Thursday, April 14, 2016

Inspiration Calling

How To Be Here: Creating a Life Worth Living – Rob Bell (Harper One)

Full disclosure up front: I was not familiar with Rob Bell as a pastor, spiritual leader, speaker or New York Times bestselling author. That being said, I didn’t know what to expect when a cracked open Bell’s latest effort, How To Be Here: Creating a Life Worth Living.

While some may be disappointed that Bell doesn’t spend a lot of effort preaching, I was intrigued by his narrative style and his approach to delivering the story he sought to tell with this book. Bell utilizes the computer cursor blinking at you as the starting place of what you want to go out and create; the cursor being a metaphor for whatever path you want to take, whatever endeavor you want to launch, your starting point.


While many of us sit gazing at the flashing cursor, waiting for “magic to happen” or lightening to strike and get us moving, Bell speaks directly to the choices we make and the choices we avoid. He offers inspiration to help us over, around or through the self-manifesting roadblocks we erect that prevent us from pursuing the life we want.

While there is a level of spirituality and a touch of self-helpy-ness to How To Be Here, it never leaks over into the syrupy or the trite; remaining firmly planted in the realm of inspiration. As with all of these kinds of books, I search for bits and useful tidbits that I can plug into my own life and my role as a leader and member of the community and Rob Bell delivers.

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