jeansbookbag 's review for:

Emotionally Healthy Spirituality: It's Impossible to Be Spiritually Mature, While Remaining Emotionally Immature by Peter Scazzero

3.0

informative reflective medium-paced

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This is a book I picked up based on a friend's recommendation, one I would never have picked up for myself, so I was surprised to find out that I actually kind of liked it. Honestly, it was a bit to religious for me personally, but I did think Scazzero makes some really good points and the writing was very readable. For me the biggest takeaway is that it's okay to feel your negative emotions. You don't need to let them rule you, but you don't need to pretend they don't exist, either. This message really hits home in a book like this, because in my experience, many American Christians, especially Evangelical Christians, are so immersed in the prosperity gospel that the idea that a believer could at times be sad or angry is almost sacrilegious and shouldn't be acknowledged. While maybe not groundbreaking, that chapter alone was worth picking the book up, in my opinion.