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I never finished this book, as it was dense and long and a library book I needed to return. It’s too bad, I love Dorothy Day’s story, I just think that perhaps she was better at living the story than writing about it. 😅 I heard a new biography came out on her recently, so maybe I’ll give that one a try. It’s okay, I don’t think I would write a succinct and readable autobiography either.

I read this so many years ago but I don’t think I was ready to absorb its wisdom. I feel that it is a good book to read during lent.

This quote, on feeling like God is distant, stood out to me today:
“Through all of this, paradoxically, God is purifying our faith by threatening to destroy it... our trust in all exterior and interior results is being shattered so that we can learn faith in God alone.” (22)

Okay, I got halfway through, and I’m gonna be honest: I’m disappointed. It is a slog to get through. And I don’t know if it’s the book itself, or the way it has been translated, or if it’s my own immaturity. Perhaps it’s just way over my head, spiritually. I’m having a hard time fully getting into her headspace. There were definitely some good lines in there, but for now, I’m putting it down.

To be honest, this is a bit of a slog. It’s important and crucial information conveyed in an ethnographic format, but it’s no page turner. Not sure if I will finish it or skip around to the parts I am most interested in.

Timely.

I would compare Spong’s writing voice to a fusion of Yuval Noah Harari and Richard Rohr. Intellectual, scientific, and deeply spiritual.