The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything

Short Review - The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life by James Martin - I like James Martin's writing. He bring humor and real life to his writing. As a Protestant, I find his Catholic perspective of Christianity to be just slant enough to my ears that it cuts through cliche' and helps me understand my own faith better by opening up blind spots and giving different perspective. The chapters that I found most helpful were the ones on prayer (the examen), desire, suffering and obedience and vocation.

Like with the his Between Heaven and Mirth, I thought there were parts that could have been edited down a bit. There was some repetition that was part of the way it was written that is unnecessary for someone that is reading the book straight through but was inevitable with the style of writing (encouraging the reader to read where they want, about the topics they want and not necessarily in order.)

My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/jesuit-guide/