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Title details for Falling Upward by Richard Rohr - Available

Falling Upward

A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

by Richard Rohr
Brené Brown
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In the revised and updated edition of Falling Upward, Richard Rohr seeks to help listeners come to terms with the two halves of life. In this book, Rohr teaches us that we can't understand the meaning of "up" until we have fallen "down." More importantly, Rohr describes what "up" can look like in the second half of life.
Most of us tend to think of the second half of life in chronological terms, but this book proposes a different paradigm. Spiritual maturity is found "when we begin to pay attention and seek integrity" through a shift from our "outer task" to the "inner task." Falling Upward is an invitation to living the gospel and a call to ongoing transformation.
● Gain a spiritual perspective on the "the common sequencing, staging, and direction of life's arc" and learn how to bring forth your gifts in the second half of life
● Grapple with difficult feelings, fears, and emotions associated with "great love and great suffering"
● Learn how we "grow spiritually much more by doing it wrong than by doing it right"
● Understand why so many of us resist falling into the second half of life.

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  • Release date

    February 6, 2024

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9798350861891
      • File size: 180967 KB
      • Duration: 06:17:00

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 11, 2011
      Franciscan priest Rohr (The Naked Now) is a big-picture kind of thinker when it comes to characterizing the human journey. Life has two halves; life follows the pattern of a hero/heroine's journey; life is disorderly and inherently tragic. Elders and mystics are more inclined to such sweeping and subtle observations, and Rohr, born in 1943, fits in both categories. Rohr writes about spirituality in broad terms, but is deeply grounded in the writings and thinkers of his Catholic religious tradition. His discussion of familiar theological concernsâthe necessity of suffering, the opportunities provided by mistakesâis fresh because imaginative and vigorous. His metaphors ("discharging your loyal soldier"), paradoxes (see the book's title), and arguments are not, however, easy to follow or even easy to summarize. They will frustrate some readers, but delight others who are attentive enough to follow the connections Rohr makes. This small, provocative book will make a particularly good gift for a thoughtful, spiritually open man.

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  • English

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