For Feeling Wonder Again Everything Happens with Kate Bowler

    • Society & Culture

Listen on Apple Podcasts
Requires subscription and macOS 11.4 or higher

In moments of dull despair, I pray for wonder. There’s a delightful quote by Diane Ackerman that reads: “Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time.” So instead of trying to reach for some of the biggest positive emotions—Happiness! Joy!—let’s try to get at truth a little sideways by praying for a little fleck of wonder.

In moments of dull despair, I pray for wonder. There’s a delightful quote by Diane Ackerman that reads: “Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time.” So instead of trying to reach for some of the biggest positive emotions—Happiness! Joy!—let’s try to get at truth a little sideways by praying for a little fleck of wonder.

Top Podcasts In Society & Culture

The Interview
The New York Times
Inconceivable Truth
Wavland
Stuff You Should Know
iHeartPodcasts
Soul Boom
Rainn Wilson
Call It What It Is
iHeartPodcasts
This American Life
This American Life

More by Duke University

Everything Happens with Kate Bowler
Everything Happens Studios
Statistics for the Social Sciences
Dr. Brad R. Fulton
NT Pod
Mark Goodacre
Policy 360
Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
Duke Chapel Sermons
Duke Chapel
A Sampling of Black Preachers at Duke Chapel
James Todd