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Angela Williams: The Caring Power of Community

Angela Williams: The Caring Power of Community

FromEverything Happens with Kate Bowler


Angela Williams: The Caring Power of Community

FromEverything Happens with Kate Bowler

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Length:
47 minutes
Released:
Oct 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

How do you sustain a life of service…especially when your job costs you something? Angela Williams has dedicated her life to advocating for others. She joined the military. She became a lawyer. She became a minister. Wait, now she runs one of the largest service organizations in the world, the United Way, as its CEO? Incredible. 
But what’s behind all this is a story about service. About what it takes to stay in the long, slow work of community. You will believe when she says that it’s hard…and it’s good. At the same time. 
In this conversation, Kate and Angela discuss: 

Why we need community now more than ever
The case for interdependence and why it's so important to give up on individualism 
How to sustain a life of service (hint: it has something to do with joy)

CW: cancer, caregiving

Watch clips from this conversation, read the full transcript, and access discussion questions by clicking here.
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Released:
Oct 3, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Life isn't always bright and shiny, as Kate Bowler knows. Kate is a young mother, writer and professor who, at age 35, was suddenly diagnosed with Stage IV cancer. In, warm, insightful, often funny conversations, Kate talks with people about what they've learned in difficult times. Kate teaches at Duke Divinity School and is author of Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I've Loved) and No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear). Find her online at @katecbowler.