{"product_id":"falling-upward-revised-and-updated-a-spirituality-for-the-two-halves-of-life-hardback-9781394185696","title":"Falling Upward, Revised and Updated; A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life (Hardback) 9781394185696","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFalling Upward, Revised and Updated\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eFalling Upward Revised Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"In\u003ci\u003e Falling Upward,\u003c\/i\u003e Fr. Richard Rohr's wisdom illuminates the purpose and direction of our life journey. It turns out that our souls are engaged in a sacred dance that leads 'beyond the strong opinions, needs, preferences, and demands of the first half of life' toward the True Self and the 'serene discipleship' of the second half of life.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eThe Rev. Dr. Barbara A. Holmes, author of \u003ci\u003eJoy Unspeakable, Crisis Contemplation, and Race and the Cosmos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFalling Upward\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of liberation. It 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, and sink or soar into the mysteries to which it pointed Then the promise unfolds—in terms of what we discover we are and the timescapes we inhabit, as well as the gifts we can offer the world. With Richard Rohr as a guide, the spunk and spank of his language and his exhilarating insights, this mystery can become as real and immediate as your hand on the doorknob.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJoanna Macy, author of \u003ci\u003eWorld as Lover, World as Self\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Richard Rohr has been a mentor to so many of us over the years, teaching us new ways to read Scripture, giving us tools to better understand ourselves, showing us new approaches to prayer and suffering, and even helping us see and practice a new kind of seeing. Now, in \u003ci\u003eFalling Upward,\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBrian McLaren, author of \u003ci\u003eA New Kind of Christianity and Naked Spirituality\u003c\/i\u003e (brianmclaren.net)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"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 of seeing and accepting how we are growing older day by day. Without sugar coating the challenging aspects of growing older, Richard Rohr invites us to look closer, to sit with what is happening to us as we age. As we do so, the value and gift of aging begin to come into view. 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. The value of this book lies in the clarity with which it invites us to see the value of our own experience of aging as the way God is moving us from doing to being, from achieving to appreciating, from planning and plotting to trusting the strange process in which as we diminish, we strangely expand and grow in all sorts of ways we cannot and do not need to explain to anyone including ourselves. This freedom from the need to explain, this humble realization of what we cannot explain, is itself one of the unexpected blessings of aging this book invites us to explore. It sounds too good to be true, but we can begin to realize the timeless wisdom of the elders is sweetly and gently welling up in our own mind and heart.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJim Finley, retreat leader, Merton scholar, and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Contemplative Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is Richard Rohr at his vintage best: prophetic, pastoral, practical. A book I will gratefully share with my children and grandchildren.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eCynthia Bourgeault, Episcopal priest, retreat leader, and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Meaning of Mary Magdalene, Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Wisdom Way of Knowing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Father Richard Rohr has gathered innumerable luminous jewels of wisdom during a lifetime of wrestling with self, soul, God, the church, the ancient sacred stories of initiation and its modern realities, and the wilder and darker dimensions of the human psyche. His new book, \u003ci\u003eFalling Upward,\u003c\/i\u003e is a great and gracious gift for all of us longing for lanterns on the perilous path to psychospiritual maturity, a path that reveals secrets of personal destiny only after falling into the swamps of failure, woundedness, and personal demons. An uncommon, true elder in these fractured times, Richard Rohr shows us the way into the rarely reached 'second half of life' and the encounter with our souls—our authentic and unique way of participating in and joyously contributing to our miraculous world.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBill Plotkin, Ph.D., author of \u003ci\u003eSoulcraft and Nature and the Human Soul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Rohr (Author), Brene Brown (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781394185696, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 November 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.8 x 1.8 cm, 0.318 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn update to the bestselling \u003ci\u003eFalling Upward\u003c\/i\u003e from Franciscan Father Richard Rohr\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the revised and updated edition of \u003ci\u003eFalling Upward,\u003c\/i\u003e Richard Rohr seeks to help readers come to terms with the two halves of life. In this book, Rohr teaches us that we can’t understand the meaning of \"up\" until we have fallen \"down.\" More importantly, Rohr describes what \"up\" can look like in the second half of life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost of us tend to think of the second half of life in chronological terms, but this book proposes a different paradigm. Spiritual maturity is found \"when we begin to pay attention and seek integrity\" through a shift from our \"outer task\" to the \"inner task.\" What looks like falling down can be experienced as falling upward—and is not necessarily connected with aging. This new edition focuses on practical guidance that you can use to live a life of love and meaning in a world of suffering and challenge. \u003ci\u003eFalling Upward\u003c\/i\u003e is an invitation to living the gospel and a call to ongoing transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eGain a spiritual perspective on the \"the common sequencing, staging, and direction of life's arc\" and learn how to bring forth your gifts in the second half of life\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGrapple with difficult feelings, fears, and emotions associated with \"great love and great suffering\"\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLearn how we \"grow spiritually much more by doing it wrong than by doing it right\" Understand why so many of us resist falling into the second half of life\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaders of Rohrs previous works and those new to the remarkable teachings of this Franciscan priest will find comfort and inspiration in this guide to lifelong spiritual growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Invitation to a Further Journey xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Two Halves of Life 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Hero’s Journey 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The First Half of Life 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Tragic Sense of Life 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Stumbling Over the Stumbling Stone 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Necessary Suffering 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Home and Homesickness 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Amnesia and the Big Picture 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 A Second Simplicity 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 A Bright Sadness 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Shadowlands 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 New Problems and New Directions 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Falling Upward 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoda 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Author 127\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Religion \u0026amp; beliefs [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Religion \u0026amp; beliefs\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Religion%20\u0026amp;%20beliefs%20%5BHR%5D%22\"\u003eHR\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52165125177624,"sku":"9781394185696","price":16.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781394185696.jpg?v=1781088774","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/falling-upward-revised-and-updated-a-spirituality-for-the-two-halves-of-life-hardback-9781394185696","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}