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Tatuajes En El Corazon: El Poder de la Compasión Sin Límite = Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle
sevensorrows's review against another edition
5.0
Straight up: This book is a life changer.
We have all either experienced some sort of gang (gang activity) firsthand, or gone out of your way to avoid it. This book is not only an eye opener, it opens the heart, after which it will never be closed.
Fr. Boyle is a modern-day walking saint. Even just through this book, he has changed my life. He has done what so severely needs to be done: humanize gangsters.
He puts a story behind the faces: touching stories, stories of longing for Christ, searching, yearning. I can't tell you how many times I cried throughout this book.
You must read this; buy this for others. Support this man and his ventures.
He takes in gangsters and ex-convicts and gives them jobs and teaches them live skills, how to live, how to love. He treats them as they should be treated...with a father's love.
he has showed them Christ and in the process, showed us what kind of people we need to be.
Fr. Boyle is nationally known and I know one day he will be known everywhere. He is to gangsters what Mother Teresa was to the poor.
God bless you Father Boyle and all those who you touch.
We have all either experienced some sort of gang (gang activity) firsthand, or gone out of your way to avoid it. This book is not only an eye opener, it opens the heart, after which it will never be closed.
Fr. Boyle is a modern-day walking saint. Even just through this book, he has changed my life. He has done what so severely needs to be done: humanize gangsters.
He puts a story behind the faces: touching stories, stories of longing for Christ, searching, yearning. I can't tell you how many times I cried throughout this book.
You must read this; buy this for others. Support this man and his ventures.
He takes in gangsters and ex-convicts and gives them jobs and teaches them live skills, how to live, how to love. He treats them as they should be treated...with a father's love.
he has showed them Christ and in the process, showed us what kind of people we need to be.
Fr. Boyle is nationally known and I know one day he will be known everywhere. He is to gangsters what Mother Teresa was to the poor.
God bless you Father Boyle and all those who you touch.
juicextin's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
debr's review against another edition
4.0
Boyle is clearly one of the most profoundly good human beings this planet has to offer and is a true mensch. I love his humor, his dedication, his passion and his boundless commitment to working with such an incredibly difficult, challenging community. How he manages to maintain such an incredibly sense of humor and joy in the midst of so much pain and loss is truly miraculous. By turns laugh-out-loud funny, heartbreaking, and profoundly painful, Boyle shows you the incredible humane-ness of his work and his nearly bottomless capacity for grace and love.
I didn't particularly love the way this book was written. Its extraordinarily fragmentary, and I found myself wanting to go deeper into these lives and into the fabric of this community, but instead feeling very bounced around and disjointed. I would have appreciated a little more of a linear trajectory around how Homeboy Industries was created and grew- I still feel like I have a poor understanding of either its process or its reach, and that was disappointing.
I both loved and was confounded by Boyle's faith in this book. It is exceedingly clear that his faith above all else drives his passion and commitment. It would be hard to understand how anyone could choose to work this hard for this long and be such a - Im going to say it again- mensch, unless they were driven by some really profound and core beliefs about the fundamental goodness in people. I get it. What I don't get, at all, is his vision of a God that is only good, that God is a being that only has unconditional love for his creations. I think as someone who has grown up with an Old Testament God in all his jealous, complex, multifaceted unknowable nature, and as well thinking deeply about the nature of biology of something that is framed far more in survival and competition that manifests itself in a thousand million ways in all of life's relationships, some of which are symbiotic and supportive and others of which are predatory and destructive, and everything in between-- its just so incredibly hard for me to understand his God. But, oh my little g god, am glad for him that it is so clearly the Rock of his foundation that lets him do this amazing, incredible work.
I didn't particularly love the way this book was written. Its extraordinarily fragmentary, and I found myself wanting to go deeper into these lives and into the fabric of this community, but instead feeling very bounced around and disjointed. I would have appreciated a little more of a linear trajectory around how Homeboy Industries was created and grew- I still feel like I have a poor understanding of either its process or its reach, and that was disappointing.
I both loved and was confounded by Boyle's faith in this book. It is exceedingly clear that his faith above all else drives his passion and commitment. It would be hard to understand how anyone could choose to work this hard for this long and be such a - Im going to say it again- mensch, unless they were driven by some really profound and core beliefs about the fundamental goodness in people. I get it. What I don't get, at all, is his vision of a God that is only good, that God is a being that only has unconditional love for his creations. I think as someone who has grown up with an Old Testament God in all his jealous, complex, multifaceted unknowable nature, and as well thinking deeply about the nature of biology of something that is framed far more in survival and competition that manifests itself in a thousand million ways in all of life's relationships, some of which are symbiotic and supportive and others of which are predatory and destructive, and everything in between-- its just so incredibly hard for me to understand his God. But, oh my little g god, am glad for him that it is so clearly the Rock of his foundation that lets him do this amazing, incredible work.
shicklin's review against another edition
5.0
A gem. I loved this book. Gregory Boyle writes essays about his life in the inter-city--offering hope to those who chose to escape lives of violence. The compassion of the Lord lived out. I highly recommend this sad, funny and I know it is cliche to say--but... poignant peek into the life of this Jesuit priest.
This will be a favorite read for 2012.
This will be a favorite read for 2012.
stevienlcf's review against another edition
3.0
Father Boyle delivers the tales of hundreds of former gang members who have been employed at Homeboy Industries, the company that he founded to give these young men and women an opportunity. Boyle's annecdotes are heartbreaking, funny, and inspirational.
zacmonday's review against another edition
5.0
I tried to read this book when I got it about a year ago. I picked it up a few times and never found my way in. It wasn't time.
Picked it up Saturday mid-blizzard and devoured it.
Boyle's narrative flows smoothly, homilies, lessons learned, poetry. It blends beautifully to create a full message of love.
It's not for everyone. If you read the summary and think it might be for you, it probably will be. And, you'll be better for it.
Picked it up Saturday mid-blizzard and devoured it.
Boyle's narrative flows smoothly, homilies, lessons learned, poetry. It blends beautifully to create a full message of love.
It's not for everyone. If you read the summary and think it might be for you, it probably will be. And, you'll be better for it.
ashcutshall's review against another edition
5.0
Like the title, this book and the stories it holds have left a tattoo on my heart. This book is an incredible picture of the compassion of Jesus and how we can stand with those on the margins.
katieproctorbooks's review against another edition
5.0
This book is absolutely phenomenal. I laughed and I cried, a lot. We all can learn so much about compassion from Father Boyle and his Homeboy Industries. It was equally devastating and hopeful, and taught me so much about leaning in to people’s hurts even when it can be scary or uncomfortable. At the end of the day, we all just want to know we are loved and that we matter. So powerful.
nesskraem's review against another edition
4.0
The only reason I rated this four stars is because I read The Whole Language first, and this feels more unfinished than that book. That said, I like the rawness of some of his stories in this one more than in Whole Language. As always, the message is clear: stand with the marginalized. Lead with love.