learning my lines. . .
Anxious? . . .
By Walt Mueller, Posted 2/8/2010
Over the course of the last several weeks I've been thinking lots about anxiety. I'd like to tell you that my thoughts have been prompted only by the growing parade of people I meet in my travels who confess deep worry in relation to their current experience of life's circumstances. Because of what I've been called to do with my life, most of these people confess worries related to current culture and their kids. I've run into an abundance of that lately, especially when talking to groups about youth culture. Lots of deeply hurting people. But it's not just them. As I've gotten older, I have to confess to a personal bent towards anxiety. It's a battle...
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