Not My Circus

Resist cultural pressure without retreating from cultural engagement.

Social media rewards outrage and punishes nuance. Algorithms decide what you see and who you hear. Mob culture stands ready to silence anyone who steps out of line. And the pressure to pick a side, and stay there, has never been greater.

No one is immune from conformity bias, including those who follow Jesus. Somewhere along the way, many have traded holy courage for social comfort, spiritual discernment for tribal loyalty, and amazing grace for the same culture of cancellation they claimed to oppose.

In Not My Circus, Mark Batterson draws on Romans 12:2 to show how to engage culture on different terms. Learn to cultivate a non-anxious presence through holy courage, spiritual discernment, and amazing grace, maintaining your witness without taking on others’ anxiety.

A road map to escape the cult of conformity and live for the applause of nail-scarred hands.

"In Not My Circus, Mark Batterson pastors us through a cultural moment and relational challenges with wisdom, kindness, and conviction." ~ Annie F. Downs, author