Curtis Chang is a public theologian and consulting faculty member of Duke Divinity School and a senior fellow at Fuller Theological Seminary. Curtis has recently written for the New York Times and Christianity Today and has appeared on CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, PBS, and NPR’s All Things Considered. Curtis is also the host of the Good Faith podcast and author of The Anxiety Opportunity.
Anxiety anticipates loss. Loss is unavoidable. But in a hopeful and
personal book, Curtis Chang argues that we are held even in our
loss and anxiety by a God who loves us and who will make all things
new. I was encouraged by Chang's description of prayer, grieving,
and community as holding practices that can replace the avoidance
habits that lock us into anxiety. This book is a practical guide
that is also a witness to grace. Warren Kinghorn, MD, ThD, Duke
University Medical Center and Duke Divinity School
Anxiety is a widespread but not well understood condition. Curtis
Chang, who has struggled with anxiety throughout his life, has
written a book on anxiety that is sophisticated and sensitive,
transparent and vulnerable, practical and faithful. The Anxiety
Opportunity helps readers think about anxiety
differently--constructively and biblically. Curtis has given us a
gift--showing us how a problem can become an opportunity for
spiritual growth. He has written a marvelous and necessary book.
Peter Wehner, senior fellow, The Trinity Forum; contributing
opinion writer, New York Times; contributing writer, The
Atlantic
Perceptive descriptions of anxiety come across powerfully, and
readers will appreciate [Chang's] view that while anxiety can't be
eliminated, it can fuel positive spiritual change. Even the simply
stressed believer will find something to gain. Publishers
Weekly
To be anxious is to be human, for humans have indeed been anxious
for as long as we have been on this earth. Moreover, each
generation must address how it will respond to anxiety. Thanks be
to God, Curtis Chang has not written a prescription for it; rather,
he has opened for us a doorway into it--a doorway that leads to
God, who is in all earnestness waiting for us in the very presence
of our anxiety. Waiting to transform how we imagine it, which will
lead to our becoming more deeply loved and beautifully transformed
into the likeness of Jesus. For all of us who live with urgent
anxiety, I invite you to allow what you hold in your hands to usher
you through that doorway into comfort, confidence, and an
opportunity to create the beauty and goodness that God longs for
you to share with him. Curt Thompson, MD, author of The Deepest
Place, The Soul of Desire, and The Soul of Shame
We are living in an age when anxiety is sweeping us further into a
polarized, rage-filled world to escape the fears we refuse to name.
Curtis Chang is a brilliant and winsome reader of the soul and body
and what every honest human being suffers in anticipation of loss.
His reframing of anxiety as an opportunity to know our own hearts
and even more the kindness of Jesus will bring rest even in the
fear-storms we all face. This tender, theologically vibrant, and
psychologically wise gift is not merely for those who suffer
anxiety; it's for every human being who longs to know more of what
it means to taste joy. Dan B. Allender, PhD, professor of
counseling psychology and founding president, The Seattle School of
Theology and Psychology
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
