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ob_ledbetter's review against another edition
3.0
Rob Bell has entered a new era of understanding (and frankly, editing).This is him at his best. Coherent, insightful, thought-provoking.
akingston5's review against another edition
"You can step out of the cycle? You can leave? And head into the unknown? You can step into something that hasn't happened yet, that doesn't exist yet? What an incredible new idea."
***
I really love Rob Bell's work; he packs in so many beautiful and powerful ideas with really simply and accessible language. This text feels much more autobiographical than his other work, and the title says it all: everything in life is spiritual, connecting to and entangling with our spirits in some way. This can be a fast read or a slow read for you, depending on what you need it to be!
***
I really love Rob Bell's work; he packs in so many beautiful and powerful ideas with really simply and accessible language. This text feels much more autobiographical than his other work, and the title says it all: everything in life is spiritual, connecting to and entangling with our spirits in some way. This can be a fast read or a slow read for you, depending on what you need it to be!
toribeck's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Good, but didn't quite resonate with me. However, I enjoy Bell's writing and appreciate his knack for storytelling and detailing complex, abstract concepts.
maryesthernev's review against another edition
5.0
**BEST BOOK ON DECONSTRUCTION**
This book is beautifully written with well articulated intricate abstract ideas. This will go down as one of my all time favorites!
This book is beautifully written with well articulated intricate abstract ideas. This will go down as one of my all time favorites!
erinmitchell's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars rounded up. I’m not sure how to rate this book. There aren’t any chapters. It’s over 300 pages of rambling thoughts that are somewhat connected. Even so, it gave me a lot to reflect on and plenty of nuggets that I will return to. Rob Bell somehow gives words that express my angst, frustration, and disequilibrium. While also giving reassurances of hope, faith, truth, and life that are like a balm to my weary heart.
“I often thought of walking away from the whole thing. That was tempting. But I couldn’t. There’s too much truth, too much power, too much wisdom in this ancient movement to walk away from it just because the American religious/military machine had lost its way. I didn’t have to walk away from what has shaped and vitalized my life in a thousand ways because somebody somewhere bastardized and blasphemed it. I could double down on it. I had to show people that this giant monolith that claimed to be the Christian voice in the world had gone off the rails.”
“I often thought of walking away from the whole thing. That was tempting. But I couldn’t. There’s too much truth, too much power, too much wisdom in this ancient movement to walk away from it just because the American religious/military machine had lost its way. I didn’t have to walk away from what has shaped and vitalized my life in a thousand ways because somebody somewhere bastardized and blasphemed it. I could double down on it. I had to show people that this giant monolith that claimed to be the Christian voice in the world had gone off the rails.”
redroofcolleen's review against another edition
1.0
With each sentence as a paragraph, it is a bit Power Point as book. Convoluted, disjointed, and full of his own virtue. My first and last by this author.