The Wisdom Pattern
by Richard Rohr
Rohr's pattern of order, disorder and reorder as the shape of spiritual growth, applied to individuals, institutions and culture. A revised edition of an earlier book; the pattern is the takeaway.
Read it if…
you want a framework for why disruption precedes growth.
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Skip it if…
you want personal devotion; this is structural.
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Three things you will actually use
- Order, disorder, reorder.
- Disorder is necessary, not failure.
- Reorder includes what came before.
Do this first
Identify which stage you are in and what reorder might look like.
Our verdict
Order, disorder, reorder.
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