You may be thinking, "I'm not very mature. I don't feel close to God. Even when I pray I don't really expect an answer. I'm going through the motions, but it's not working. When I'm with other I feel like a hypocrite. “I believe this happens, at least in part, due to another condition that parallels what happens in some, called "failure to thrive," and I think it can be a spiritual condition as well as a physical problem. What keeps us from thriving? What stunts our spiritual lives and frustrates our development? Why are we disappointed in life? Why does God seem far away, not intimate or near?Sometimes this failure to thrive is caused by emotional obstacles that have crippled us, given us a wrong concept of God, or made us devalue our worth. When it comes to emotional health, there are two extremes we must avoid. The first is ignoring or denying ...