Everything Happens For A Reason: And Other Lies... 〈EXCLUSIVE〉

A central message is that life is simultaneously "so beautiful and so hard". Joy and sorrow can coexist without one needing to solve the other.

She critiques the "can-do" spirit of the prosperity gospel, which suggests that if you cannot "fix" your misfortune, you have failed spiritually. Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies...

The book explores the reality that we are all terminal and that our lives are not "problems to be solved". Chapter-by-Chapter Overview Book Club: Everything Happens for a Reason, Chapter One A central message is that life is simultaneously

Bowler argues this phrase is often a "lie" used to make observers feel safe, implying that tragedy can be explained away. Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies...