
Cherished Belonging
The Healing Power of Love in Divided Times
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Gregory Boyle
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Gregory Boyle
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At a time when society is more fractured than ever before, beloved Jesuit priest Gregory Boyle invites us to see the world through a new lens of connection and build the loving community that we long to live in—a perfect message for fans of Anne Lamott, Mary Oliver, and Richard Rohr.
Over the past thirty years, Gregory Boyle has transformed thousands of lives through his work as the founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest gang-intervention program in the world. The program runs on two unwavering principles: (1) Everyone is unshakably good (no exceptions) and (2) we belong to each other (no exceptions).
Boyle believes that these two ideas allow all of us to cultivate a new way of seeing. Every community wants to be a safe place, where people are seen, and then are cherished. By remembering that we belong to each other, we find our way out of chaos and its dispiriting tribalism. Pooka, a former gang member who now oversees the program’s housing division, puts it plainly: “Here, love is our lens. It’s how we see things.”
In Cherished Belonging, Boyle calls back to Christianity’s origins as a subversive spiritual movement of equality, emancipation, and peace. Early Christianity was a way of life—not a set of beliefs. Boyle’s vision of community isn’t just a space for an individual to heal, but for people to join together and heal each other in a new collective living, a world dedicated to kindness as a constant and radical act of defiance. “The answer to every question is, indeed, compassion,” Boyle exhorts. He calls us to cherish and nurture the connections that are all around us and live with radical kindness.
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Leading with heart, authenticity, and purpose, Thomas Vozzo provides a clear path to a new bottom line—including 55 rules to break—bringing The Homeboy Way to life as the perfect antidote to the massive tidal currents of social injustice and inequities. By every traditional measurement of success, Vozzo was a clear winner. Then, through a series of fateful events, Vozzo landed as CEO of Homeboy Industries, the most successful gang intervention, rehabilitation, and reentry program in the country, founded by Jesuit priest Greg Boyle.
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The Homeboy story
- By Linda Cannon on 02-05-25
By: Thomas Vozzo, and others
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What Do We Do With the Bible?
- By: Richard Rohr
- Narrated by: John Quigley O.F.M.
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Selective use of scripture - by preachers and politicians alike - has been employed to justify violence, racism, misogyny, homophobia...the list goes on. Still, we believe the Bible has something important to say. How can we read it in a contemplative and intelligent way? In What Do We Do with the Bible?, Richard Rohr answers just this question. He offers a methodology of hermeneutics (interpretation) that creates a foundation for a hopeful and cosmic vision - incarnation from beginning to end of time. (He explores this vision further in The Universal Christ).
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Couldn’t hear the narrator-bad recording
- By Anonymous User on 05-22-25
By: Richard Rohr
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Everything Belongs
- The Gift of Contemplative Prayer
- By: Richard Rohr
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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This popular and best-selling book from a renowned Franciscan challenges people to move beyond the comfort of a settled life toward an understanding of themselves that is rooted in their connection to God. Only when they rest in God can they find the certainty and the freedom to become all that they can be.
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I love Richard Rohr, but
- By Kothel on 02-02-21
By: Richard Rohr
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Life After Doom
- Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart
- By: Brian D. McLaren
- Narrated by: Brian D. McLaren
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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For the last quarter-century, author and activist Brian D. McLaren has been writing at the intersection of religious faith and contemporary culture. In Life After Doom, he engages with the catastrophic failure of both our religious and political leaders to address the dominant realities of our time: ecological overshoot, economic injustice, and the increasing likelihood of civilizational collapse.
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Resilience, found.
- By Nina Lovel on 07-08-24
By: Brian D. McLaren
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Falling Upward
- A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
- By: Richard Rohr
- Narrated by: Richard Rohr
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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In the first half of life, we are naturally preoccupied with establishing ourselves; climbing, achieving, and performing. But as we grow older and encounter challenges and mistakes, we need to see ourselves in a different and more life-giving way. This message of falling down - that is in fact moving upward - is the most resisted and counterintuitive of messages in the world's religions. Falling Upward offers a new paradigm for understanding one of the most profound of life's mysteries: how those who have fallen down are the only ones who understand "up".
