Ebook {Epub PDF} Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps by Richard Rohr

 · Overview. We are all addicted in some way. When we learn to identify our addiction, embrace our brokenness, and surrender to God, we begin to bring healing to ourselves and our world. In Breathing Under Water, Richard Rohr shows how the gospel principles in the Twelve Steps can free anyone from any addiction—from an obvious dependence on alcohol or drugs to the more common Brand: Franciscan Media. Bookmark File PDF Breathing Under Water Spirility And The Twelve Steps Breathing Under Water Spirility And The Twelve Steps As recognized, adventure as with ease as experience practically lesson, amusement, as with ease as treaty can be gotten by just checking out a ebook breathing under water spirility and the twelve steps as a consequence it is not directly done, you could consent even more. To survive the tidal wave of compulsive behavior and addiction, Christians must learn to breathe under water and discover God s love and compassion. In this exploration of Twelve Step spirituality, Rohr identifies the Christian principles in the Twelve Steps, connecting The Big /5(K).

Breathing Underwater: Spirituality and the 12 Steps by Richard Rohr 4, ratings, average rating, reviews Breathing Underwater Quotes Showing of 76 "Christians are usually sincere and well-intentioned people until you get to any real issues of ego, control power, money, pleasure, and security. A Book Excerpt on Compassion. "I am indeed saying that only people who have suffered in some way can save one another — exactly as the Twelve Step Program discovered. Deep communion and dear compassion is formed much more by shared pain than by shared pleasure. I do not know why that is true. We are not saved by any formulas or theologies or. Activist, author and spiritual teacher Richard Rohr presented "Breathing Under Water" in the All Saints Church, Pasadena Rector's Forum on Sunday, March

To survive the tidal wave of compulsive behavior and addiction, Christians must learn to breathe under water and discover God s love and compassion. In this exploration of Twelve Step spirituality, Rohr identifies the Christian principles in the Twelve Steps, connecting The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous with the gospel. Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the 12 Steps, a small and wonderful book by one of my most favorite priests, Father Richard Rohr, is a reminder of, as a friend of mine says, "who we are and what we are"-beings founded in love who struggle to find that love which we are. Fr. Rohr looks at the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous in the light of the Gospel and Catholic faith and find a deeply spiritual path. Great title - from a previously unpublished poem which he quotes at the start of his book - Father Richard Rohr explains how AA's 12 steps is a programme that achieves the impossible. Through following these simple steps -if you're in despair, floundering around - healing liberation of spirit (breathing under water) will come.