Depression can kill you. It can also be a spiritually enriching experience. It's really an important part of … - Krista Tippett

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Science is definitely part of America's infrastructure, the engine of prosperity. And yet science is given almost no visibility in the media.

Krista Tippett

Depression can kill you. It can also be a spiritually enriching experience. It's really an important part of my theology now and my spirituality that life is not perfect, and I grew up wanting it to be and thinking that if it wasn't, I could make it that way, and I had to acknowledge that I had all kinds of flaws and sadnesses and problems.

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