Falling Upward - a Companion Journal: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life - Brossura

Rohr, Richard

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0281070571 ISBN 13: 9780281070572

Casa editrice: Society for Promoting Christian, 2013

Riassunto

Many, if not most, people and institutions remain in 'the first half of life' forever, preoccupied with establishing their identity, climbing, achieving, and performing. If you knew there was a further journey, wouldn't you choose to do the 'first half' quite differently? The further journey involves challenges, mistakes, loss of control, even 'necessary suffering', because that is how we grow. This message of falling down and in fact moving up is the most counter-intuitive message in most of the world religions, including and most especially Christianity. We grow spiritually much more by doing it wrong than by doing it right. The Companion Journal helps those who have (and those who have not) read Falling Upward to engage more deeply with the questions the book raises. Using a blend of quotes, questions for individual and group reflection, stories, and suggestions for spiritual practices, it provides a wise guide for deepening the spiritual journey - at any time of life.

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Recensione:

'I thank God for Richard Rohr s sage-like presence in our culture: I honestly don t know where I d be without it.' --Brian Draper

'Rohr writes about spirituality in broad terms, but is deeply grounded in the writings and thinkers of his Catholic religious tradition. His discussion of . . . the necessity of suffering, the opportunities provided by mistakes . . . is fresh because imaginative and vigorous.' --Publishers Weekly

'Richard Rohr has given us a perfect guide to what he calls the further journey , a voyage into the mystery and beauty of healthy spiritual maturity.' --Mehmet Oz, MD, host of the Dr Oz Show

L'autore:

Fr. Richard Rohr is a Franciscan priest of the New Mexico Province. He founded the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1986, where he presently serves as Founding Director. Fr. Rohr is the author of more than twenty books, an internationally known speaker, and a regular contributing writer for Sojourners magazine.

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• Editore: Society for Promoting Christian
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0281070571
• ISBN 13: 9780281070572
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208