A personal journey through grief to find authentic Christian joy amid despair and addiction.
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A personal journey through grief to find authentic Christian joy amid despair and addiction.
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"My vocation was supposed to be joy, and I was speaking at funerals." Shortly after being hired by Yale University to study joy, Angela Gorrell got word that a close family member had died by suicide. Less than a month later, she lost her father to a fatal opioid addiction and her nephew, only twenty-two years old, to sudden cardiac arrest. The theoretical joy she was researching at Yale suddenly felt shallow and distant--completely unattainable in the fog of grief she now found herself in. But ...
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Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content depicted.
Violence & gore
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No violence or gore depicted.
Profanity
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No profanity or strong language depicted.
Substance use
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Central themes of opioid addiction; cautionary portrayal of drug use.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ characters or themes depicted.
Religious content
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Central Christian themes; overt devotional framing and spiritual exploration.
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft depicted.
Occult / demonology
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No real-world occult content depicted.
Political content
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Minor social messaging on community and despair epidemics.
Self-harm / suicide
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Frequent focus on suicide; personal losses and ideation discussed.
Abuse & suffering
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Recurring themes of suffering and grief; addiction-related struggles.
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