Maybe that “thing” that keeps you from belonging is what helps you belong. It’s the spice you add to the mix, the uniquely you thing that blends with other people’s uniqueness.

Stress and anxiety may seem like modern inventions, but these feelings are as old as time. The season of Lent invites Christians into reflection on our anxiety, and offers examples of how Jesus managed stress.

Anxiety swirls when we are centered on false hopes of security and ease. Sometimes we don’t notice our expectation that life will be easy, and then we are thrown when it is not.