The Emotionally Healthy Leader: How Transforming Your Inner Life Will Deeply Transform Your Church, Team, and the World

by Peter Scazzero

Here are several examples of the measures we set: • Each leader at New Life will develop his or her relationship with God by spending ten to thirty minutes in prayer and Scripture reading in the morning, and a few additional minutes of prayer and reflection in the afternoon/evening. • Our staff, board, and key leaders will slow down their lives by practicing Sabbath for twenty-four hours each week. • Our staff, board, and key leaders will pray the Examen at least once a day in order to discern and follow God’s will in their lives.7 • Every member of our pastoral and administrative staff team will consistently integrate emotionally healthy skills into their ministries and relationships. • Each member at New Life will develop a personal Rule of Life that enables them to receive and give the love of God. They will share this at their membership interview. • Eighty-five percent of our members will connect in a small group and/or ministry (i.e., a smaller community) as part of their spiritual formation. • Every child/teenager will participate in a discipleship small group with an appointed leader. • Fifty percent of married couples will go through training to view their relationship as a living sign of God’s passionate love for the world.