Lazy Love: Recognizing and Reversing the 4 Threats to Any Successful Relationship

by Keion Henderson

Strengthen your relationships--with family, partners, friends, and others--and find deeper satisfaction by learning to love better. 
 
Humans are meant to love and be loved, but so often we fall short at loving well. We take others for granted. We make assumptions. We forget to show our affection. We grow lazy.
 
We so often fail in our relationships with our families, our partners, our friends, and fellow humans because we are lazy in our love for one another, says Keion Henderson, pastor of the mega-church Lighthouse Church in Houston. Lazy love prevents us from experiencing the deep, soulful fulfillment we long to know. It keeps us from being known and enjoyed by those around us. And it stops us from stepping out to give who we are without expecting anything in return.
 
In his new book Lazy Love , Henderson unpacks the four kinds of love mentioned in the Bible— eros , or attraction; phileo , or friendship; storge , or familial; and agape , or spiritual love—and shows readers how each shapes our relationships and our lives. He also encourages readers to uncover the unhealthy practices that often lead to damaged or broken relationships and helps reader break free of the patterns that keep us from loving well.
 
The good news is that each of us can learn to love better and to improve our relationships—with our partners, our children, our friends, our co-workers, and our neighbors. Lazy Love will help readers become better at loving others in all areas of their lives.
 

256 pages, Hardcover

Published August 6, 2024

Reviews

[Jessica Ashe · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 ⭐️

Thank you so much to netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this special book in exchange for an honest review.

I thoroughly enjoyed this read by Pastor Keion and constantly felt inspired to reach out to loved ones or share screen shots from the book that touched my heart. - the true mark of a good book is one that urges you to search your heart.

Lazy love outlines the 4 types of love: agape, phileo, storage and Eros. It thoroughly describes each one and how it pertains to not only scripture & the trinity, but also how it may look (or not look)in your life.

I will definitely be purchasing this book for not only my husband and I, but also to share with friends.

[La Tonya · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought it was a decent read. I don't think it was as good as the last book I read by him.

[Starr Rayford · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great tool for improving relationships. It will serve as a guide for being intentional about creating and maintaining healthy relationships. I appreciate the connection and references to Attachment Styles. I enjoyed Pastor Keion’s transparency and vulnerability by sharing his personal relationships, especially that with his birth father. Nicely done. I recommend everyone read this book. Here’s to CRAZY love, not LAZY love!!!

[Chani B · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have the kindle copy that I was able to read 3 chapters upon my preorder as a member. I preordered because I knew My Pastor was going to go deep into how we should love better. He did not disappoint. There were no dislikes here in this page turner. I was also able to start listening to the audio before release and I have not stopped listening since. I am listening as I write this review. There is just so much education and spiritual enlightenment on how to love better in all relationships as it relates to Agape Love. The four types of love: Agape, Phileo, Eros and Storge and the definition and examples of each is very powerful and really thought provoking. This is a page turner because it causes one to really think on how and why we love the way we do. I recommend this book to any and everyone who wants to be enlightened on how to love one another better as instructed by GOD.

[Dwayne Perkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book really hit some points in my current relationship. After all the books I've read this year, it's the #1 book. Love has so many different meanings that we avoid. Lear ING how to love will not only give us satisfaction but will give us peace of mind. Love can't be forced but it has to flow. Understanding what type of love you need and the type of love you need to give is very important.

[Lynnesha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Like having a chat with a big brother on where you are heading in your relationship and lessons learned along the way