The diagnosis itself led you to kind of examine what lies you had believed up until that point am. And it did really become both like a source of tremendous pain, but also like a real feellik all. For me it was, ah, how how much, how much truly is in our control? Like, what kind of account of agency are we allowed to give in a moment where, like, all odds our against you?
Kate Bowler certainly thought so, until her entire belief system was thrown into question when she was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer at age 35.
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