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I almost gave up on Christianity until I read this
- By J. Mark Wells on 09-03-14
By: Richard Rohr
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Wild Mercy
- Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics
- By: Mirabai Starr
- Narrated by: Mirabai Starr
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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With Wild Mercy, Mirabai Starr shares the subversive wisdom and fierce compassion of the feminine mystic across cultural boundaries and throughout history. From saints and sages, to goddesses and archetypal energies, to contemporary teachers and seekers - you'll meet women who blazed a path that will illuminate your own.
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Perfect wisdom for this time
- By Marie on 05-24-21
By: Mirabai Starr
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The Universal Christ
- How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope for, and Believe
- By: Richard Rohr
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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In his decades as a globally recognized teacher, Richard Rohr has helped millions realize what is at stake in matters of faith and spirituality. Yet Rohr has never written on the most perennially talked about topic in Christianity: Jesus. Most know who Jesus was, but who was Christ? Drawing on scripture, history, and spiritual practice, Rohr articulates a transformative view of Jesus Christ as a portrait of God’s constant, unfolding work in the world.
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Off the Reservation
- By Amazon Customer on 07-04-19
By: Richard Rohr
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Christian Meditation
- Entering the Mind of Christ
- By: James Finley
- Narrated by: James Finley
- Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
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In 1967 Thomas Merton traveled to Thailand, seeking to further the Buddhist-Christian dialogue that was his passion. This beloved Trappist monk and explorer of the inner life died unexpectedly on that trip but not before writing a final letter to his brothers at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky. In the letter Merton wrote that he now realized that everything he had been searching for could be found at his own hermitage, within the Christian tradition.
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Wow just wow
- By Holly on 05-15-16
By: James Finley
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The Ignatian Adventure
- Experiencing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius in Daily Life
- By: Kevin O'Brien
- Narrated by: Brian Jeffords
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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There is no better guide than St. Ignatius Loyola if one desires to discover how faith and everyday life can thrive together. In The Ignatian Adventure, Kevin O'Brien, SJ, follows St. Ignatius's lead and offers todays time-strapped individual a unique way of making the Spiritual Exercises in daily life. The first part of O'Brien's book provides helpful background information, including a brief history of St. Ignatius, an explanation of the Spiritual Exercises and their purpose, and a description of different ways to make the Exercises.
By: Kevin O'Brien
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The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything
- A Spirituality for Real Life
- By: James Martin
- Narrated by: James Martin
- Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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The Ignatian goal of "finding God in all things" eans that every part of our lives can lead us to God. The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything shows us how this is possible, with user-friendly examples, humorous stories and anecdotes from the heroic and inspiring lives of Jesuit saints and average priests and brothers, as well as examples from Martin's twenty years as a Jesuit. The traditional wisdom that Jesuits use to help other people in their daily lives is easily applied, but not often explained well to the general public.
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Changed My Life
- By Michael on 10-05-11
By: James Martin
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Anam Cara (Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition)
- A Book of Celtic Wisdom
- By: John O'Donohue, President Higgins - foreword
- Narrated by: Pat O'Donohue
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In this revered work, John O’Donohue excavates themes of friendship, belonging, solitude, creativity, and the imagination, among many others. Widely recognized for bringing Celtic spirituality into modern dialogue, his unique insights from the ancient world speak with urgency for our need to rediscover the thresholds of the soul.
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Tá sé go hiontach!
- By Jessica Holmes on 05-26-23
By: John O'Donohue, and others
Love in Action
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A deep truth shared in human life and knowledge
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My heart turned each page
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A unique take on Christ-centered living
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We all belong to each other.
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Just what I needed
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Our oneness
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Love, just love.
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Beautiful words to guide us through difficult days.
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One of the most beautiful books I’ve read.
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