Another Name For Every Thing with Richard Rohr

Spiritual Practice

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 

Parenting

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 

Healing Division In A World That Others

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)