Another Name For Every Thing with Richard Rohr

Richard Rohr responds to listeners questions on some of the most pressing themes of his book, The Universal Christ. In conversation with Paul Swanson and Brie Stoner, Richard responds to listener questions on spiritual practice, for example: Any advice for someone like me who wants to be a mediator between complicated people like my father and those who are suffering, in the service of the sort of cosmic reconciliation the CAC seems to be working toward? How can those of us for whom contemplation is already part of our lives expand and deepen it to become closer to the Christ and to let it live more fully in the world? Visit cac.org/podcast to listen to season one of Another Name for Every Thing Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard latest book The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe Resources  The Liturgists conversation with Richard Rohr  Quaker Tradition  Walter Brueggemann  Thomas Merton  ‘Letter to a Young Activist’ by Thomas Merton  Paulette Meier 

On this episode, Fr. Richard Rohr responds to listeners questions on some of the most pressing themes of his book, The Universal Christ. In conversation with Paul Swanson and Brie Stoner, Richard responds to listener questions on Parenting, for example: How do I give my children the order they need, while knowing that it will quite soon let them down?  I want to raise my son in the Christian tradition, however I find that most of the mainstream Christian teachings for children do more harm than good.How can we talk about the Universal Christ with my son in an age-appropriate way?  Visit cac.org/podcast to listen to season one of Another Name for Every Thing Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard's latest book The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe People & Resources Mentioned  Universal Christ Liturgy  Jean Huston’s account of walking with Pierre Teilhard de Chardin as child  Children Books  Where is God? by Rabbi Lawrence Kushner  Refuge by Anne Booth & Sam Usher  Mindful Movements: Ten Exercises for Well-Being by Thich Nhat Hahn  Peaceful Piggy Meditation by Kerry Lee MacLean  The Three Questions by Jon J. Muth  You Are Stardust by Elin Kelsey and Soyeon Kim  Little Tree by Loren Long  You Belong Here by M.H. Clark and Isabelle Arsenault  What Do You Do with a Problem? by Kobi Yamada and Mae Besom  Older Kids  C.S. Lewis  George MacDonald  J.R.R. Tolkien  Harry Potter Series  Poetry  Rumi 

On this episode, Fr. Richard Rohr responds to listeners questions on some of the most pressing themes of his book, The Universal Christ. In conversation with Paul Swanson and Brie Stoner, Richard responds to listener questions on Healing Division in a World that Others, for example: How do I help reduce the injustices I get upset by?  How does the concept of a Christ-soaked world inform the relationship we ought to have with nature, and how we use (‘subdue’!?) the natural world?  Visit cac.org/podcast to listen to season one of Another Name for Every Thing Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard's latest book The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe People and Resources Mentioned  St. John of the Cross  Wendell Berry  Pope Francis   Pope Francis: Protecting the world's migrants and refugees is a moral imperative (America Magazine, Feb 2017) 

Richard Rohr responds to listeners questions on some of the most pressing themes of his book, The Universal Christ. In conversation with Paul Swanson and Brie Stoner, Richard responds to listener questions on the Great Commission, for example:  How do I remain in my church when the greater part of what is preached from the front is around substitutionary atonement? Can contemplatives “evangelize?” What might that look like? Visit cac.org/podcast to listen to season one of Another Name for Every Thing  Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard latest book The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe

Richard Rohr responds to listeners questions on some of the most pressing themes of his book, The Universal Christ. In conversation with Paul Swanson and Brie Stoner, Richard responds to listener questions on the relationship between science and theology as well as miracles, signs and wonders. For example:  In your book you talk about Christ being "materiality" itself beginning with the Big Bang. This begs the question: what is the difference in the universe and Christ? Are they synonyms?  How should I reconcile the miracles of Jesus described in the Gospels? Should I view them in a metaphorical way or in a literal way?  Visit cac.org/podcast to listen to season one of Another Name for Every Thing   Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard’s latest book, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe 

