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EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY SPIRITUALITY:
SLOWING DOWN TO BE WITH GOD
Pete Scazzero
North Central District Evangelical Free
www.emotionallyhealthy.org
April 19-20, 2010Slide2
SESSION 1
INTRODUCTION AND
LEADERSHIP IN THE NEW FAMILY
OF JESUSSlide3
I. Our Journey of Four ConversionsSlide4
Becoming a Christian - Our StorySlide5
Iceberg Model
What Lies Beneath The SurfaceSlide6Slide7Slide8
B. Emotional Health: Conversion Two
Emotional Health
and
Spiritual Maturity
are
Inseparable
It is not possible to be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature.Slide9
Different Parts/Components of Who We AreSlide10
As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said. But
Martha
was
distracted
by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!" "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are
worried
and
upset about many things, but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.“ (Luke 10:38-42)C. Contemplative Spirituality:
Conversion ThreeSlide11
Balancing Activity and Contemplation
Martha
–
Active, working for Jesus, but missing Him.
Mary
–
Sitting at the Lord’s feet in contemplation
Knowing Jesus, being
with Jesus.
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Contemplation
(Being w/ God)
Activity
Your LifeSlide13
Contemplation
(Being w/ God)
Activity
Your LifeSlide14
D. Slowing Down to Lead with Integrity: Conversion FourSlide15
Hard Lessons Learned
Integrity:
With God
With Yourself
With Your Marriage
With Your LeadershipSlide16
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
Components
EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY
MARRIAGES
(AND SEXUALITY)
EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY
SKILLS
EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY DISCIPLESHIP
(SLOW DOWN
TO BE WITH GOD)
CONTEMPLATIVE
SPIRITUALITY
EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY
LEADERSHIPSlide17
SESSION 2
GOING BACK IN ORDER TO
GO FORWARDSlide18
Joseph’s Family Tree
Name meaning “fruitful in land of suffering”
Name meaning
“fruitful in land of suffering”Slide19
Two Biblical Principles
A. The Blessing and Sins of Our Families Have Impact Lasting for at Least Three to Four Generations. Slide20
Ex. 34:6-8 Moses asks to see God’s glory “And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The Lord, The Lord, the compassionate and gracious God…Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished;
he punishes the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation.
Ex. 20:4-6 You shall not make for yourself an idol… for I am a jealous God,
punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
2 Kings. 10:30 Because you have done well in accomplishing what is right in my eyes…,
your descendents will sit on my throne in Israel to the fourth generation (Jehu).
2 Sam. 12:10 (Bathsheba)
Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house
,
because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own. Slide21
Two Biblical Principles
A. The Blessing and Sins of Our Families Have Impact Lasting for at Least Three to Four Generations.
B. Becoming a Christian is to be Birthed into a New Family and a New Culture; Discipleship is the Process of Putting off our Sinful Patterns of our Family of Origin.Slide22
God’s Family
Scazzero’s
Ariola’sSlide23
Narcissistic,
Emotionally Abusive
Clinically depressed
“Take care of Me”
Womanizer
Abusive
Italian Immigrants
Italian Immigrants
Love of Music
Love of Education
Dominant
Passive
Driven
Physically Abusive
Absent
DIED YOUNG
Conflicted Marriage
No Intimacy
Inferiority complex
Wasted lives
Trapped
Emotionally ABANDONED
Emotionally Abandoned,
Inferiority Complex
Trapped
Fear of Abandonment
“Take care of Others”
Driven
Conflicted
No intimacy
Stable
Earthquake Events
Cousin with Down Syndrome
Cousin killed in Vietnam 1968
Brother joins Unification
Church (declared dead)
_________________
Themes
Abandonments
Cut-offs
Overworking
Unhappy Marriages
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Joe
Frances
AUNT
AUNT
UNCLE
Pete
© Pete and Geri Scazzero - February, 2010
Earthquake Events
Themes
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Workaholic
Physically Abusive
Love for Music & Education
Conflicted ~ Stable ~ No Intimacy
