What Are You Missing?
Peter Scazzero learned the hard way: you can't be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature. Even though he was pastor of a growing church, he did what most people do:
- avoid conflict in the name of Christianity
- ignore his anger, sadness, and fear
- use God to run from God
- live without boundaries
Eventually God awakened him to a biblical integration of emotional health, a relationship with Jesus, and the classic practices of contemplative spirituality. It created nothing short of a spiritual revolution, utterly transforming him and his church.
In this book Scazzero outlines his journey and the signs of emotionally unhealthy spirituality. Then he provides seven biblical, reality-tested ways to break through to the revolutionary life Christ meant for you. "The combination of emotional health and contemplative spirituality," he says, "unleashes the Holy Spirit inside us so that we might experientially know the power of an authentic life in Christ."
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One:
The Problem of Emotionally Unhealthy Spirituality
Chapter 1
Recognizing Tip-of-the-Iceberg Spirituality
Something Is Desperately Wrong
Chapter 2
The Top Ten Symptoms of Emotionally Unhealthy Spirituality
Diagnosing the Problem
Chapter 3
The Radical Antidote: Emotional Health and Contemplative Spirituality
Bringing Transformation to the Deep Places
Part Two:
The Pathway to Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
Chapter 4
Know Yourself That You May Know God
Becoming Your Authentic Self
Chapter 5
Going Back in Order to Go Forward
Breaking the Power of the Past
Chapter 6
Journey Through the Wall
Letting Go of Power and Control
Chapter 7
Enlarge Your Soul Through Grief and Loss
Surrendering to Your Limits
Chapter 8
Discover the Rhythms of the Daily Office and Sabbath
Stopping to Breathe the Air of Eternity
Chapter 9
Grow into an Emotionally Mature Adult
Learning New Skills to Love Well
Chapter 10
Go the Next Step to Develop a "Rule of Life"
Loving Christ Above All Else
Appendix A: The Prayer of Examen
Appendix B: The Daily Office
Notes
About The Author
