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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