A Reading Guide
"The Emotionally Healthy Church: A Strategy for Discipleship that Actually Changes Lives"
by Peter Scazzero and Warren Bird
Published by Zondervan
1. Read and enjoy the first three chapters.
2. Chapter 4: Inventory of Spiritual/Emotional Maturity
Complete the “Inventory of Spiritual/Emotional Maturity.” Did you score as you expected?
Which of the scores provides you the most incentive to grow?
3. Chapter 6: Break the Power of the Past
Create a family Genogram. Any new discoveries?
4. Chapter 8: Receive the Gift of Limits
Review your “gift of limits” score. How does the “gift of limits” fit with being a Christ-like
servant leader?
5. Chapter 9: Embrace Grieving and Loss
Are any losses, large and small, either in the past or present, that you are grieving? What stage
are you in?
6. Chapter 10: Make Incarnation Your Model for Loving Well
Scazzero talks about “The Three Dynamics of Incarnational Life.” Which of the three is most
natural for you? Daunting for you?
7. Chapter 11: Slow Down to Lead with Integrity
What is your greatest struggle around “slowing down?” How do you find God signaling for you
to slow down?
8. Read and enjoy the closing chapter.