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