How to Survive a Shipwreck: Help is on the Way and Love Is Already Here - Jonathan Martin
An inspiring book, leaving me with nagging questions. This is the third book I've come across which addresses the spirituality of a life in crisis, and the new and better perspective to be had on the other side of the crisis. The first was Richard Rohr's Falling Upward ; I did not get through the introduction as Rohr's writing annoyed me too much. The second was Nick Page's The Dark Night of the Shed which I read all through, entertained by his light and humorous writing style, and appreciating the lessons he draws from a man's midlife crisis, especially the desire to build a shed. What Martin's book shares with these is the assertion that a significant life crisis (be it shed building, falling, or a shipwreck) can and does change one's perspective on life, God and the world around fundamentally, and for the better. He writes: ...it's useless to try to make ourselves or anyone else see the world with more empathy and compassion. That kind of seeing is...