Kate Bowler https://katebowler.com/ Historian,  Author,  Human Fri, 17 Dec 2021 17:03:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://katebowler.com/encouragement-for-a-new-year-same-you/ https://katebowler.com/encouragement-for-a-new-year-same-you/#comments Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:27:49 +0000 https://katebowler.com/?p=10432 New Years is wrought with great plans. Plans to eat different. Act different. Save different. Be different. We want to believe that at the precipice of a new year we can become new versions of ourselves. We hope to change! Really! We do. But, then a few weeks in, we’re back. In the same routines. Same […]

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]]> https://katebowler.com/encouragement-for-a-new-year-same-you/feed/ 2 The Power of Unconditional Love https://katebowler.com/the-power-of-unconditional-love/ https://katebowler.com/the-power-of-unconditional-love/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2020 14:38:38 +0000 https://katebowler.com/?p=4838 Sometimes what happens to you is not fair. It’s not fair that you got that diagnosis or that your mom isn’t here to show you the ropes or the insurance company refuses to cover that particular medicine you really need or you’re stuck between the impossible decision about whether or not to send your kid […]

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]]> https://katebowler.com/the-power-of-unconditional-love/feed/ 7 A Rhythm for an Uncertain Week https://katebowler.com/rhythms-for-uncertain-weeks/ https://katebowler.com/rhythms-for-uncertain-weeks/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2020 20:06:30 +0000 https://katebowler.com/?p=4523 So it’s Saturday. WHO KNEW?! And Toban is using the power washer (classic mennonite stress-cleaning) and Zach is in a tree holding a bucket that, when last I checked, had a snake and a skink in it. Who he claims “are friends and knew each other already.” Great, great. Not entirely clear what garden snakes […]

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]]> https://katebowler.com/rhythms-for-uncertain-weeks/feed/ 28 No Reason Whatsoever https://katebowler.com/no-reason-whatsoever/ https://katebowler.com/no-reason-whatsoever/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://katebowler.com/?p=4471 Fear is a terrible friend. Keeps us up at night. Seems to call at weird times. Doesn’t care if we are too busy or too sad. Prevents us from making any good decisions during the day. CONSTANTLY TALKS OVER US. What if? Have you heard? What about? Did you read this article? When we are […]

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]]> https://katebowler.com/no-reason-whatsoever/feed/ 16 Gondola Prayers https://katebowler.com/gondola-prayers/ https://katebowler.com/gondola-prayers/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2020 00:33:09 +0000 https://katebowler.com/?p=4436 When I was 5-years-old our family went on one of those gondolas up a mountain in British Columbia, Canada, and just as our cable car suspended over the deepest part of the valley below, it stopped moving. It swayed at first, and then all went still. Nobody spoke. Except for a little voice, (and yes […]

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]]> https://katebowler.com/gondola-prayers/feed/ 27 God is on the Losing Team https://katebowler.com/god-is-on-the-losing-team/ https://katebowler.com/god-is-on-the-losing-team/#comments Tue, 25 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://katebowler.com/?p=4329 When I was five, I played the cello for the first time in a music festival. Music festival is a strong word for the experience I had. Yes, there were lots of players and pieces and judges and carrying music stands on and off stages. But as far as I was concerned, there were only […]

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]]> https://katebowler.com/god-is-on-the-losing-team/feed/ 8 When You’re Not Feeling Very #Blessed https://katebowler.com/the-cure-for-sorrow/ https://katebowler.com/the-cure-for-sorrow/#comments Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:00:49 +0000 https://katebowler.com/?p=4305   We don’t live in a culture of blessing. We live in a culture of #blessed. #Blessed is attached to anything from a birth announcement to a new boyfriend, a rental car upgrade to barely there bikini shots. But all it ends up being is a popularity contest where even the best of us can fall […]

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]]> https://katebowler.com/the-cure-for-sorrow/feed/ 8 The Burden of Love https://katebowler.com/the-burden-of-love/ https://katebowler.com/the-burden-of-love/#comments Tue, 28 Jan 2020 03:03:10 +0000 https://katebowler.com/?p=4265 Do you sometimes find yourself looking at something made of letters and thinking, Hey! I’m not illiterate. I love using my eyes! Well do I have a treat for you. Every month we read a book together as a community and I wanted to introduce you to this month’s pick which is a classic.   The […]

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]]> https://katebowler.com/the-burden-of-love/feed/ 17 Falling Far From The Tree https://katebowler.com/falling-far-from-the-tree/ https://katebowler.com/falling-far-from-the-tree/#comments Tue, 06 Aug 2019 03:31:49 +0000 https://katebowler.com/?p=3982 “The apple never falls far from the tree.” So the saying goes as a way of explaining why children most often resemble their parents. It is usually people’s response when they learn I am a historian just as my father is a historian or that my son’s tongue spends 90% of its time outside of […]

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]]> https://katebowler.com/falling-far-from-the-tree/feed/ 2 When Self-Help Hurts https://katebowler.com/when-self-help-hurts/ https://katebowler.com/when-self-help-hurts/#comments Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:38:09 +0000 https://katebowler.com/?p=3865 Most self-help books are quite confident about offering us advice on how to live our best life now by losing weight, gaining confidence, dealing with family issues, or hustling our businesses. Their remedies are “quick,” “never fail,” “bite-sized,” and “sassy. “Be a badass”, says one, “make some d*mn money already.” “Wake up to the miracle […]

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