THE LIFE WE'RE LOOKING FOR

From the author of The Tech-Wise Family, this is a deeply reflective primer on creating meaningful connections, rebuilding abundant communities, and living in a way that engages our full humanity in an age of unprecedented anxiety and loneliness. His editor describes this a faith-oriented How to Do Nothing.

Our greatest need is to be recognized—to be seen, loved, and embedded in rich relationships with the people around us. But for the last century, we've displaced that need with the ease of technology. We've dreamed of power that doesn't require relationship (what the premodern world called magic) and abundance that doesn't require dependence (what Jesus called Mammon). Yet even before a pandemic disrupted that quest, we felt threatened and strangely out of place: lonely, anxious, bored amidst endless options, oddly disconnected amidst infinite connections.

In THE LIFE WE'RE LOOKING FOR, bestselling author and cultural critic Andy Crouch reveals how we traded lives of rich relationship for a world of impersonal power—and how each of us can fight back. From the generosity of early Christians to the efforts of entrepreneurs working to create more humane technology, Crouch shows how we can restore true community and put people first in a world dominated by money, power, and devices.

Andy Crouch is a widely respected thinker on Christianity and culture. He served as the editor of Christianity Today for five years, he speaks at conferences like Q and Catalyst, and his work and writing have shown up in places like David Brooks' New York Times column and the Wall Street Journal Weekend Review. Andy's last book, The Tech-Wise Family, sold 70,000 copies for Intervarsity Press, and since then he has become a trusted voice for Christians navigating the pressures of modern life.