Two books by Peter Scazzero have recently captured my attention. The Emotionally Healthy Church was highly recommended to me, and for good reason. Pete’s story was, in many ways, similar to mine. The sequel, Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, is even better and more practical. My wife and I are have challenged, encouraged, and helped by both books.

As Bill Hybels said years ago at a conference, we must all regularly check our gauges. The physical gauge is usually easy to check (e.g. are you staring at the ceiling of an ambulance, finding it difficult to see your toes, or spending more time consuming medicine than food?). The spiritual gauge is fairly simple, too. Relationships usually speak for themselves, and our checkbook balance can usually clue us in to our financial status. The emotional gauge is often overlooked or ignored, masked by busyness, denial, or religion.

Scazzero says that you cannot be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature. Do you

- avoid conflict in the name of Christianity (or any other name!)?
- ignore anger, sadness and fear?
- use God to run from God?
- die to the wrong things?
- live without boundaries?

Check out Pete’s website for more. Let me know what you think.

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