Another Name for Every Thing with Richard Rohr is a conversation series on the themes of his new book, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe.
Introducing Another Name for Every Thing with Richard Rohr February 16, 2019
*Christ (Messiah): the anointing of reality with deeper meaning*
Christ-Soaked World
February 24, 2019 Exploring Chapter 1, ”Christ Is Not Jesus’s Last Name,” from Richard Rohr’s book The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe
*God loves things by becoming them.*
Radical Inclusivity
February 24, 2019 Discussing Chapters 2 and 3, ”Accepting That You Are Fully Accepted” and “Revealed in Us—as Us,” from Richard Rohr’s book The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe
From the Beginning
March 2, 2019 Delving into Chapter 4, “Original Goodness,” from Richard Rohr’s book The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe
Love Evolves
March 9, 2019 Exploring Chapters 5 and 6, “Love Is the Meaning”and “A Sacred Wholeness,” from Richard Rohr’s book The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe
*Love is givenness*
Respect, Wonder & Reverence
March 16, 2019 Discussing Chapters 7, 8, and 9, “Going Somewhere Good,” “Doing and Saying,” and “Things at Their Depth,” from Richard Rohr’s book The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe
An Embodied Path
March 23, 2019 Delving into Chapters 10 and 11, “The Feminine Incarnation” and “This Is My Body,” from Richard Rohr’s book The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe
Nonviolent Atonement
March 30, 2019 Chapters 12 and 13, “Why Did Jesus Die?” and “It Can’t Be Carried Alone,” 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.
*Restorative Justice*
Practice Resurrection
April 6, 2019 Chapter 14, “The Resurrection Journey” 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.
Peter, Paul & Mary (minus Peter)
April 12, 2019 Chapter 15, “Two Witnesses to Jesus and Christ” 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.
From Me to We
April 19, 2019 Chapters 16, “Transformation and Contemplation” 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.
An Incarnational Way
April 27, 2019 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.
Feast on Your Life
May 4, 2019 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.
Bonus: Roots & Formation
July 20, 2019
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.
Jesus, Incarnation and The Christ Resurrection
August 3, 2019
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?
The Holy Spirit
August 9, 2019
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’?
Hell, The Devil and The Afterlife
August 17, 2019
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?
Non-Duality in Relationships, Community and Religion (Part 1)
August 24, 2019
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?
Non-Duality in Relationships, Community and Religion (Part 2)
August 31, 2019
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?
Embodiment: An Incarnational Worldview
September 7, 2019
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?
The Path of Great Suffering
September 14, 2019
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?
Miracles, Signs and Wonders
September 21, 2019
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?
Reframing The Great Commission
September 28, 2019
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?
Healing Division In A World That Others
October 5, 2019
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?
Parenting
October 12, 2019
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?
Spiritual Practice
October 19, 2019
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?
Bonus: Richard Rohr & James Finley on Turning to the Mystics
February 8, 2020
In this bonus episode, Living School Faculty James (Jim) Finley and Kirsten Oates join Richard Rohr and Paul Swanson (Brie sadly wasn’t there!) in conversation about the contemplative journey, what it was like to be guided by Thomas Merton, Jim’s trauma work, and their new podcast with the CAC, Turning to the Mystics.
Universal Christ Values (Part 1)
February 15, 2020
Richard Rohr, in conversation with Brie Stoner and Paul Swanson, discuss the values inherent to the The Universal Christ and how one might be able to live them out in their day to day life.
