Ah, summer. The season of sticky popsicles and even stickier expectations. It’s supposed to be the time of rest and freedom, but more-often-than-not, it’s anything but. In this solo episode, Kate shares from her very real, very mosquito-bitten summer, exploring the myth of summer as effortless bliss and what it means to resist our culture’s obsession with doing more, achieving more, and smiling through it all.

Instead, what if we embraced a gentler kind of ambition? Kate reflects on the sacred permission of Sabbath, the theology of rest, and how even our underachieving might be a form of holy resistance.

If you’re feeling overcooked, overwhelmed, or just plain over it—this one’s for you.

Relevant Links:
Sabbath as Resistance by Walter Brueggemann
Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day by Kate Bowler
A Blessing for the Burnt Out, Soul-Drenched, and Sun-Weary

Kate's now on Substack! Read her writing here.

 

Ah, summer. The season of sticky popsicles and even stickier expectations. It&rsquo;s supposed to be the time of rest and freedom, but more-often-than-not, it&rsquo;s anything but. In this solo episode, Kate shares from her very real, very mosquito-bitten summer, exploring the myth of summer as effortless bliss and what it means to resist our culture&rsquo;s obsession with doing more, achieving more, and smiling through it all.
Instead, what if we embraced a gentler kind of ambition? Kate reflects on the sacred permission of Sabbath, the theology of rest, and how even our underachieving might be a form of holy resistance.
If you&rsquo;re feeling overcooked, overwhelmed, or just plain over it&mdash;this one&rsquo;s for you.
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Relevant Links: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/sabbath-as-resistance-new-edition-with-study-guide-walter-brueggemann/12785012">Sabbath as Resistance</a> by Walter Brueggemann <a href="https://katebowler.com/books/have-a-beautiful-terrible-day/">Have a Beautiful, Terrible Day</a> by Kate Bowler <a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-168400973">A Blessing for the Burnt Out, Soul-Drenched, and Sun-Weary</a>
Kate's now on Substack! <a href="https://katebowler.substack.com/">Read her writing here</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.
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