In our culture today, we find ourselves on the “other side” of the most serious pandemic most of us will ever experience. Many who have weathered the illness have said they’ve never felt so ill and depleted before. From high fevers of 104 and above to debilitating fatigue lasting sometimes months afterward, COVID-19 brought us face to face with our own mortality in ways that made us think more deeply about who we are, our time on earth, and how we spend that time. It also created within us, as a people, an existential fear and anxiety that has taken years to begin to dissipate.

In a sense, our culture has suffered from a kind of “feverish” uncertainty –a restlessness of mind and spirit that has caused major upheavals within jobs, homes, churches, and relationships. When you feel anxious on …