Pete Scazzero

Pete Scazzero, author and founder of New Life Fellowship Church in NYC, discusses signs of emotional unhealth in pastors and leaders, the importance of sustaining the interior life, investing in marriage, healthy sexuality as part of discipleship, and reflections on earthly marriage and dying to the wrong things.

Pete Scazzero, Founder of New Life Fellowship Church in Queens, NYC, discusses the importance of solitude and integrating emotional health with spirituality. He shares personal experiences with exhaustion and disillusionment, and how it led to a journey of self-reflection and theological exploration. The concept of monasticism and contemplative spirituality is explored, along with the needs of the younger generation in finding new spiritual models.

How did the early church fathers practice discipleship? What can we learn from them and apply to our lives today?In this episode, Oliver Hersey explores those questions with Pete Scazzero, author of Emotionally Healthy Discipleship: Moving from Shallow Christianity to Deep TransformationIn addition to studying the early church Scazzero also studied the gospel of Matthew for years to learn how Jesus discipled the twelve apostles. “The disciples wanted to be popular,” he explains. “They didn’t want suffering and failure.”Those temptations and struggles still exist today. But how can Christians reject popularity, and embrace the cross? That’s where Scazzero looks to the riches of church history. To develop into people who are deeply changed by God, he suggested we should slow down, follow the crucified Jesus, make space for grief, and measure spiritual maturity by how we’re loving others.“Discretion was a quality of abbots in monasteries—the ability to let things unfold,” Scazzero notes.Join Scazzero as he lays out a blueprint for how to let your ministry flow out of your own life with Jesus.Learn more about emotionally healthy discipleship on his website.Rate Transforming Discipleship on Apple PodcastsFollow the podcast on Twitter and InstagramProduced by Kelsey Bowse, edited by Alex Carter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices