The Best Is Coming: Facing Disappointment and Hardships without Fear

Jerusha Agen Fighting Fear 8 Comments

“It’s okay, Susan. Don’t be disappointed.” I said the words to the crestfallen young woman on my TV screen, as if the movie actress from long ago could hear me. I was rewatching an old favorite of mine, Summer Magic, and I’d reached the moment where Susan, played by the incomparable Hayley Mills, realizes her cousin has won the battle …

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

Jerusha Agen Fighting 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 …