Befriending Your Monsters
Monsters aren't real. As reasonable adults, we know this. But we also know that, while fake, the monsters of fairy tales, movies, and Netflix series embody our very real fears. Large, powerful beings that hunt us in the dark make us feel small, weak, vulnerable. When characters in these stories run away, they temporarily feel safe, but it's not until the monster is faced head-on that the story can have a happy ending--and, more importantly, the hero can become all he or she was created to be.
The same is true of the monsters of the spiritual life. The monsters of comparison (I am what others say about me), more (I am what I have), and success (I am what I do) are powerful enemies of a healthy spiritual life. But ignoring them solves nothing. Join us over these 9 weeks as we learn to face our monsters, get to know them, and discover how they are inviting us into a deeper understanding of ourselves and a more intimate connection with God. We'll never completely eradicate our fears, but if we befriend them, they can lead us into becoming who God intends us to be.