Peter Scazzero

was an emotional infant unwilling to look at my immaturity.

Do God’s work to satisfy me, not him

Demonstrate “Christian behaviors” so significant people think well of me

Use biblical truth to judge and devalue others

Make pronouncements like, “The Lord told me I should do this,” when the truth is, “I think the Lord told me to do this”

Hide behind God talk, deflecting the spotlight from my inner cracks, and become defensive about my failures

we cut ourselves off from our emotions?

To feel is to be human. To minimize or deny what we feel is a distortion of what it means to be image bearers of God

To the degree that we are unable to express our

emotions, we remain impaired in our ability to love God, others, and ourselves well.