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