Evangelism in the Age of Despair

The book argues that the pursuit-of-happiness project has been a spectacular failure, leaving people isolated and constantly chasing distractions.

It posits that the church's calling isn't to add happiness but to accompany people into sorrow.

It presents evangelism as consolation rather than conversion, which sounds both obvious and revolutionary.

It dives into why the optimistic 90s crashed into our current age of anxiety.

It considers how social media turned authenticity into competitive rage, and what it might mean for pastors to be professionally human rather than professionally shiny.