We all want our troubles to mean something, to have stature and be validated—but we gain nothing by pitting our woes against another's. Pain should unite us, as fellow sufferers, as fellow humans.
— Kate Bowler (b. 1980), Historikerin, Duke-Professorin, Autorin
Source: Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection
Topics: Suffering & the Question of God, Service & Love of Neighbour, Humility & Pride
Occasions: Comfort, For Reflection
Kate Bowler
Kate Bowler ist eine kanadisch-amerikanische Religionshistorikerin und Professorin für die Geschichte des Christentums an der Duke Divinity School. Bekannt wurde sie durch ihre wissenschaftliche Aufarbeitung des nordamerikanischen Wohlstandsevangeliums sowie ihre theologische Kritik an toxischer Positivität und einfachen Erklärungen für Leid. Für Bibelleser bietet ihr Werk einen ehrlichen Zugang zu menschlicher Endlichkeit, Trauer und Zweifel jenseits oberflächlicher Erfolgsversprechen.
All quotes by Kate Bowler (16)
In our own woundedness, we can become sources of life for others.
Henri Nouwen
Ultimately mourning means facing what wounds us in the presence of One who can heal.
Henri Nouwen
C.S. Lewis
When we are crushed like grapes, we cannot think of the wine we will become.
Henri Nouwen
He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.
Joni Eareckson Tada
Etty Hillesum
God writes straight even on crooked lines.
Paul Claudel
God lets us walk no path that he himself has not walked, and on which he does not go ahead of us.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer