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Journey to Love: What We Long For, How to Find It, and How to Pass It On
Journey to Love: What We Long For, How to Find It, and How to Pass It On
Journey to Love: What We Long For, How to Find It, and How to Pass It On
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Journey to Love: What We Long For, How to Find It, and How to Pass It On

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The Journey to Love is our first step toward learning to accept love from others and to love those around us.

Finding love in our everyday lives and relationships can be difficult. In this collection of 40 short, story-driven readings, Matt Mikalatos helps us open ourselves to love in the world around us and to set aside control and embrace the wild, untamed vulnerability of loving and being loved.

This is an easy book to read over 40 days—or finish in a couple of hours. Each entry includes questions and exercises to help with reflection, transformation, or discussion with friends or a book club. The goal is to find ourselves more loving and able to receive more love.

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Release dateAug 3, 2021
ISBN9781641582988
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Matt Mikalatos

Matt Mikalatos works for a non-profit dedicated to helping people live better, fuller lives. He has done non-profit work all over the world, and he and his family lived in Asia for several years. He currently lives in the Portland, Oregon area with his wife and three daughters.

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    I received a copy of this book through the publisher via NetGalley.Journey to Love is a gentle read. It takes the reader by the hand through 40 brief insights on love in its many facets, each segment ending with a simple exercise and opportunity to personalize things more. While unabashedly from a Christian perspective, this is a highly inclusive book. It doesn't assume anyone to be of the same faith, or make an effort at conversion. As the author says at one point, "Yes, I have atheist friends who are deeply loving, and religious friends who are not. You might think that's an argument against my point, but I don't think so. Some atheists are closer to God than some people who claim God, that's all. And my job, your job, our job... is to love them both."I approached the book, not fully sure what to expect or what I might get out of it. I sure didn't anticipate fighting tears as I read the every start as he describes the death of his dear friend Shasta. Shasta returns often throughout the book. I sure never knew her, but I had a sense like her spirit was in the words, guiding Mikalatos along. This is by no means a book focused on romantic love, but explores the subject in various ways. I really appreciated how he addressed the subject of abuse, complete with a checklist to help people recognize what is, and isn't, love. It's the kind of thing more people need to see; it will save lives.I highlighted many profound quotes and exercises as I read. I feel like this is a book I will revisit later to ponder his points again. In this time of often overwhelming darkness, it's refreshing to read something that offers gentle bursts of light.

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