Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life -- A Companion Journal, (Paperback)

from akblanchard

Interesting, short but very dense book. I feel as though I might have to re-read it to be sure I understood it. On a first reading, Falling Upward raises more questions than it answers. It's filled with assertions and name-dropping, but it's oddly lacking in specifics. For example, Fr. Rohr tells...

from SueinCyprus

The author's premise is that we all have the potential for two life stages - the first being somewhat rule-bound, dualistic and driven, the second more relaxed. He writes from a Christian perspective, but with references to Ancient Greek heroes, Buddhism and other religious viewpoints. The writin...

from MaowangVater

Citing numerous psychological and religious writers of many faiths, Rohr presents a model of human spiritual development as two parts, or halves, of life. The second part results from what he terms "necessary suffering" that exposes the limits of an individual's control over his or her own life. ...

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Although Franciscan priest Richard Rohr proposed two halves of one spiritual life, this may be a misnomer since the transition does not need to occur in middle-age; it may occur earlier or late in life, if the transition occurs at all. Drawing heavily on Carl Jung, he proposes that the first half...

from kaulsu

Rohr shows us how to let go of the judgmental ways of our youth--what he calls the 'first half' of our lives, and live fully into the potential of our God-given talents during the second-half of our lives. It is not a book to be read at one sitting, nor even a book to be read only once. It may be...