Living a Non-Anxious Life, with Alan Fadling
About this episode
Alan Fadling discusses the possibility of living a non-anxious life in a culture rife with anxiety.
We are a culture well acquainted with anxiety. Recent years have shown it rising dramatically, particularly among Generation Z and Millennials, but affecting all of us. In the Sermon on the Mount, however, Jesus urges us not to be anxious. We wonder: is that actually possible today? Author Alan Fadling joined us for a recent online conversation, where we explored these questions for a live audience: "Maybe Peace, and its friends like Hope and Joy, maybe that's a better engine, maybe that's a better source of energy and motivation than my anxiety ever has been. And if my anxiety is fuel, then it's fuel that burns dirty." This episode is from a conversation from February 2026. You can view the transcript and other resources here . Recommended Trinity Forum Readings: Confessions ; Augustine Brave New World; Aldous Huxley The Long Loneliness; Dorothy Day Wrestling With God; Simone Weil
People in this episode
Guest: Alan Fadling
Topics covered
- anxiety
- faith
- Sermon on the Mount
- peace
- hope
- joy
- mental health
Keywords
- anxiety
- peace
- hope
- joy
- Sermon on the Mount
- mental health
- Generation Z
- Millennials
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Confessions, Brave New World, The Long Loneliness
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