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© Pete and Geri Scazzero - February, 2010
Earthquake Events
Themes
___________
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© Pete and Geri Scazzero - February, 2010Slide27
Workaholic
Physically Abusive
Love for Music & Education
Conflicted ~ Stable ~ No Intimacy
© Pete and Geri Scazzero - February, 2010
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___________
___________
___________
Earthquake Events
Themes
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Workaholic
Physically Abusive
Love for Music & Education
Conflicted ~ Stable ~ No Intimacy
© Pete and Geri Scazzero - February, 2010
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___________
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Earthquake Events
Themes
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Workaholic
Physically Abusive
Love for Music & Education
Conflicted ~ Stable ~ No Intimacy
© Pete and Geri Scazzero - February, 2010
___________
___________
___________
___________
___________
Earthquake Events
Themes
___________
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___________
___________
___________Slide30
Workaholic
Physically Abusive
Love for Music & Education
Conflicted ~ Stable ~ No Intimacy
© Pete and Geri Scazzero - February, 2010
___________
___________
___________
___________
___________
Earthquake Events
Themes
___________
___________
___________
___________
___________Slide31
Workaholic
Physically Abusive
Love for Music & Education
Conflicted ~ Stable ~ No Intimacy
© Pete and Geri Scazzero - February, 2010
“
THE CARETAKER
”
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___________
___________
___________
___________
Earthquake Events
Themes
___________
___________
___________
___________
___________
Abandonments
Cut-offs
Overworking
Unhappy Marriages
______________
Cousin with Down Syndrome
Cousin killed in Vietnam 1968
Brother joins Unification Church (declared dead)
_________________Slide32
Groups of 2-3
Answer questions 8 and 9 (on page 6) from constructing your genogram sheet.
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Applications: Going Back to Go Forward
1. Become Aware of Your Family Commandments
Are you living in your “father’s” house or your “Father’s” house?
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Applications: Going Back to Go Forward
1. Awareness of Your Family Commandments
2. Experience the Transforming Power of the GospelSlide36
Gospel
1. We believe
2. Christ accepts us totally, absolutely
3. We obey
Gospel vs. Legalism
Works Righteousness
We believe
2. We obey
3.
Christ accepts us totally, absolutelySlide37
God treats you as if you have done everything Jesus has done
God loves you the way He loves Jesus
God is the same today, yesterday, and 100 million years from now
Gospel is to rely on Christ’s record for your relationship with God
The GospelSlide38
Sample Scripts from Our Family of Origin
Don’t be you.
You’ll never amount to anything.
Don’t make mistakes.
Be quiet and obey.
Don’t assert yourself.
Don’t ask for what you want or need.
Don’t feel.
Don’t trust.
Don’t be weak or vulnerable.
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God’s New Script for Us
It is good that you exist.
You are loveable.
You are good enough.
You are a joy.
You have nothing left to prove.
Your needs are a delight.
You are allowed to make mistakes.Slide40
Applications: Going Back to Go Forward
3. The Process of Going Back to Go Forward Never Ends.
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Applications: Going Back to Go Forward
4. New Skills are Needed to Create Healthy Church Community
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Applications: Going Back to Go Forward
5. Be Aware of Emotional Triggers and Allergies
An emotional allergy is a reaction to something in the present that reminds us of something similar to the past.Slide43
5a Your Church and Denomination has a Genogram Slide44
6
. Differentiation and Personal Integrity
A. Working Definition:
Remaining connected to people and yet not having your reaction or behavior determined by them. My primary task, like Jesus, is to calmly differentiate my “true self” from the demands and voices around me, discerning the desires, vision, pace, and mission the Father has given me.
