Article October 3, 2011 Issue

Falling Upward

Kim Shippey

Richard Rohr’s Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life (Jossey-Bass, 2011) is one of many books on the market where you don’t have to share the writer’s theology or view of the transitions in human life to be prompted to reexamine your own life and move it forward (or upward!) in fresh, helpful ways.

What first grabbed me were observations such as these:

 Great love is always a discovery, a revelation, a wonderful surprise, a falling into “something” much bigger and deeper that is literally beyond us and larger than us. 

Enjoy 1 free Sentinel article or audio program each month, including content from 1898 to today.

Send a comment to the editors
NEXT IN THIS ISSUE
Article
Ageless living
October 3, 2011
Contents

We'd love to hear from you!

Easily submit your testimonies, articles, and poems online.

Submit