Suffering, Failure, & Forgiveness

"Your life is too important to be guided by anything less than what matters most."

Part 4 of a 5-part book club series on Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most, hosted by Kelly Corrigan. Written by Miroslav Volf, Matt Croasmun, and Ryan McAnnally-Linz, the book is based on a Yale College course that takes up some of the most pressing questions of life, but doesn’t keep the implications, challenges, confusion, perplexity, and demands of those questions at arms length.Both the course and the book invite life-long learners to ask, “For any idea, if that idea were true, how would your life have to change?”

Kelly is joined by Kate Bowler—host of the Everything Happens podcast and Associate Professor of American Religious History at Duke Divinity School—and actress Claire Danes of the Showtime series Homeland and the '90s MTV series My So-Called Life. This series is produced and hosted by Kelly Corrigan and was originally featured on the Kelly Corrigan Wonders podcast and Kate Bowler's Everything Happens podcast. If you’re interested in reading along with Kelly, Kate, and Claire, please visit lifeworthlivingbook.com—where you'll find links to buy the book and a free discussion guide.

Claire Danes and Kate Bowler Book Clubbing with Kelly Part 3

‍Sadly, this is the last conversation with Claire Danes and Kate Bowler about what makes life worth all the trouble, worry and suffering. In this freewheeling ride, we dig into just how inevitable personal ethical failure is and therefore, what does repair require. Like, how good are you at apologizing? Have you really accepted the people you love — as they are — or are you still trying to change them? How do you keep yourself and your choices aligned with your values? Enjoy the honesty. Share widely. We all need to stay in touch with these fundamental questions about how we live.Based on Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most from authors Miroslav Volf, Matthew Croasmun and Ryan McAnnally-Linz. Visit lifeworthliving.com/kelly to  access a study guide to help you work through the book. Special thanks  to the Warren Smoot Carter III and Meagan Carter Charitable Fund.