Christian Presence in an Anxious Age - Sat. Breakout

By Jake Meador


To hear many Christians talk about our moment is to come away with the idea the chief source of our cultural and social problems is political. As a result, no small number of Christ’s followers dedicate a great deal of their time and mental energy to attempting to win political victories. But this strategy is mostly wrongheaded because the underlying spiritual crisis that produces the political crisis is actually anxiety. When we miss this point, we end up becoming trapped ourselves in the spiritual crisis, adopting our own postures of anxiety in response to the anxiety of others. In this breakout, we’re going to briefly summarize how W. H. Auden, Jody Bottom, Edwin Friedman, and Mark Sayers treat the problem of anxiety before discussing together how Christians can adopt a non-anxious presence within their communities.


Presentation at 11:30am on Saturday, January 14 in St George Cathedral Chapel

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