Comment on Change Your Brain through Silence and the Daily Office by meskerem tadese
i loved the teachings.thanks …read more
i loved the teachings.thanks …read more
How wonderfully said. It explains simply how God’s grace shapes and molds us IF we would just let Him. Our duty as a child of God is to step self aside and make God our pilot in EVERY aspect of our lives. Our God is an awesome God. …read more
Thank you Pete and Rich for the Podcast. Having started the journey of emotionally healthy spirituality last year, I can clearly see how It has allowed the Holy Spirit to do His ministry in my life, as a result, having a more robust relationship with God, the Father. My prayer for “The Emotionally Healthy Leader” book is that God cause ALL church leaders to get a copy and truly get the message. Thank you Pete for such a wonderful dimension to christian spirituality/ maturity. …read more
Being an emotionally unhealthy leader is not an all-or-nothing condition; it operates on a continuum that ranges from mild to severe, and may change from one season of life and ministry to the next. The following is a one of the assessments I developed for the upcoming Emotionally Healthy Leader (Zondervan, 2015) book I have been writing for the last year and a half. Use the list of statements that follow to get an idea of where you’re at right now. Next to each statement, write down the number that best describes your response. Use the following scale: 5 = Always true of me 4 = Frequently true of me 3 = Occasionally true of me 2 = Rarely true of me 1 = Never true of me _____ 1. I take sufficient time to experience and process difficult emotions such as anger, fear, and sadness. _____ 2. I am able. Read more.
In this month’s conversation between Rich Villodas and Pete Scazzero they discuss Pete’s upcoming book Emotionally Healthy Leader. Pete shares the 4 Characteristics of Emotionally UnHealthy Leaders and the 4 Destructive Commandments of Contemporary Church Culture. Click play below to watch the video and get ready to take notes as you watch this deeply challenging conversation between Rich and Pete. To download or subscribe to the podcast go iTunes.
In our current hurried, multi-tasking culture, an increasingly large numbers of Christ-followers are not spending time to cultivate their personal relationship with Jesus. They are Christians but are stuck, living on a spiritual auto-pilot. I am teaching the EHS Course at New Life this Fall to about 130 people. It has been an eye-opening experience for me to dig deeply into people’s spiritual practices around spending time with God, and calling them to an intentional rhythm with God integrating silence and the Daily Office (through the Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Day by Day book). Not surprisingly, silence is the greatest challenge for most people along with the cultivation of a rhythm of stopping to be with God. My stopping to be with God four times a day is indispensable for my life. (In a future blog I will describe my rhythms). Let me invite you to watch this 3-4 minute introduction on the Daily Office and. Read more.