And I wasn't disappointed.
There are no Christians I don't who don't struggle with this radical division. Regularly, in spiritual direction and in pastoral counseling, the division of head and heart pops up. The problem is such a web of issues that it's rather intricate a web to untangle. But in his 190 pages, Delvaux has accomplished a pastoral task that must not go unnoticed and unappreciated in the Church.
Here, he not only diagnoses how the divide happens and what are its results (Part I), but he also offers thoughtful wisdom for what to do (Part II) and how to understand what genuine unity between head and heart look like for Christians (Part III). But the book practices what it preaches: This isn't just another well-thought-out head trip, it's a genuine spiritual discipline in reuniting what has often been divided, through story and practice. That's because each chapter contains its own questions for journaling (practicing!).
But it's the pastoral vulnerability, the deep spiritual wisdom, with which Delvaux writes that most impresses me.
This isn't a book you should miss.
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