#BLESSED. It’s a story our culture likes to tell. We like to believe that there are no setbacks, just setups. We pretend that tragedies are simply tests of character. We look for the special formula that exempts us from suffering. #blessed imagines that we deserve it somehow, that we were in the right place and right time. But, so often life just happens TO us. In reality, blessing is something closer to love, not luck. | Kate Bowler
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#BLESSED. It’s a story our culture likes to tell. We like to believe that there are no setbacks, just set ups. We pretend that tragedies are simply tests of character. We look for the special formula that exempts us from suffering. As a historian, I study how #blessed became an American phenomenon. We see it everywhere. License plates, bumper stickers, Christmas cards, #blessed is the hilariously common tattoo and wall part and hashtag. But #blessed imagines that we deserve it somehow, that we w
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3.6K views · 135 reactions | How should we think about faith, hope, and miracles… when we don’t have the certainty we crave? Steph Catudal grew up as part of the Church of Latter Day Saints, a faith that emphasized that if she prayed hard enough, miracles would happen. But then her dad died when she was 14. Steph is so gorgeous and nuanced on the hard, beautiful truths embedded in faith. Listen to our full conversation here: katebowler.com/podcasts/steph-catudal | Kate Bowler | Facebook
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LENT DAY 40 Blessed are you with your Easter outfit laid out, unsure how everything will be perfectly solved by the morning. But today we say with clear, loud voices: our hearts may ache, but our God lives. | Kate Bowler
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