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B. Differentiation Scale
0…….…25……...…50…….….75…..…..100Slide46
C. Four Qualities of Differentiation
Clear sense of self in close proximity to others
Self-regulate anxiety and self-soothe hurts
Non-reactive to others’ anxieties
Tolerate discomfort for growthSlide47
Applications of Differentiation
Good Leadership – Thinking Clearly, Value Driven
2. Anxiety/Need for “Other Validation” = No LeadershipSlide48
Applications of Differentiation
Good Leadership – Thinking Clearly, Value Driven
2. Anxiety/Need for “Other Validation” = No Leadership
3. Differentiation at Home and at Church are Closely RelatedSlide49
SESSION 3
CONTEMPLATIVE SPIRITUALITY: SLOWING DOWN TO BE WITH GODSlide50
Present Day Reality of Many in Our Churches:
Living off others’ spirituality (no time)
Life on the run
Scattered, fragmented, un-centered, overloaded, distracted
Mostly head not heart experience of Jesus
A one-inch-deep spirituality
Not really praying very much
Not very intentional in pursuing Jesus
State of partial inattention
Exhausted
Marked by Frenzied Busyness Slide51
Contemplation
(Being w/ God)
Activity
Your LifeSlide52
Contemplation
(Being w/ God)
Activity
Your LifeSlide53
ONE HOLY CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH
Roman Catholic Church
Orthodox Church
33
Pentecost
325
1
st
Ecumenical
Council and the Nicene
Creed
1054
Great Schism
Of East and West
New
Testament
Era
Seven Ecumenical Councils
Martin Luther’s
Reformation
Begins
1517
Church of
England
1529
Protestant Churches
Adapted from “
Becoming Orthodox: A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith
, GillepsieSlide54
2. The Desert Fathers for TodaySlide55
1. The Daily Office
(Fixed Hour Prayer)
OFFICES
(opus)
= work of God
-- My work in life first is to seek God.
Ps. 27:4 Slide56
David
Seven times a day
do I praise you.
Ps. 119:164
It is good to praise the Lord…
To proclaim your love
in the morning,
And your faithfulness at night
.
Ps. 92:2
Evening, morning and noon
I cry out in distress
And he hears my voice.
Ps. 55:17Slide57
Daniel
“Daniel went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to God, just as he had done before.”
Dan. 6:10Slide58
Sabbath
= to stop for a 24-hour period each week
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Ten Commandments (Ex.20)
1. You shall have no other gods before me
2. You shall not make for yourself an idol.
3. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God.
4. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord our God. On it you shall not do any work,...
For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy”
5. Honor your father and your mother.
6. You shall not murder
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not give false witness.
10. You shall not covet. Slide60
Receive the Gift of Sabbath
Sabbath
–
( Hebrew:
SHABAT)
stop
rest
delight
contemplate
for a 24-hour period each week. Slide61
4 Qualities to Biblical Sabbath:
Stop
Rest
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4 Qualities to Biblical Sabbath:
work
hurry
multitasking
anxiety/worry
catching up errands
“have to’s” and “shoulds”
Stopping
Resting from: Slide64
4 Qualities to Biblical Sabbath:
Stop
Rest
Delight
Slide65
4 Qualities to Biblical Sabbath:
Stop
Rest
Delight
Contemplate
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s
ome of our Sabbath Resources…
This and more available on our website, book table,
& in the Shell RoomSlide67
Small Groups
What questions am I holding?
Decide on a possible 24-hour period each week.
Reflect on the following questions:
What do I need to
stop
that relates to my work—paid and unpaid?
What activities create
rest
and
delight
for me?
How can I structure a Sabbath to help me see God’s goodness and miracles all around me?Slide68
FAQ’s
How do I go about deciding what specific activities are acceptable and unacceptable on the Sabbath?
Isn’t Jesus our Sabbath-rest? Is this another works-righteousness?
How do I cease from the work of parenting?
What do I about my children who aren’t interested in Sabbath?
What about sports and extra-curricular activities your children may be involved in?
What do I do about my tendency to perfectionism? Slide69
Developing Your Own Personal
Rule of LifeSlide70
“RULE” of LIFE
from Greek word “TRELLIS”
a framework or structure to help enable us continually to pay attention to GodSlide71
RULE OF LIFESlide72
RULE OF LIFE
PRAYER
e.g. Sabbath
Church
Retreats
Offices (Major and Minor Offices)
Slide73
THE BLIZZARD…..Slide74
PRAYER
Scripture
Silence and Solitude
Daily Office
Study
REST
Sabbath
Simplicity
Play and Recreation
ACTIVITY
Service and Mission
Care for the Physical Body
RELATIONSHIPS
Emotional Health
Family
Community
(companions for your journey)Slide75
Complete the following….
