A01=Sara Billups
anxious
Author_Sara Billups
Bible
Biblical
body
breathe
breathing
Category=QRMP
Category=QRVS2
Category=QRVX
Category=VFJP
Christian
Christianity
daily
Debra Fileta
eq_bestseller
eq_health-lifestyle
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_new_release
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
fear
finding joy
habits
handbook
Kate Bowler
let go
letting
meditation
mental health
mind
mindset
panic attack
peace
peaceful
practices
pray
prayer
psychology
release
Religious
rest
rhythm
Russell Moore
Scripture
settle
soul care
soul keeping
spirit
Spiritual
Tyler Stanton
wellness
women
workbook
worry
Product details
- ISBN 9781540904218
- Weight: 268g
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 09 Dec 2025
- Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
An Honest Search for Personal and Collective Peace in Our Anxious Times
· Discover how to live well in a culture permeated with fear, worry, and anxiety
· Develop doable daily practices to promote peace both for yourself and in community
· Learn to face anxiety head-on rather than merely coping and compartmentalizing
Every era has its challenges, but ours seem to be majoring in anxiety. Bombarded (via screens) by constant global conflicts, rancorous politics, and church scandals, today we endure seemingly endless external stressors. The reasons are easy to find--division in politics and the pews, caring for kids or aging parents, and the rapid impact of social media on our psyches, to name a few. While exploring these origins may hold some benefit, Sara Billups is concerned with right now: How do we live well in the presence of pervasive personal and collective anxiety?
The dissonance between Jesus saying "Do not worry" and her heart's inability to stop worrying led Sara to seek out spiritual rhythms and practices that create a holistic, holy response to the anxiety brimming in our bodies, our churches, and our society.
Nervous Systems offers helpful, doable daily practices for anxiety in the large and small trials in our lives. This collection of personal and cultural observations invites us to let go in the presence of our anxiety. Join Sara in learning how, with God's help, to face anxiety head-on rather than trying to pray it away or, worse, grin and bear it.
· Discover how to live well in a culture permeated with fear, worry, and anxiety
· Develop doable daily practices to promote peace both for yourself and in community
· Learn to face anxiety head-on rather than merely coping and compartmentalizing
Every era has its challenges, but ours seem to be majoring in anxiety. Bombarded (via screens) by constant global conflicts, rancorous politics, and church scandals, today we endure seemingly endless external stressors. The reasons are easy to find--division in politics and the pews, caring for kids or aging parents, and the rapid impact of social media on our psyches, to name a few. While exploring these origins may hold some benefit, Sara Billups is concerned with right now: How do we live well in the presence of pervasive personal and collective anxiety?
The dissonance between Jesus saying "Do not worry" and her heart's inability to stop worrying led Sara to seek out spiritual rhythms and practices that create a holistic, holy response to the anxiety brimming in our bodies, our churches, and our society.
Nervous Systems offers helpful, doable daily practices for anxiety in the large and small trials in our lives. This collection of personal and cultural observations invites us to let go in the presence of our anxiety. Join Sara in learning how, with God's help, to face anxiety head-on rather than trying to pray it away or, worse, grin and bear it.
Sara Billups is a writer and cultural commentator with bylines in publications including The New York Times and Christianity Today. Sara completed a Doctor of Ministry in the Sacred Art of Writing at the Peterson Center for the Christian Imagination at Western Theological Seminary. Sara writes Bitter Scroll on Substack and cohosts the podcast That's the Spirit. She lives in Seattle.
