It's Not You It's Everything

<p>If we can agree on anything it's that we are not okay. Our culture is reeling from the ravages of a global pandemic a precipitous rise in depression and anxiety suffocating debt white supremacy hypercapitalism and a virulent political animus--to name a few.</p><p>But what if it's not us? What if it's . . . well everything? What if trying to conform to a sick culture is actually making us sick?</p><p><i>It's Not You It's Everything</i> is a timely and incisive inquiry into the anxious pursuit of happiness at all costs. Psychotherapist and former pastor Eric Minton claims that the pernicious melding of capitalism and Christianity means a world of competition perfection and scarcity disguised as self-help and self-care. Rather than shaming silencing or medicating away our disappointment at not having obtained the happiness we were promised however Minton posits a radical alternative. In an impertinent droll yet pastoral voice Minton suggests that our not-okayness will require rethinking everything we thought we knew about God depression the economy culture education technology and happiness.</p><p>Our angst--and that of our children and teenagers--is telling us the truth about the kind of world we've created. By naming all the ways we're not okay we move away from fear and shame and toward love and trust and trustworthiness. We'll need nothing less than hip-hop Mr. Rogers liberation theology and Jesus to get us there. But on the other side of our pain is a radical okayness that might just set us free.</p>