Audio Article: Self-Creation Is Exhausting. Here’s Where to Find Rest.
From TGC Podcast by The Gospel Coalition
June 9, 2026 · 17 min · Episode 436
About this episode
The episode discusses the fragility of performance culture and offers insights from Psalm 8 on finding rest from the achievement treadmill.
Performance culture is fragile and unsatisfying. But Psalm 8 provides a way off the achievement treadmill.
Topics covered
- performance culture
- achievement treadmill
- rest
- spirituality
- Christianity
Keywords
- performance culture
- Psalm 8
- rest
- achievement
- spirituality
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Psalm 8
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