Falling upward : a spirituality for the two halves of life

Falling upward A spirituality for the two halves of life

Richard Rohr

Book - 2024

"We grow much more spiritually by doing life wrong than by doing it right. However, many people and institutions remain in "the first half of life" forever, preoccupied with climbing, achieving, and performing. But if you knew there was more to the journey, wouldn't you choose to do the "first half" quite differently? By facing challenges, mistakes, loss of control, and even suffering in the "second half of life," we learn to grow and blossom into the people we are called to be"--

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Subjects
Spiritual formation.
Spirituality.
Spiritual formation
Spirituality
Published
Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc [2024]
Language
English
Main Author
Richard Rohr (author)
Other Authors
Brené Brown (writer of foreword)
Edition
Revised and updated
Item Description
Originally published by Jossey-Bass in 2011.
Physical Description
xxix, 129 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-126).
ISBN
9781394185696
  • Foreword
  • The Invitation to a Further Journey
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Two Halves of Life
  • 2. The Hero's Journey
  • 3. The First Half of Life
  • 4. The Tragic Sense of Life
  • 5. Stumbling Over the Stumbling Stone
  • 6. Necessary Suffering
  • 7. Home and Homesickness
  • 8. Amnesia and the Big Picture
  • 9. A Second Simplicity
  • 10. A Bright Sadness
  • 11. The Shadowlands
  • 12. New Problems and New Directions
  • 13. Falling Upward
  • Afterword
  • Coda
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • The Author

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