Do you, like so many of us, see anxiety as an incentive to perform? Or a proof of how much you care? Or is anxiety simply an unwelcome shadow over your days, bringing with it clenched teeth and an upset stomach?Anxiety leads us to succumb to fear and fight peace. Anxious living is a distortion of good motives, blocking the clarity of stillness and rest.Alan Fadling has also felt mastered by worry, but he brings counsel on how to learn a better way and who to look to for it: Jesus, "the ultimate non-anxious presence." He constructs a posture from which we can rest more deeply, live more fully, and lead better. Fixing our minds on grace and eternity, we can begin to see the benefit of loosening our grip and operating from a sure foundation. Join Alan in releasing anxiety and taking up authentic love in A Non-Anxious Life.

Alan Fadling (MDiv, Fuller Theological Seminary) is president and founder of Unhurried Living in Mission Viejo, California, inspiring people to rest deeper, live fuller, and lead better. He speaks and consults internationally with organizations such as Saddleback Church, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Cru, Halftime Institute, Apprentice Institute, and Open Doors International.He is the award-winning author of An Unhurried Leader and An Unhurried Life, which was honored with a Christianity Today Award of Merit in spirituality. He is also coauthor (with Gem Fadling) of What Does Your Soul Love? His most recent book is A Year of Slowing Down. Fadling is a trained spiritual director, and he lives in Mission Viejo, California, with his wife, Gem.

1. Becoming a Master of Anxiety
2. Anxiety Isn't for the Birds
3. Students Become Mentors
4. Gracious Fullness
5. Practicing Presence
6. Simple Virtues
7. Unexpected Paths to Peace
8. A Buoyant Life
9. Confronting the Giant
10. Peace in Troubling Times
11. Embodied Peace
12. Rhythms of Peace
13. Non-Anxious Work
14. Becoming a Master of Peace
Acknowledgments
Appendix A: A Non-Anxious Prayer
Appendix B: Group Guide
Notes