Leadership in the Age of Anxiety


Saturday, March 1st, 8:30a-12:30p

One of the ubiquitous problems facing leaders of families, businesses, schools and churches is the trouble arising from the twisting of the Christian virtue of compassion into the destructive monster of untethered empathy. This monster wreaks havoc on institutions and healthy families, leaving them unfruitful, ineffective and unhappy. In a society where love has been reduced in many quarters to the promotion of good feelings, Christian leaders in any number of contexts can find themselves stuck between the command to love and the call to lead their families and organizations in faithfulness to what is truly good.

Hosted by Trinity Church Denver • 3011 Vallejo Street, Denver, CO, 80211

[Admission is free.]

Speaker

Dr. Joe Rigney

Dr. Joe Rigney has been working on this problem for the last several years. Building on the work of Murray Bowen and Edwin Freidman, but reframing and correcting their work within the Biblical framework, he has offered helpful guide to thinking clearly and Christianly about these things in his book Emotional Sabotage, his upcoming work The Sin of Empathy: Compassion and its Counterfeits. You can also find his work on these topics in a few articles: (“Empathy, Feminism and the Church”, “Of Empathy and Monsters”,, and The Sin of Empathy Video Interview). He has published a number of other works including The Things of Earth: Treasuring God by Enjoying His Gifts, Live Like a Narnian and Courage: How the Gospel Creates Christian Fortitude. He serves as the Fellows of Theology at New Saint Andrews College as well as Associate Pastor at Christ Church in Moscow, ID. 

Saturday Morning Seminar

  • Morning Seminar from 8:30a - 12:30p at 3011 Vallejo St, Denver, CO, 80211. A light breakfast and coffee will be provided.

*Parking will be available in the lot east of the building and there is also street parking on the surrounding blocks.

Saturday Evening

  • ‘Be a Good Man’ Dinner at 6pm with Dr. Joe Rigney. Meeting again at 3011 Vallejo St, we’ll host an evening for men with BBQ and Joe speaking specifically to issues pertaining to faithful masculinity. 

Sunday Worship

  • Dr. Joe Rigney will preach at Trinity Church Denver (10a at 3011 Vallejo St, Denver)

[Free parking is available for each of these events in the lot on the NE corner of 30th and Vallejo.]

There is no cost for attending Raising Families in the Secular City but we simply ask that you register so that we can make appropriate preparations.

Children are absolutely welcome! Please see RSVP form for details pertaining to bringing your children :