Richard Rohr, in conversation with Paul Swanson and Brie Stoner, responds to listener questions on suffering and brokenness, for example:  How am I fortunate enough to have an experience of suffering be transformative, but the same experiences of suffering seems to irreparably damage others?    How do we not become cynical or shutdown in the midst of suffering?  Visit cac.org/podcast to listen to season one of Another Name for Every Thing   Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard’s latest book, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe 

Richard Rohr responds to listeners questions on some of the most pressing themes of his book, The Universal Christ.In conversation with Paul Swanson and Brie Stoner, Richard responds to listener questions on embodiment and incarnation, for example: Richard can you speak to the way Christianity has divided the body and the spirit? How can we reclaim the joy of our bodies - embodying with joy and gratitude for the magnificence of very "ordinary" (even that shows cultural bias), non-skinny, yet fully alive and wonderful human bodies? Visit cac.org/podcastto listen to season one of Another Name for Every Thing  Visit universalchrist.orgto learn more about the core themes of Richard’s latest book, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe

Richard Rohr, in conversation with Paul Swanson and Brie Stoner, responds to listener questions on non-duality in all corners of life. This is Part 2 of this conversation. For example:  As I deepen my contemplative faith and so value it’s unity and “wholeness” how do I best bring it up within my faith group who may be threatened by the ideas?  How can women find ways to connect with the feminine side of God while we wait for our religions to begin embracing the feminine divine, while not passing patriarchy on to our kids?  Visit cac.org/podcast to listen to season one of Another Name for Every Thing   Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard’s latest book, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe

Richard Rohr, in conversation with Paul Swanson and Brie Stoner, responds to listener questions on non-duality in all corners of life. This is Part 1 of this conversation. For example:   How does one deal with parents who out of fear of hell, confront & "witness" at every opportunity?  How can we see Christ in everyone and everything without being naive?  Visit cac.org/podcast to listen to season one of Another Name for Every Thing   Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard’s latest book, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe 

Richard Rohr responds to listeners questions on some of the most pressing themes of his book, The Universal Christ. In conversation with Paul Swanson and Brie Stoner, Richard responds to listener questions on Hell, evil and the after life, for example:  How do you think about what happens to the soul after the death of the body?  Does any aspect of 'me' live on?    What is Satan’s reality in this world. How does that fit in a Christ-soaked world?  Visit cac.org/podcast to listen to season one of Another Name for Every Thing   Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard’s latest book, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe 

Richard Rohr, in conversation with Paul Swanson and Brie Stoner, responds to listener questions on the Holy Spirit in relationship to the Universal Christ. For example:  Richard, when you speak of the Universal Christ, in some ways it sounds similar to Evangelical language regarding the Holy Spirit.  Could you respond to this?  How do you perceive the work of the Spirit in today’s world? Does very generation need a ‘Pentecost’?  Visit cac.org/podcast to listen to season one of Another Name for Every Thing   Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard’s latest book, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe 

Richard Rohr responds to listeners questions on some of the most pressing themes of his book, The Universal Christ. In conversation with Paul Swanson and Brie Stoner, Richard responds to listener questions on the personal Jesus and the universal Christ, for example:  Is Jesus’ death and resurrection just a story to outline the ‘order – disorder – reorder’ path?   What is the balance between the personal Jesus and the universal Christ? And how does it affect relationship when we are doing our best to love our neighbor?  Visit cac.org/podcast to listen to season one of Another Name for Every Thing   Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard’s latest book, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe 

Another Name for Every Thing returns with a bonus episode. Paul and Brie talk with Richard about the formation of the Center for Action and Contemplation, it's whereabouts, and what a day in the life of Richard Rohr looks like. Additionally, the hosts share their life's practices and what the contemplative journey has looked like for them.   Visit cac.org/podcast to listen to season one of Another Name for Every Thing    Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard's latest book The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe

Chapter 17, “Beyond Mere Theology: Two Practices,” Epilogue, and Afterword, from Richard Rohr’s book The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe are the focus of this conversation.  Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of the book.  Visit cac.org/podcast to submit a question for Richard Rohr   

Appendixes “Mapping the Soul’s Journey to God” from Richard Rohr’s book The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe is the focus of this conversation.  Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of the book.  Visit cac.org/podcast to submit a question for Richard Rohr