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Resource:	Books (P40675.0000) Falling Upward : A spirituality for the two halves of life
Author:	Rohr, Richard.
Publisher:	Jossey-Bass, 2011
Length:	240 pages
Heading:	240 — Spirituality
Subjects:	AdMin. Older Adult; Religion Comparative-General; Spiritual formation; Spirituality; Spirituality & Spiritual Growth; spirituality and the second half of life, the two halves of
Location:	BV4511 .R64 2011
# Copies:	1
ISBN/ISSN:	9780470907757
Description:	FROM THE PUBLISHER: PRAISE FOR FALLING UPWARD "Understanding the spiritual aspects of aging is as important as appreciating the systems and biological processes that age us. 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, M.D., host of the "Dr. Oz Show" "Falling Upward calls forth the promise within us and frees us to follow it into wider dimensions of our spiritual authenticity. This 'second half of life' need not wait till our middle years. It emerges whenever we are ready and able to expand beyond the structures and strictures of our chosen path. With Richard Rohr as a guide, this mystery can become as real and immediate as your hand on the doorknob." Joanna Macy, author of World as Lover, World as Self "In Falling Upward, Richard offers a simple but deeply helpful framework for seeing the whole spiritual life; one that will help both beginners on the path as they look ahead and long-term pilgrims as they look back over their journey so far." Brian McLaren, author of A New Kind of Christianity and Naked Spirituality brianmclaren.net "The value of this book lies in the way Richard Rohr shares his own aging process with us in ways that help us be less afraid. We begin to see that, as we grow older, we are being awakened to deep, simple, and mysterious things we simply could not see when we were younger." Jim Finley, retreat leader, Merton scholar, and author of The Contemplative Heart "This is Richard Rohr at his vintage best: prophetic, pastoral, practical. A book I will gratefully share with my children and grandchildren." Cynthia Bourgeault, Episcopal priest, retreat leader, and author of The Meaning of Mary Magdalene, Centering Prayer, Inner Awakening, and The Wisdom Way of Knowing DESCRIPTION: In the first half of life, we are naturally and rightly preoccupied with establishing our identity, climbing, achieving, and performing. But those concerns will not serve us as we grow older and begin to embark on a further journey, one that involves challenges, mistakes, loss of control, broader horizons, and necessary suffering that actually shocks us out of our prior comfort zone. Eventually, we need to see ourselves in a different and more life-giving way. This message of "falling down" that is in fact moving upward is the most resisted and counterintuitive of messages in the world's religions, including and most especially Christianity. In Falling Upward, Father Richard Rohr, the founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation offers a new paradigm for understanding one of the most profound of life's mysteries: how our failings can be the foundation for our ongoing spiritual growth. Drawing on the wisdom from time-honored myths, heroic poems, great thinkers, and sacred religious texts, the author explores the two halves of life to show that those who have fallen, failed, or "gone down" are the only ones who understand "up." We grow spiritually more by doing it wrong than by doing it right. With rare insight, Rohr takes us on a journey to give us an understanding of how the heartbreaks, disappointments, and first loves of life are actually stepping stones to the spiritual joys that the second half of life has in store for us.
Age Groups:	None specified.

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