Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero
Week 8: Chapter 7 — Grow Into an Emotionally Mature Adult
Read Chapter 7 of Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero. Key reference: 1 Corinthians 13; Ephesians 4:15.
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Scazzero gives us a developmental map of emotional maturity — from infant to child to adolescent to adult — and invites us to locate ourselves honestly on that spectrum.
Discussion Questions
7 questions1.Scazzero outlines four stages of emotional maturity: infant, child, adolescent, and adult. In your own words, what characterizes each stage? Which stage do you think best describes where you are now — not where you wish you were, but where you honestly are?
2.He describes the emotional infant as someone who looks to others to meet their needs without taking responsibility for their own inner life. The emotional adolescent is more recognizable in adult Christians: easily threatened, unable to articulate feelings, quick to blame. Do you recognize either of these patterns in yourself? In others?
a.What triggers you most reliably into emotionally adolescent behavior?
b.What does it look and feel like in your body or relationships when it happens?
3.The emotional adult, as Scazzero describes them, is able to ask for what they need, acknowledge feelings without being ruled by them, respect others' boundaries, and stay present in conflict. Which of these specific capacities feels most underdeveloped in you right now?
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