we are beloved&mdash;even when life doesn&rsquo;t feel that way</li>
<li aria-level="1">Why small, ordinary graces are how we build the world we want </li>
</ul>
<hr>
Watch clips from this conversation, read the full transcript, and access discussion questions by&nbsp;<a href="https://katebowler.com/podcast/">clicking here</a> or visiting katebowler.com/podcasts.
Follow Kate on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/katecbowler/">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/katecbowler">Facebook</a>, or <a href="https://twitter.com/KatecBowler">X</a> (formerly known as Twitter)&mdash;@katecbowler. Links to social pages and more available at linktr.ee/katecbowler.

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 https://lemonadamedia.com/

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.