Falling Upward, Richard Rohr
Falling Upward, Richard Rohr
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Falling Upward
A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

Author: Richard Rohr

Narrator: Richard Rohr

Unabridged: 6 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/24/2011

Synopsis

In the first half of life, we are naturally preoccupied with establishing ourselves; climbing, achieving, and performing. But as we grow older and encounter challenges and mistakes, 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. Falling Upward offers a new paradigm for understanding one of the most profound of life's mysteries: how those who have fallen down are the only ones who understand up. We grow spiritually more by doing it wrong than by doing it right, and the disappointments of life are actually stepping stones to the spiritual joys in the second half of life.

About Richard Rohr

Fr. Richard Rohr, Franciscan friar and ecumenical teacher, is founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation. Fr. Richard teaches how God's grace guides us to our birthright as beings made of Divine Love. He is the author of numerous books, including Immortal Diamond.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jenny on June 23, 2022

This book passed through my life at exactly the right time - midlife. The wisdom Father Rohr imparts is profound. It has encouraged me to see the ‘second half of life’ not as a physically decaying, hedonistic, self serving, hanging your boots up existence. Rohr describes the contrary; life is just s......more

Goodreads review by Virginia Campbell on August 10, 2023

Falling Upward Journal This is a wonderful source for group discussion of growing more spiritual as we age. It is also excellent to use on your own alone.......more

Goodreads review by Kenneth on January 01, 2025

It gives me new kind of seeing, to live our original intended life, the true-self, going toward a mature Christian life......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on March 12, 2023

This book is beautifully written. I read it around my 50th birthday. Perfect timing to re-evaluate priorities with the awesome writing of Richard Rohr.......more

Goodreads review by Delores on April 11, 2022

How to realize God’s control of our lives. God picks us up as we need his direction.......more

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