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The Good with a Hamster Running in the O / Illustration: Evan Rosa

By Miroslav Volf

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"Chicago in Flames: Scene at Randolph Street Bridge", Currier & Ives, Lithograph (hand-colored), ca. 1872-1874

Asvaghosa on Renunciation

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A Death Worth Dying

By Alexa Rollow

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"The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy)", Vincent van Gogh, 1889, Oil on Fabric, Dutch

Alice Walker on Responsibility to the Natural World

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Gao Qifeng and Zhang Kunyi, "Fishes in the Spring Pond", 1931, ink and color on paper, hanging scroll / Zhang Kunyi, "Growling Bear", 1944, ink and color on paper, hanging scroll

Mencius on Desire and Choosing Our Priorities

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red lines swirling and intersecting

Rabbi Shai Held on a Life Worth Living

By Rabbi Shai Held

By Rabbi Shai Held with Miroslav Volf

“Vienna Genesis”, 6th century, Manuscript (Codex Vindobonensis theol. graec. 31), 333 x 270 mm, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna

Judaism Is About Love

By Rabbi Shai Held

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A person stands by a tree beneath an orange moon.

The Subhā Therīgāthā & Joyful Equanimity

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By Life Worth Living Team

Beethoven in the clouds, with extra hair

Can Music Teach Us How to Live?

By Daniel Chua

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People frolic on the grass and in a tree by the seaside. Francesco Paolo Michetti, "Springtime and Love", 1878.

Nietzsche on Saying Yes to Joy

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Quote, Question, Context

This series of articles highlights various perspectives on life's biggest questions. Our responses to these questions are meant to form a coherent whole—a vision of life worth living. A response to one question will fit well with certain responses to other questions, but it will be incompatible with others. We've provided the "Pairs Well With" and "Pairs Poorly With" sections for this article to help you consider these questions of coherence.

Kelly Corrigan Wonders: Life Worth Living Book Club

Welcome to the Kelly Corrigan Wonders Life Worth Living Book Club. This five-part podcast series aired in June 2023 and features Claire Danes, Kate Bowler, and Kelly Corrigan in reading through Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most. The series starts with an introduction to the text by Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, and Ryan McAnnally-Linz, and is followed by extended discussion between, Kelly, Kate, and Claire. Special thanks to the Warren Smoot Carter III and Meagan Carter Charitable Fund.

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Cover of Life Worth Living book – A guide to what matters most by Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun, and Ryan McAnnally-Linz