Max Lucado: The Church Has Misunderstood Anxiety for Too Long

For a lot of Christians, anxiety comes with an extra layer of shame.We’ve been taught that Philippians 4:6 — “be anxious for nothing” — is a command to stop feeling anxious altogether. If anxiety shows up, the thinking goes, your faith must be lacking.Pastor and author Max Lucado says that’s a misreading of what Paul was actually saying. And he believes it’s one that’s kept many Christians from getting the help they need.“Because of misinterpretation of