As a result of our time together, I am beginning to realize….Slide76
D. Final Applications
Pastoral Staff Rule of Life
New Life Fellowship Rule of Life
Adjusting to Make Space for God, Ourselves and Our MarriagesSlide77
SESSION 4
EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY SKILLS
TO CREATE NEW CULTURESlide78
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
Components
EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY
MARRIAGES
(AND SEXUALITY)
EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY
SKILLS
EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY FORMATION
(SLOW DOWN
TO BE WITH GOD)
CONTEMPLATIVE
SPIRITUALITY
EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY
LEADERSHIPSlide79Slide80
Stop Mind Reading
Reflect on something you suspect the other person thinks or feels but hasn’t told you,
Ask permission: “Do I have permission to read your mind?”
“I think you think….” “Is this correct?”
Listener responds
Closure
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Expectations for a Pastor
Preach great sermons every Sunday
Be
a great
administrator
Visit the sick and needy
Should know about every person’s hardship in church
Have
a great
marriage and children who love Jesus
Competent in handling money, pastoring, teaching, counseling, administration, buildings
, etc
.
Be
a visionary
leader
Identifies,
equips,
and
leads a
growing staff in a growing church
Be
perfect
(e.g
.,
strong but tender
)
Live on less money than
the rest
of
the church
Never get depressed or angry or struggle with doubts
.
Be accessible a
lot
Have spouse that is
super-supportive
Return every phone call and
e-mail
Attend
members’ families’
important events (funerals, parties
, etc.)Slide82
Problem
Un
realistic
Un
conscious
Un
spoken
Un “agreed upon”Slide83
Expectations Must Be:
1. Realistic
2. Conscious
3. Spoken
4. “Agreed upon”
Expectations
are Only Valid When They Have Been Mutually Agreed UponSlide84
SESSION 5
EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY LEADERSHIPSlide85
Emotionally Healthy Leadership
Dual Relationships
Hiring/Firing
Strategic Planning and Waiting on God
Preaching/Teaching and IntegritySlide86
Emotionally Healthy Leadership
E. Leadership and the Marriage Vow
F. Social Media and Remaining Rooted in the Ancient Church
G. The Gift of Limits
H. Growing Beyond our Tradition to Learn from Others in the Family Slide87
ONE HOLY CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH
Roman Catholic Church
Orthodox Church
33
Pentecost
325
1
st
Ecumenical
Council and the Nicene
Creed
1054
Great Schism
Of East and West
New
Testament
Era
Seven Ecumenical Councils
Martin Luther’s
Reformation
Begins
1517
Church of
England
1529
Protestant Churches
Adapted from “
Becoming Orthodox: A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith
, GillepsieSlide88
The Critical Issue of Integrity
Critical Issues
Your Integrity
1. With God
2. With Yourself
3. With Your Marriage (if applicable) Slide89
The Critical Issue of Integrity
Critical Issues
Your Integrity
1. With God
2. With Yourself
3. With Your Marriage (if applicable)
4. With Your LeadershipSlide90
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
Components
EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY
MARRIAGES
(AND SEXUALITY)
EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY
SKILLS
EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY FORMATION
(SLOW DOWN
TO BE WITH GOD)
CONTEMPLATIVE
SPIRITUALITY
EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY
LEADERSHIPSlide91
Next Steps
Begin the Journey and Engage the Message
2.
Process with Others in Small Group
(
DVD and
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality Workbook
)
3.
Invite the Wider Church to Begin the Journey
(Church-Wide Initiative)
4.
Visit the website - further resources:
www.emotionallyhealthy.org
Join the mailing list/blogSlide92
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality
Pastor/Leader Life CycleSlide93Slide94
RULE OF LIFESlide95
RULE OF LIFE
PRAYER
Sabbath
Church
Retreats
Offices (Major and Minor Offices)
MAJOR OFFICE