Typology John Mark Comer on Learning to Love and Delight in Goodness (Type 1)
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May 9, 2024 
NYT bestselling author John Mark Comer discusses personal growth, spiritual formation, and the importance of crafting a rule of life to support deep transformation. He shares insights on obstacles to growth, the path to renewal, and the significance of self-effort and grace in spiritual development. The discussion focuses on Enneagram One and the journey towards reaching one's full potential and deepest connection.
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Early Marriage Exposed Perfectionism
- John Mark Comer married very young at 21 and discovered rapid, intimate exposure to differences with his wife and family shaped his formation.
- That early marriage and parenting revealed his perfectionism and led him to struggle especially with his eldest son who resists rules.
Wrestling Changes From Ego To God
- Comer describes a life-phase shift from wrestling with ego to wrestling with God, meaning the spiritual task moves from ambition control to acceptance and forgiveness.
- He frames his current frontier as learning to delight in his family instead of critiquing them, a late-forming interior work despite external maturity.
Build Practices That Open You To Acceptance
- Use contemplative prayer, therapy, close friends, rest and embodied practices to create space for acceptance and reduce controlling reactions.
- Comer credits these practices with real progress but notes they don't automatically produce surrender; they make it more likely.