“if we view difficult emotions as problems to be solved, we will end up looking for answers that will work rather than pursuing relationship with God, regardless of immediate outcome. A determination to resolve our emotional struggles inevitably subordinates God… — Dan Allender Copy Share Image
“We are not machines that can be repaired through a series of steps—we are relational beings who are transformed by the mystery of relationship.” — Dan Allender Copy Share Image
“The reason we don’t want to feel is that feeling exposes the tragedy of our world and the darkness of our hearts.” — Dan Allender Copy Share Image
“if we view difficult emotions as problems to be solved, we will end up looking for answers that will work rather than pursuing relationship… — Dan Allender Copy Share Image
“Righteous anger invites change. It can envision what the other might look like if the arrogance controlling the heart was pierced. Anger is a… — Dan Allender Copy Share Image
“The route to facing what we feel is not by devaluing the darkness of what we feel, but by valuing the deep structure of… — Dan Allender Copy Share Image
“change comes through brutal honesty and vulnerability before God. Only face to face with our deepest ruling passions is there hope of redeeming the… — Dan Allender Copy Share Image
“Tension is living in the gap between certainty and uncertainty. We always begin with what we know, and are irresistibly drawn to what we… — Dan Allender Copy Share Image
“emotions are not amoral—they vocalize the inner working of our souls and are as tainted as any other portion of our personality.” — Dan Allender Copy Share Image
“all evaluations eventually boil down to this: Am I moving toward God or away from Him? Am I turning toward God with awe and… — Dan Allender Copy Share Image
“Ignoring our emotions is turning our back on reality; listening to our emotions ushers us into reality. And reality is where we meet God.” — Dan Allender Copy Share Image
“Every emotion, though horizontally provoked, nevertheless reflects something about the vertical dimension: our relationship with God.” — Dan Allender Copy Share Image
