Get Your Hopes Up: how to celebrate more and beat your fear of disappointment

Jerusha AgenFighting Fear 7 Comments

We had worked for months. We gathered for meetings every two weeks and sometimes every week, staying late into the night as we considered candidates for the open position at our church. Our work was hard, with long hours, sometimes conflict and debate. And, like all committees at churches, it was voluntary. But at last, we found the candidate we …

Lady Jane and the Sting: Facing the Ultimate Danger without Fear

Jerusha AgenFighting Fear 21 Comments

She knew if she told the truth, she would die. She told the truth anyway. And she died. She was only sixteen years old. When I began to read the book, Eight Women of Faith by Michael G. Haykin, I knew little about Lady Jane Grey.  I had a vague sense that she was one of the victims of the …

My Superpower Beats All: How to Defeat Fear Like a Superhero

Jerusha AgenFighting Fear 13 Comments

Terror wracks the city. Cars fly through the air, windows of buildings shatter, skyscrapers tumble, streets are smashed to rubble. People scream. They run for their lives, darting into buildings that offer them little shelter, cowering as they wait for death. The supervillain has come. Fear is his greatest weapon. You know this moment in the superhero movies. Some huge, …