Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would recommend this to any follower of Rohr, but also to those who are in a contemplative tradition of any religion, and the “spiritually but not religious” who are only flirting with the idea of a deity.
What did you like best about this story?
The integration of true self/false self thinking, which Rohr touches on in other works, makes this one both deeply profound and accessible.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Kevin Pierce?
The book needs someone whose voice is more soothing to listen to. Pierce sounds unattached to the content, a bit like a newscaster, which seems wrong for this work. And he mispronounces all kinds of words that will be in the vocabulary of many listeners: Taize, imago dei, Irenaeus, etc. I kept thinking, “how hard is it for an editor to review the pronunciation of these words in advance with the reader?”
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
This book is affirming and gentle. As usual, Rohr is critical of how the human keepers of organized religion impose limited categorical constructs, so as to make the reality of God institutions that are excluding and controlling, often losing the radical hospitality of God in the process.