Cherished Belonging

The Healing Power of Love in Divided Times

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Gregory Boyle: Cherished Belonging (2024, Simon & Schuster)

English language

Published 2024 by Simon & Schuster.

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978-1-6680-6187-9
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By the founder of the largest gang rehabilitation program

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The author's message is that there are sicknesses and brokenness that cause people to behave in destructive ways, but in the eyes of God there are no truly bad people, ever. He is not shut away from the real world, either, but has spent his life creating the largest ministry to assist former gang members to try to turn their lives around, and has seen hundreds of his community die from overdose, chronic health problems, or violence. His previous book Tattoos on the Heart is on my list of books to be read. Through a family connection I knew about the work the author was doing before we wrote his two books.

He follows a faith tradition informed by mystic and contemplatives going back hundreds of years at the same time living alongside the kinds of challenges the modern world throws marginalized communities. These include the Covid19 pandemic, extremist racism, …