Cherished Belonging

The Healing Power of Love in Divided Times

De: Gregory Boyle

Narrado por: Gregory Boyle

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.

©2024 Gregory Boyle (P)2024 Simon & Schuster Audio

We all belong to each other.

A book about seeing how people aren’t evil but people do evil things. We all hurt and we all fall and we all can change.

Love in Action

How great it is that caring people would start a mission with such a noble cause of helping the helpless., and teaching the act of giving and creating a space of belonging.

A deep truth shared in human life and knowledge

It is a great vision told in in the framework and story of love lived in our real world.

My heart turned each page

this book was a textured and lavish experience of black culture and took me directly to my family and community in South Central, Los Angeles in the 40s. I absolutely highly recommend reading this book and understanding all of the characters and their distinction. This book is beautifully written, an amazing work of artistry and love.

A unique take on Christ-centered living

This is the Jesus who opened himself to everyone. Absolutely everyone. This is flesh and bones. Jesus living in the LA area. This is the body of Christ reborn out of gangland with perfect imperfect, love, figuring it out as they go. This is a view of God from the street level and it is more vibrant than just about any that I have encountered.

wonderfully read by the author

Brings joy to your heart. Wonderfully read by the author. I highly recommend it. Very uplifting.

Always beautiful and heartfelt

I'm not a Christian, but Father G the highest example of Christianity. Love. Compassion. Something we all should strive for. I love his books. They make me want to be a better person. I laugh and cry at all of them. I cannot recommend his books more. You'll get something out of them. Enjoy.

What’s Needed Most in This World

I LOVED EVERYTHING about this book. I wish we would all embrace this way of living.

EYE OPENER!

This was such a great story but also helped heal some things in my heart I didn't know needed healing. Now I'm about to listen to the other book Tattoos on the Heart!

Another great one by G

I am a big fan of Father Greg and his work. I have every single book of Father G’s and this, like his others did not disappoint.