In his book, Why Liberalism Failed, Patrick Deneen noted that many societies that advanced around individual rights and freedom from religious constraints ended up with less happy people. He famously writes, \u201cAmong the greatest challenges facing humanity is the ability to survive progress.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Andrew Sullivan, in an article entitled \u201cThe World Is better Than Ever: Why Are We Miserable?\u201d adds: ‘As we have slowly and surely attained more progress, we have lost something that undergirds all of it: meaning, cohesion, and a different, deeper kind of happiness than the satiation of all our earthly needs.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n
–From a December 14, 2025 sermon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In his book, Why Liberalism Failed, Patrick Deneen noted that many societies that advanced around individual rights and freedom from religious constraints ended up with less happy people. He famously writes, \u201cAmong the greatest challenges facing humanity is the ability…<\/span><\/p>\n