General Sessions General Session 1: We Are Anxious People (Alasdair Groves)
You are anxious. We all are.
But maybe we are too quick to pass this off as a problem of weak faith or a weak body.
Scripture actually understands that our anxieties are not only feelings, but also a reaction to a world that truly is dangerous and broken.
Based in Psalm 27, this talk will set up a framework for thinking biblically about what anxiety is, how it reveals our hearts, and how it points us to our need for a Savior who redeems not just our emotions, but our fragile, finite lives as well.
General Session 2: God Comes Close to Anxious People (Ed Welch)
There is nothing more important than this: Christ is with us in the uncertainties and troubles of everyday life.
His presence is the response to our anxieties.
But, when fears and anxieties are full on, it is not natural for us to run to Jesus and rest in him.
Perhaps, if we can grow up to become little children, this can change.
General Session 3: Daily Bread: Today's Strength for Anxious People (Ed Welch)
When life feels frantic, someone close to you might say, “Look at me.”
When your thoughts are off somewhere in a future catastrophe, this is a way of inviting you to come back to the present.
Most modern therapies for anxiety do the same thing.
Scripture actually piloted this focus on today, and what God offers is so much better.
You can live out of God’s grace now because he will worry about the future.
General Session 4:
When Bad Things Happen: Confronting Our Fears for the Future (Julie Lowe)
Do you ever find
yourself fretting [조바심내는]
over the potential of tragedy
for the future?
Do you feel like
you are waiting
for the other shoe to drop?
There is a range of anxieties
over the future
that threatens to hold us hostage.
When this occurs,
we are quick
to forget
the goodness and character of our Creator.
We get caught up
in anxious thoughts.
We lose
sight of God’s benefits.
This is a call
to remember the God
who goes before us—
a God
who is good, present, sovereign, and faithful.
General Session 5:
Anxiety and the Body (Mike Emlet) | Outline
Sweaty palms.
Nausea.
Difficulty concentrating.
Rapid heart rate.
Hyperventilation.
We're often very aware
of our bodies
when we are anxious.
That makes sense
because God has created us
not only as spiritual beings,
but also as bodily creatures.
So how should we understand
the experience of anxiety
with respect to our bodies?
Are there times
when the body plays a more central role
in the development of anxiety?
This plenary will explore
somatic aspects of anxiety
and suggest implications [영향, 의미]
for the ways
we can battle anxiety—body and soul.
General Session 6:
Walking with Anxious People
(Julie Lowe & Alasdair Groves) | Slides
We can know a lot
about anxiety
and even make progress
as individuals
in dealing with our anxiety
without becoming a church community
that truly welcomes
and helps those who are anxious.
Led by two of our faculty,
this session will focus
on practical concerns
and practical solutions
for our churches
as we seek to become
both places of refuge and places of faith-building
for all of us,
especially our most anxious brothers and sisters.
General Session 7: Jacob:
God's Unexpected Way
with Our Anxieties (Andrew Nicholls)
In Genesis 32,
Jacob obeys God's command
to leave Laban
and return home.
But his spies report
terrible news.
Esau—his bested rival since before birth—is coming out
While we all know what it’s like to be self-conscious around someone we admire or respect, for others this fear is crippling. From the outside looking in, the answer is simple: stop caring so much what others think and start caring more about what God thinks. However, when someone faces severe social anxiety, these words don’t penetrate the panic or even reflect an understanding of the experience. The person you were trying to help might even feel judged by you, too. So how can we offer help that is neither condemning or dismissive? What words reflect deep compassion and patience? This breakout will outline the multifaceted manifestations of social anxiety disorder as well as faithful biblical formulations for practical help. Facing Anxiety and Fears Over a Loved-One's Struggle with Sexuality (Ellen Dykas) | Outline
A secret sexual addiction is exposed. A loved one comes out as gay, transgender or_____ in the ever-evolving list of identity labels. Even as the voice of our sexualized culture can be noisy and disturbing, the impact is more profound when these issues enter our close relationships. This workshop will help you honestly face your circumstances by looking at them as Scripture does: a form of suffering through which God wants you to draw near to him. Christ has comfort, wisdom, and practical steps of love in response to the anxiety and fear that comes when a loved one's sexual struggles come to the light.
