This book Everything Belongs was used for discussion in the Contemplative Group I attend. It was my very first experience with the author Richard Rohr O.F.M., a Franciscan Friar and the founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation. He now lives in a hermitage behind his Franciscan community in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Our group spend many months with this resource and it was very difficult to move onto the next chapter as we kept finding gems in the current chapter. We all gained tremendous insight from this study, as Rohr did indeed "pull out the chair beneath your mind," quoting the included verse of Mohammed Hafiz, from the first page until the very last page.
Limiting myself to a brief summary of this book is impossible, so I will just offer these reviews.
"Simply written yet deeply challenging.... At the base of all reality, Rohr writes, is God's radical grace." ---The Mennonite
"The challenge of this book is simple, yet profound: Be aware. Be aware of God in all things."
---Catholic Library World
"Once again we have a gift from Richard Rohr, certainly one of the most significant prophets to the contemporary church....With words eloquent, words from the heart, words that live in and emerge from healthy spirituality, this book is a grand invitation to grow.... Perhaps the rarest gift in this book is that we will get a good and needed shaking up." ---Resources Hotline
"This book is about learning to see, to see anew, to acknowledge oneself as a beginner, thus being open to transformation .... Rohr has written gems of thought worth pondering again and again."
---Bookfinder
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