
Christian Science Sentinel, Nov. 12, 2007
Recently, Sentinel staff editor JENNY ROEMER spoke with ELLEN HAMMOND, MATT LAWRENCE, and LAURA FORBES’ three employees (all in their 20s) who work at The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston. They talked about handling stress in their lives.
Jenny Roemer: We’re here today discussing how to handle pressure and stress through prayer. Let’s start off by talking about where we’re seeing stress and pressure crop up.
Laura Forbes: Especially being in our 20s, there are pressures out there about where we’re supposed to be in our lives, and what success means. I think there’s a lot of pressure on us these days to really have it all together. Society tells you that you should have a great place to live, a great career and maybe be looking for a wife or husband, thinking about kids, and getting your finances in order. And that can sometimes seem overwhelming when you look at your life and think, Do I really have any of those things in the way the world says I should?
Matt Lawrence: That’s really interesting, Laura, because I feel that same stress. But as someone who is young and married, I also feel a different kind of pressure from my peers the pressure not to grow up, not to have kids, but to be young and go out every night and keep up with that lifestyle. It seems that people our age are caught in this middle zone like, “Well, are we going to act 20 years old, or do we need to act 30?”
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