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liamrm 's review for:
Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion
by Gregory Boyle
4.5/5.
Powerful testimony on how the path to erase margins and 'Otherness' is by recognizing our common humanity and bridging that gap with compassion for one another. In the process, Boyle reframes the typical Christian desire to "save" those in need:
Which is later summarized in the chapter on Kinship:
The majority of the stories Boyle recounts are heart-breaking and unfortunately repetitive, all following a fall/grace/redemption cycle. I get that these stories exemplify the sheer amount of tragedy he's encountered over the years spent in gang-ridden Los Angeles neighborhoods, but the same narrative structure kind of weighs down on the reading experience after a while, hence I opted for 4.5 rather than 5 stars.
Powerful testimony on how the path to erase margins and 'Otherness' is by recognizing our common humanity and bridging that gap with compassion for one another. In the process, Boyle reframes the typical Christian desire to "save" those in need:
Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a covenant between equals. Al Sharpton always says, "We're all created equal, but we don't all end up equal."
Which is later summarized in the chapter on Kinship:
Kinship - not serving the other, but being one with the other. Jesus was not "a man for others"; he was one with them. There is a world of difference in that.
The majority of the stories Boyle recounts are heart-breaking and unfortunately repetitive, all following a fall/grace/redemption cycle. I get that these stories exemplify the sheer amount of tragedy he's encountered over the years spent in gang-ridden Los Angeles neighborhoods, but the same narrative structure kind of weighs down on the reading experience after a while, hence I opted for 4.5 rather than 5 stars.