All Is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir

Short review: This is Manning's last book. He is in very poor health and needed someone to help him write this. I have really enjoyed reading last books by people that I respect. If done well, and this one is, then it really can show what is important for that person. There is always a hint of sadness in a last book, but usually at least a hint of hopefulness as well.

This is not a long book (just over 4 hours on audio), but it does a very good job showing why for Manning ‘All is Grace'. He lived by grace and was in great need of grace. He had a rough life, continued to struggle with alcoholism, even recently.

This is the type of spiritual memoir we need more of. It, without glorifying at all, shows the problems of sin, the need for grace and the role for people to love one another in spite of their sin. If you have read Ragamuffin Gospel or his other books, this will give some historical context to the rest of the books. If you have not, this is a great introduction to why Grace is the central theme of Manning's life (and Christianity.)

My full review (probably too long at around 1100 words) is at http://bookwi.se/grace/