Tag: Anxiety

  • The healing place of Christmas

    Peter Wehner’s piece for Christmas is beautiful. Jesus came through a family full of brokenness and dysfunction. That is significant for each of us and will hopefully move us past the perfect postcard pictures we’re flooded with in this season.

  • Facing the apocalypse

    Anxiety is up. Frustration is high. Anger boils over. AI will take over the world. “I, Robot” was right all along.

  • Anxiety in the age of social media

    Our current era of high anxiety has been fed directly by our addiction to social media. It has given social media hackers and experts all the fuel they need to exploit and manipulate an entire culture in ways we would laugh at a generation or two ago.

  • Saving my life and my ministry

    I don’t mind living a little bit “out there” so people can examine what is going on in my life spiritually and theologically. I don’t mind engaging in hard issues, like racism, immigration, etc. It does get a bit tougher when it comes to very personal matters, but I also know there are people who have the same struggles I…

  • Dealing with anxiety

    This summer has been an increase of pressure in my life. Most certainly know this, and this summer has been one of those time periods for me. Add to that all the craziness in our world and what we have is a toxic mixture of anxiety. 

  • Deliver us from anxiety

    Painful words from Paul that challenge me: Do not be anxious about anything (Phil. 4:6)

  • My hardest struggle

    Over the years I have watched the Lord lead me to so many victories. I have been amazed at the process. This is truly a “long obedience in the same direction,” as Eugene Peterson would put it. Yet, I keep struggling with one basic thing.

  • The blessedness of his presence

    In my reading list, I moved from the end of Romans 8 to the beginning of Psalm 23. 

  • The settled heart leads to powerful action

    Let rejoicing replace anxiety.