like a fire

This may be my new favorite book. Built off of the premise that you can’t be spiritually health unless you are emotionally healthy, this book makes a case for the inclusion of emotions in our spiritual lives, as well as our thoughts.

The tag-line A Strategy for Discipleship that Actually Changes Lives is exactly what I have been seeing in my own experiences over the past ten years. Most of what actually changes lives is what hits the heart as well as the head, instead of just the head. Sadly, most of the views of discipleship that I see only target the head as if correct thinking will equate correct being.

This book is also an indictment on pastors who are theological giants, or just advanced, but who are also emotional babes. They have an emotional health test that was very revealing (read convicting) for me. I have seen that in areas I am an emotional infant. Wow, I’m really excited though. Now I can see some of the things that drive me into really unhealthy relationships.

If you work for a church, with a church or just want to mature a bit emotionally, I would highly recommend this book.