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• Title:Falling upward : a spirituality for the two halves of life : a companion journal / Richard Rohr.
  
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• Variant Title:Falling upward : companion journal
  Companion journal of Falling upward
  
• Author/Creator:Rohr, Richard.
  
• Published/Created:San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, ©2013.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: BV4511 .R64 2013
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Spiritual formation.
  Spirituality.
  
• Description:xiv, 181 pages ; 19 cm
  
• Summary:"A fresh way of thinking about spirituality that grows throughout life. In Falling Upward, Fr. Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves of life and to show them that those who have fallen, failed, or "gone down" are the only ones who understand "up." Most of us tend to think of the second half of life as largely about getting old, dealing with health issues, and letting go of life, but the whole thesis of this book is exactly the opposite.? What looks like falling down can largely be experienced as "falling upward."? In fact, it is not a loss but somehow actually a gain, as we have all seen with elders who?have come to their fullness.?? Explains why the second half of life can and should be full of spiritual richness Offers a new view of how spiritual growth happens loss is gain Richard Rohr is a regular contributing writer for Sojourners and Tikkun magazines This important book explores the counterintuitive message that we grow spiritually much more by doing wrong than by doing right."
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781118428566 (paperback)
  1118428560 (paperback)
  
• Contents:The two halves of life
  The hero and heroine's journey
  The first half of life
  The tragic sense of life
  Stumbling over the stumbling stone
  Necessary suffering
  Home and homesickness
  Amnesia and the big picture
  A second simplicity
  A bright sadness
  The shadowlands
  New problems and new directions
  Falling upward.