Anxiety is the fear that our side, whatever side is your side, will lose and will lose grievous things. Many people are even now feeling election anxiety, anxiety about this upcoming election. And so we can't make sense of politics and political anxiety if we don't makesense of its spiritual essence. Until we can reject all of these drugs that politics is giving us as temporary hits to alleviate our fear of loss, until we can, we won't be able to say no to them.
Curtis Chang, the regular host of the Good Faith podcast, takes a turn in the “guest seat” in this special episode in which Nancy French interviews him about his new book, The Anxiety Opportunity: How Worry Is the Doorway to Your Best Self. Curtis, who has suffered from anxiety to the point of losing his job as a senior pastor, offers up hard-earned wisdom that could transform one’s view on parenting, relationships, and even politics. Curtis also talks about the way the church gets anxiety wrong, how Jesus dealt with anxious people, and how grieving is a necessary component of effectively walking through loss.