(Ir)religiosity

This was a really fun book to read. It’s been a while since I’ve read a book that is in a narrative format much less a spiritual memoir. It was a breath of fresh air.

Many of the reviews I’ve read suggest that Gall is a sort of St. Augustine-Don Miller hybrid. I echo their sentiments. Pete’s story is a confessional, sometime brutally so, but it is also engaging, funny, and deeply emotional. It is a story we can all connect with because on a certain level Pete’s story is our story. It simultaneously portrays some of the darkest and most endearing aspects of human nature. And it is real. Pete is real. He doesn’t gloss over his story and bares all so to speak makes himself very vulnerable. In our world that is encouraging and inspiring.

Further, Pete’s story is call to remember. To remember our distinctive mark as followers of the Way to deny self, take up our cross live for others. It is a beautiful reminder to reject our idols and anything else that stands in the way of realizing God’s alternative reality and our synergetic, interactive participation in the life of the divine, the process of creativity, and the ongoing narrative of cosmic restoration and renewal.

If you like a good story of personal journey and spiritual discovery in the style of Don Miller, Anne Lamott, and yes even Augustine then you will thoroughly enjoy this book. It is an easy read, an engaging read and an inspiring read. If you’re looking for some good summer reading I’d recommend picking this one up.