Greetings friends, I just published a new blog post (excerpt and link below) - go check it out and feel free to share it far and wide.
Much love,
Glenn || PATREON | BUY ME A COFFEE
“A while back Adam Grant tweeted that, "cultures of toxic positivity are full of pressure to show constant enthusiasm. Healthy cultures offer freedom to express unpleasant emotions. You can say you're languishing, depressed, anxious, or burned out - and you feel supported rather than judged."
Toxic Positivity is a problem in lots of businesses and homes, but is a huge problem in the Church. What I mean by that is that there's very often an unspoken expectation that you need to be positive all the time. Even if you have to fake it.
"God is good."
"God has a plan."
"At least I have _____."
"It could always be worse."
"I love my church!"
"Honor the pastor, no matter what."
Whether it's a crisis going on in my life or a problem going on within my particular church, there's often times an unhealthy feeling or expectation that the crisis or problem needs to be downplayed and pushed to the back burner so that enthusiasm about life and God and faith and the church can abound. I can rarely be my true self and need to check my problems at the door; or if I dare bring them in with me, I have to wrap them up in a nice, neat bow of pithy Christian statements that replace the problems in my life with praise for God, love for the church, and relentless positivity that everything is going to work out for the best.”