Falling Upward A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life -- A Companion Journal

by Rohr, Richard

• ISBN13: 9781118428566
• ISBN10: 1118428560
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-01-22
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

In Falling Upward, Richard Rohr seeks to help readers understand the tasks of the two halves of life and to show them that those who have gone "down" are the only ones who understand "up." Those who have somehow fallen, and fallen well, are the only ones who can grow spiritually and not misuse "up". More than anything else, he describes what "up" (in the second half of life) will look like and could look like. The Companion Journal helps those who have (and those who have not) read Falling Upward to engage more deeply with the questions the book raises. Using a blend of quotes, questions for individual and group reflection, stories, and suggestions for spiritual practices, it provides a wise guide for deepning the spiritual journey--at any time of life.

Author Biography

Fr. Richard Rohr is a Franciscan priest of the New Mexico Province. He founded the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1986, where he presently serves as founding director. Fr. Rohr is the author of more than twenty books, an internationally known speaker, and a regular contributing writer for Sojourners and Tikkun magazines and the CAC's quarterly journal, Radical Grace.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

1 The Two Halves of Life 1

2 The Hero and the Heroine's Journey 15

3 The First Half of Life 29

4 The Tragic Sense of Life 41

5 Stumbling over the Stumbling Stone 55

6 Necessary Suffering 69

7 Home and Homesickness 85

8 Amnesia and the Big Picture 101

9 A Second Simplicity 115

10 A Bright Sadness 127

11 The Shadowlands 139

12 New Problems and New Directions 153

13 Falling Upward 167

The Author 181