Tattoos on the Heart

The Power of Boundless Compassion

By: Gregory Boyle

Narrated by: Gregory Boyle

“Destined to become a classic of both urban reportage and contemporary spirituality” (Los Angeles Times)—Tattoos on the Heart is a series of parables about kinship and redemption from pastor, activist, and renowned speaker, Father Gregory Boyle.

Thirty years ago, Gregory Boyle founded Homeboy Industries, a gang-intervention, rehabilitation, and reentry program in Los Angeles, the gang capital of the world. In Tattoos on the Heart, his debut book, he distills his experience working with gang members into a breathtaking series of parables inspired by faith.

From giant, tattooed Cesar, shopping at JC Penney fresh out of prison, you learn how to feel worthy of God’s love. From ten-year-old Pipi you learn the importance of being known and acknowledged. From Lulu you come to understand the kind of patience necessary to rescue someone from the dark—as Father Boyle phrases it, we can only shine a flashlight on a light switch in a darkened room.

This is a motivating look at how to stay faithful in spite of failure, how to meet the world with a loving heart, and how to conquer shame with boundless, restorative love.

Wonderful

I totally enjoyed this audiobook!! Father Greg is so incredible in his works and his story telling!

I loved this book

I loved this book. I cried, I laughed. I look at the people around me differently. It was a powerful reminder of God’s boundless love and compassion and the power of potential.

Amazing Look Inside

This was an amazing look inside the lives of those who are born in a certain region within a certain culture. It helps to bring a new level of compassion to the 4 frontier mine. Well, learning the lives of some very amazing people and the struggles that they live every day. Head allowed me to see from the point of view of a mother, my brother, a friend, and through the eyes of those that want to change their lives. This brought me to tears many times over and over. They're stories need to be told, and they need to be seen again and again, just as the others that are among us that get judged for where and when they started their lives and what it is made them today.

The touching truth of life and goodness 

I didn’t like the F words, intermingled, although I know they were quoted, no doubt 

Most Moving Book I’ve Ever Read

This book made me feel closer to God than any other I’ve read. It was both fascinating and thought provoking. I can’t recommend it enough! The audio version was stellar.