As I read through, there were moments that I felt like I was very connected with the dialogue, that it was resonating. And then there were moments where he completely lost me. By the end, I felt that it was a nice little journey, but I wasn't exactly sure that I'd gone anywhere or why. I felt that Bell puts a lot of thoughts down, but the connecting of those thought just didn't quite happen. There were a few things I highlighted but as a complete work, it didn't resonate. It was worth a read but not one that I'll likely ever return to.

Very on-brand Rob Bell writing, but not for those new to Rob Bell. It was a very thoughtful, wise, and even quite vulnerable at times, but overall it is rather ho-hum for me. Perhaps I was looking less esoteric and ephemeric content, more simple and practical. Still a good read.

I received an electronic ARC from St. Martin's Press through NetGalley.
Bell always makes me think. Though I don't always agree with all of his points, he challenges me to decide what I do believe and how I want to grow.
This book belabors several of his sub-points and stretches analogies to the breaking point. It also affirms readers along their journeys. While I appreciate his sharing of his personal journey and understand why he did so, it takes far too long to get to his points in the final chapters.

In Everything is Spiritual, Rob Bell takes the readers on his spiritual journey, imparting insights and posing questions along the way. Read as a memoir, it feels like it fills in gaps and behind-the-scenes moments of his very public career as a pastor of a megachurch and his subsequent "fall from grace" and exit. More importantly, it returns to a very authentic exploration of ideas that originally attracted me to Bell's writing. Reading the book reminds me of his early work with Velvet Elvis, in both the stream-of-consciousness style of writing and the underlying philosophy of not seeking to provide answers, but rather pose questions and ideas. He talks about forms and structure (thinking, processes, objects with "thingness") that are important, but whose purpose is to create space to step into and experience with your soul, examining both what the forms tell you and reading yourself into the forms. And that's what it feels like he creates with this book: that he's created a space to explore and become.

Rob Bell writes with the same cadence he uses when he speaks, which makes his books very readable. This book is a good blend of memoir and inspiration -- the things that happened in his life, the questions he asked, and the inspiration he felt.

This stream of consciousness/poetry format is frustrating to me. Fan of Rob Bell but can't get into this one. I wouldn't recommend.