What Evangelicals and Pentecostals Get Wrong About Emotions and What We Should Do Instead…

Theology deeply shapes our view of the world, self and others. Evangelicals and Pentecostals must rethink our relationship with emotions.

Training as a therapist and learning from psychologists, theologians and researchers in the field of trauma and spiritual abuse one thing is true. No matter how well intentioned we are, we need to be able to pay attention to the harm bad theology causes. ⁠

When we categories emotions into 'good' and 'bad' we do harm to ourselves and our communities. When we resource ourselves to be able to sit with and move through difficult emotions in community, we heal. And healing is miraculous. ⁠

Let's create cultures where healing can happen. Not places where people are shut down or rushed and their experiences minimised or denied. ⁠

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