Falling Upward, Revised and Updated: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 1394185693 ISBN13: 9781394185696 Release Date: November 2023 Publisher: Jossey-Bass Length: 160 Pages Weight: 0.80 lbs. Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.3" An update to the bestselling Falling Upward from Franciscan Father Richard Rohr In the revised and updated edition of Falling Upward, 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. Most 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 ed