{"id":46074,"date":"2026-01-07T22:38:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T03:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=46074"},"modified":"2026-01-07T22:38:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T03:38:04","slug":"review-of-forgive-everyone-everything-by-gregory-boyle-art-by-fabian-debora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=46074","title":{"rendered":"Review of Forgive Everyone Everything, by Gregory Boyle, art by Fabian Debora"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Forgive Everyone Everything<\/em><\/p>\n

by Gregory Boyle
\nArt by Fabian Debora<\/p>\n

Loyola Press, 2022. 112 pages.
\nReview written January 2, 2026, from my own copy.
\nStarred Review
\n2025 Sonderbooks Stand-out<\/a>: #5 Christian Nonfiction<\/p>\n

When I discovered Fr. Gregory Boyle had written a new book, Cherished Belonging<\/a><\/em>, I rushed to Amazon to order my own copy and discovered another book of his I hadn’t read – Forgive Everyone Everything.<\/em><\/p>\n

It turns out that this book doesn’t contain new writings. It takes short selections from his past three books, Tattoos on the Heart<\/a><\/em>, Barking to the Choir<\/a><\/em>, and The Whole Language<\/a><\/em>, and pairs them with poignant paintings from Fabian Debora, Executive Director of Homeboy Art Academy.<\/p>\n

The result is a book that’s perfect for meditative devotional reading in the morning, one spread per day.<\/p>\n

I’ll be honest – Father Greg’s books can get a little rambly. Sometimes it’s hard for me to pick out punchy quotations to post on my Sonderquotes blog<\/a>. So this book full of bite-sized powerful quotations was a delight. Reading one page inevitably gave me something to mull over during the day.<\/p>\n

I did, of course, mark up more quotations for Sonderquotes<\/a>. It’s going to be interesting to see, when I go to post them, how many are already there.<\/p>\n

This would be a fantastic introduction to Father Greg’s writings. I do think it will leave you wanting the more in-depth stories. But it’s also a nice way to review his powerful and loving teachings, leaving you with one thought to carry with you through the day.<\/p>\n

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Forgive Everyone Everything by Gregory Boyle Art by Fabian Debora Loyola Press, 2022. 112 pages. Review written January 2, 2026, from my own copy. Starred Review 2025 Sonderbooks Stand-out: #5 Christian Nonfiction When I discovered Fr. Gregory Boyle had written a new book, Cherished Belonging, I rushed to Amazon to order my own copy and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,2,31,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian","category-nonfiction-review","category-stand-outs","category-starred-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46074"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46098,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46074\/revisions\/46098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}