Some key quotes....
Pastors can be godly and dysfunctional at the same time.
We prioritize doctrinal instruction and moral development, but we neglect psychological healing.
Why is it that “good” Christians don’t always make very good human beings? They’re faithful to their families, they’re consistent in church attendance, they cut their grass and pay their taxes, and they read their Bibles and pray for the nations. Yet they can also be rigid, self-righteous, xenophobic, racist, sexist, controlling, narrow-minded, emotionally repressed, sexually dysfunctional, bitter, impulsive, and angry.
Our minds and souls are far better integrated than most forms of evangelical spirituality would lead you to believe.
We had to realize there would be no lasting spiritual formation without psychological healing—new neural networks created through kindness, care, and compassion.
Empathy is the essence of interpersonal communion. Being known—not just by other human beings but by God himself—is the key to powerful personal transformation and spiritual formation.
“For now we see in a mirror dimly,” Scripture says, “but then face to face. Now [we] know in part; then [we] shall know fully, even as [we] have been fully known” (1 Cor. 13:12, ESV).
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