Attached to God: A Practical Guide to Deeper Spiritual Experience

by Krispin Mayfield, K.J. Ramsey (Foreword by)

Overview

Why does God feel so far away? The reason—and the solution—is in your attachment style.

We all experience moments when God's love and presence are tangible. But we also experience feeling utterly abandoned by God. Why?

The answer is found when you take a deep look at the other important relationships in your life and understand your attachment style. Through his years working in trauma recovery programs, extensive research into attachment science, and personal experiences with spiritual striving and abuse, licensed therapist Krispin Mayfield has learned to answer the question: Why do I feel so far from God?

When you understand your attachment style you gain a whole new paradigm for a secure and loving relationship with God. You'll gain insights about:

• How you relate to others—both your strengths and weaknesses
• The practical exercises you can use to grow a secure spiritual attachment to God
• How to move forward on the spirituality spectrum and experience the Divine connection we all were created for

You'll learn to identify and remove mixed messages about closeness with God that you may have heard in church or from well-meaning Christians. With freedom from the past, you can then chart a new path toward intimate connection with the God of the universe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310363798
Publisher:	Zondervan
Publication date:	02/22/2022
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Krispin Mayfield, LPC (BS, Bible & Theology; MA, Counseling, Multnomah University) has a background in full-time ministry and is now in private practice with individuals and couples as a licensed professional counselor with the state of Oregon, where he and his wife D.L. live with their two children. He previously served in Minneapolis with Christian organization Inner-CHANGE and has regularly partnered with churches to help create safe and healing communities.

Trained in attachment-based emotionally focused therapy, Krispin has served for over ten years in church trauma-recovery programs. In his writing, podcasting, and speaking, Mayfield explores the integration of faith and psychology, inviting readers and listeners into the safety and freedom of finding the whole of their lives seen and upheld by God. His writing has appeared in a variety of publications, including Christianity Today, Relevant, Aletia, Boundless, and Fathom.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi

Introduction xv

1 The Still Face of God 1

2 Your Style and What It Means 15

3 Anxious Spirituality 37

4 Shutdown Spirituality 61

5 Shame-Filled Spirituality 87

6 A Clearer Picture 111

7 From Anxiety to Rest 121

8 From Shutdown to Engaged 145

9 From Shame to Delight 165

10 The Risk of Trust 191

Appendix: Additional Spiritual Exercises 207

Acknowledgments 211

Notes 213