{"id":4885,"date":"2025-11-20T10:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=4885"},"modified":"2025-11-20T10:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T10:47:11","slug":"book-review-spiritually-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=4885","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Spiritually Homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spiritually Homeless<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

by Kris Girrell<\/p>\n

Genre:<\/strong> Nonfiction \/ Spirituality<\/p>\n

ISBN: <\/strong>9781957354774<\/p>\n

Print Length:<\/strong> 220 pages<\/p>\n

Publisher:<\/strong> MSI Press<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Reviewed by Tomi Alo<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>An insightful exploration of spirituality beyond traditional beliefs<\/strong><\/h2>\n

There\u2019s a quiet kind of longing that comes when we no longer find comfort in a particular religious dynamic, yet still believe in a deeper meaning and want to feel connected to something. It\u2019s like a strange feeling of being lost and alone without actually being lost.<\/p>\n

In Spiritually Homeless<\/em>, author Kris Girrell reaches out to those who, for one reason or another, have drifted from their faith but yet still feel the persistent tug of something much more. In this book, Girrell gently guides these \u201cseekers,\u201d as he calls them, through the complexities of spiritually searching and offers a map to recognizing or rediscovering their spiritual connections.<\/p>\n

Here, Girrell expansively creates this self-discovery journey through an interlude of various personal stories (both from his own spiritual journey and others), mystical observations, and deep discussions on different types of religion and spiritual experiences. The journey is tender, comforting, and reflecting. Girrell has placed journaling exercises at the end of each chapter that help readers in their own inner discussions and a list of references at the end of the book for those who would like to go even further in their spiritual journey.<\/p>\n

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Spiritually Homeless<\/em> is deeply inclusive and compassionate, constantly inviting its readers into a shared, safe community. Throughout the book, Girrell positions himself as a fellow traveler\u2014not a teacher or a spiritual guru, but a companion. We can feel the soft, unwavering call to take this journey as a personal invitation to rediscover what faith and meaning might look like when stripped of dogma and filled instead with honesty, curiosity, and true connection.<\/p>\n

Girrell\u2019s tone is conversational yet deliberate, and despite the conciseness of the book, Girrell takes his time to explain complex spiritual concepts, such as the Dark Night\u2014an intense spiritual transformation filled with uncertainty, loss, and void.<\/p>\n

For Girrell, spiritual awakening, or the experience as a whole, comes in very different forms. There\u2019s no single method that fits all. As he constantly reminds readers, \u201cYour experience may look very different. Your metaphors, your path, your milestones may not resemble mine at all\u2014and that\u2019s okay. That\u2019s one of the wild things about this journey: there\u2019s no one map. No right way. We\u2019re all feeling our way through the dark together.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

At the end, Spiritually Homeless<\/em> is a heartfelt reminder to its readers that it\u2019s okay to question, to wander, and to seek. The book gives these seekers the chance to explore beyond familiar institutionalized beliefs and discover spiritual meaning and connection on their own terms.<\/p>\n

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Spiritually Homeless by Kris Girrell Genre: Nonfiction \/ Spirituality ISBN: 9781957354774 Print Length: 220 pages Publisher: MSI Press Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Tomi Alo An insightful exploration of spirituality beyond traditional beliefs There\u2019s a quiet kind of longing that comes when we no longer find comfort in a particular religious dynamic, yet still believe in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bookreviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4885"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}