Naming the Storm: Anxiety

A Christian Perspective on Anxiety, Worry, and Fear

This peice was originally edited & recited at Awaken Chicago Church in Chicago, Illinois on November 7th, 2021.

Being from Miami, Florida I am no stranger to hurricane season. The season typically starts off with tropical storms that ramp up in severity and are then renamed and re-characterized as a category hurricane. When news spreads that a Hurricane is coming back home, we begin to prepare.

I can remember my family preparing for Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Shuttering up windows…