Breakout Session 2 Options Panic, Breathing Well, and Engaging with God (Todd Stryd) | Outline | Slides
The experience of a panic attack is a frightening one. Its lurking presence, threatening to pounce on us at any moment, can slowly unravel our world. How are we supposed to think biblically about this affliction and how do we sift through all the suggested ways to help? Todd Stryd will consider the experience of panic attacks and offer principles that shape how we engage God, and how we can use tools like breathing exercises in the care of those we counsel. The Littlest Victims (Darby Strickland) | Slides
Children who live in homes where domestic violence is present suffer intense stress. They live in fear and with anxiety. The effects are often long lasting. We will focus on Christian families plagued by domestic violence and the damage done to a child’s spiritual and relational formation. We will discuss the short and long terms effects of exposure. You will gain practical tools for how to help children at different developmental stages, as well as adult survivors. Still Nervous about Judgment Day? (Steve Estes)
Grace permeates every Christian book you read—but still you can't shake what Scripture says about Judgment Day. You know you stand justified, the cross is your very life, but before celestial gates open, there looms God's final public evaluation of your life. Perhaps Luke 12:2 haunts your nights: "There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed." Or 2 Corinthians 5:9 unsettles your stomach: "We must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done in the body, whether good or bad." How are you not supposed to be anxious?! This seminar is for Christians feeling the weight of that day. Preparing for the Worst: Helping First Responders and Military Personnel Develop Spiritual Resiliency (Curtis Solomon) | Outline | Slides
In this fallen world, everyone will experience some level of suffering and trauma. However, first-responders and military personnel face a higher risk of repeated exposure to extreme suffering and trauma. For those who have chosen to serve in these heroic professions, is there a way to guard against the damaging effects of this level of exposure? This workshop will demonstrate how engaging with God’s Word can inoculate our hearts against some of the most severe responses to trauma like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The New Anxiety: Fear of Missing Out (F.O.M.O) (Robyn Huck) | Slides
Have you noticed the symptoms? A couple on a date, eyes focused on their phones rather than each other. People who keep notifications on all night, forgoing sleep in order to stay connected. An important conversation interrupted with, “Sorry, I should take this call.” And yet another accident caused by texting while driving. These are just a few of the symptoms of F.O.M.O., the fear of missing out. We are all vulnerable to it, and young people are being shaped by it. Social media and 24/7 connectivity tempt us to comparison and discontent along with the highs and lows of deriving our sense of value from what others say. In this workshop, we’ll identify these tendencies that often result in lack of productivity, anxiety, and depression, and we'll move toward a deeper understanding of God as the Good Shepherd, the one in whom we find the richness of life. Breakout Session 3 Options Trusting after Trauma (Darby Strickland) | Slides
Complex relational trauma creates many wounds. One wound might be the sufferer’s inability to get help and build community. A life story that has been shaped by repetitive and deep betrayal often results in anxiety in forming relationships—especially helping relationships. This workshop will provide concrete ways that we can embody Jesus for those who experience anxiety as we move toward sufferers to help. Dread: Anxiety's First Cousin (Jayne Clark)
Some of us experience dread more than outright anxiety. We feel more of a sense of foreboding rather than nervousness. We are reluctant more than paralyzed. This workshop will dig into the experience of dread, how we react to it, how the Bible speaks to it, and how the Lord moves toward us in the midst of it. Finding Rest in Grace for Anxious Suburban Teenagers (Cameron Cole)
Studies indicate that American suburban teenagers experience higher anxiety levels than their peers who live in areas with high-crime and homicide rates. Due largely to the college admissions race and the over-scheduled lives of these kids, anxiety has become an epidemic. This breakout will look at three things: the anxiety epidemic among suburban teens; the dynamics of shame culture that contribute to it; and how the gospel offers rest and relief to them. Decision Anxiety and the Will of God (Michael Gembola) | Outline
Having the freedom to make big and small choices can be both a blessing and a curse. This session will validate the experience of decision anxiety in the context of modern life pressures, and address problematic assurance-seeking behaviors. We will see trust, risk, faithfulness, and humility as virtues to cultivate to counteract fearful indecision, and engage several key tensions with Christian wisdom: action and rest, safety and risk, planning and flexibility, consultation and independence. We'll seek to cultivate a heart more at rest in the goodness of God and inspired by the opportunity to make decisions in loving relationship with God and others. Anxiety and Relationships: Counseling People Who Struggle with Insecurity and Codependency (Ellen Dykas) | Outline
Since Genesis 3, struggles and messiness in our relationships is the normal human experience. Insecurity and codependency are cousins in the family of broken relationship patterns. We crave and demand that people make us feel okay, valued, and satisfied. Anxiety easily hijacks our hearts when people don't come through and our desires and demands aren't met. This workshop will locate patterns of insecurity and codependency in Scripture and how Christ, our true refuge, enables us to love people more than we need or fear them. Breakout Session 4 Options Engaging Anxiety in Song (Sandra McCracken)
One of God's gifts to help carry us through the troubles of life is music. The Psalms, the songbook of Scripture, have been called "'An Anatomy of all the Parts of the Soul," for it is here where Scripture paints our every emotion in vivid color. But how can we access the music of the Psalms when all we feel is anxiety and distress? How can we sing by faith, even with a trembling heart? This session will consider and practice how to pray the psalms and sing a new song even in times of fear and uncertainty. PTSD: Mending Body and Soul after Trauma (Eamon Wilson) | Slides
Trauma is a destructive force that rends body and soul. While approaches to trauma have become more sophisticated, Christians are often left with resources that address fragments of the person rather than the whole. A more holistic understanding of trauma must include a robust biblical anthropology and Christian worldview, as well as capture the experience of the individual impacted by trauma. This breakout will address how to understand trauma from a biblical worldview that is theologically rich and cognizant of the clinical literature. A Practical Picture of Counseling an Anxious Person (Todd Stryd) | Outline | Slides
Do you know where you want to take someone with anxiety? Do you have a vision for how you will help and what your help will look like? This presentation will provide an overarching framework for how you can think about and practically counsel anxious people. We will supplement this framework through role-play examples (assisted by Laura Andrews). Speaking Directly from Scripture to an Anxious Person (Robyn Huck, Steve Estes & Andrew Nicholls)
An anxious person is standing in front of you. They desire encouragement amidst their anxious thoughts. They want to hear the words of life. Where will you take them? What passages address their very real struggles? In this breakout, Andrew Nicholls, Steve Estes, and Robyn Huck will each present one meaningful passage about anxiety as if they are talking directly to an anxious person. We hope to increase familiarity and access passages about anxiety and actually hear how someone would speak those passages to another person. Q&A to follow. Loving a Prodigal and the Attrition of Anxiety (Dave Harvey)
This session explores the nature of waywardness and why it sparks anxiety in the hearts of those who love someone who has gone astray. In this session we will discuss the experience of shame of those who suffer the indignity of loving someone more than they are loved by that person. We will discover together that the gospel speaks in comprehensive and refreshing ways that can reduce the worry, fretting, and shame that accompanies this form of suffering.
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