What does it mean to live alongside people you don’t agree with? And love them anyway? Pádraig Ó Tuama is a poet, theologian, and conflict mediator from Ireland, where belonging has always been complicated and peace is fragile at best. In this conversation, Kate and Pádraig explore what it takes to live together in the midst of disagreement—the beauty, the cost, and the messy, sacred hope of it all.

In this conversation, Kate and Pádraig discuss:


Why peace is exhausting, fragile, and still worth fighting for


The surprising role of curiosity in transforming division


How belonging can comfort us—and cost us

If you liked this episode, check out:


Safiya Sinclair on Rewriting Roots


Nadia Bolz Weber on the Insight of Outsiders


Lanecia Rouse on When Hope Seems Lost

 

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 does it mean to live alongside people you don&rsquo;t agree with? And love them anyway? P&aacute;draig &Oacute; Tuama is a poet, theologian, and conflict mediator from Ireland, where belonging has always been complicated and peace is fragile at best. In this conversation, Kate and P&aacute;draig explore what it takes to live together in the midst of disagreement&mdash;the beauty, the cost, and the messy, sacred hope of it all.
In this conversation, Kate and P&aacute;draig discuss:
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Why peace is exhausting, fragile, and still worth fighting for
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The surprising role of curiosity in transforming division
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How belonging can comfort us&mdash;and cost us
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If you liked this episode, check out:
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<a href="https://katebowler.com/podcasts/rewriting-roots/">Safiya Sinclair on Rewriting Roots</a>
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<a href="https://katebowler.com/podcasts/nadia-bolz-weber-the-insight-of-outsiders-s1e1/">Nadia Bolz Weber on the Insight of Outsiders</a>
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<a href="https://katebowler.com/podcasts/lanecia-rouse-tinsely-when-hope-seems-lost/">Lanecia Rouse on When Hope Seems Lost</a>
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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.

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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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