Theologian Joshua Chatraw explores why our contemporary ways of life have left us restless and confused—and reconsiders how Jesus invites us to a better way.

Something feels off. Despite unprecedented prosperity, opportunity, and technological progress, a quiet despair has settled over modern life. Anxiety and loneliness are at crisis levels, and the scripts we've been handed about control, achievement, happiness, and goodness have come up short on their promises.

In The Question of Our Lives, companion to the award-winning Telling a Better Story, Josh Chatraw diagnoses our cultural patterns of living and explains how the claims of Jesus reorient us to the big human questions:

• The Question of God
• The Question of How to Live

The earliest Christians surprised the ancient world with a single answer to both: Jesus. In a world of competing gods and visions of flourishing, this small movement known as the Way gave this shocking answer and then changed history by living it out.

This book brings that story into the modern moment, exploring four common scripts that shape our lives: the pursuit of control, achievement, happiness, and goodness. Though each is a key feature of a flourishing life, the ways we are chasing these ideals have failed us.

Drawing on Scripture, Christian tradition, and insightful cultural analysis, Chatraw shows how Jesus still surprises us today, inviting readers into a richer vision of the good life that reorients how we attend to the world and reshapes everyday life. For seekers, skeptics, and Christians longing for a more compelling faith, The Question of Our Lives is an invitation to explore how the answer of Jesus actually works.