In this bonus episode Richard, Brie, and Paul recorded their conversation remotely from the confines of their own homes during the pandemic COVID-19. This episode is the first of two on how reality is initiating us into a new paradigm. This shared moment in time drew out Richard's reflections on the five essential messages of initiation. The five essential messages of initiation are: 1) Life is hard. 2) You are not that important. 3) Your life is not about you. 4) You are not in control. 5)...

Richard Rohr, in conversation with Paul Swanson and Brie Stoner, step into the quagmire of sin and evil. With a posture humility and openness, the discussion circulates on the relationship between incarnation, failure, redemption, and systems of power.  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 book, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope...

Typically Another Name for Every Thing is recorded months apart from it's actual release date on the grounds of the Center for Action and Contemplation. In light of the crisis facing our world with the pandemic, COVID-19, we are taking a break from airing Season 3 of Another Name for Every Thing to reflect on the reality around us. On March 20th, most of our production team gathered via Zoom to record this special episode (on Richard's 77th birthday 🥳). Next week, we will continue to air our...

Richard Rohr, in conversation with Brie Stoner and Paul Swanson, delve into the relationship between the personal and the universal through the lens of politics. Seeking to see from a Christ-soaked world perspective the discussion focuses on power, healing divisions, values, and personal and communal agency.  Visit cac.org/podcast to listen to learn more about our family of podcasts.  Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard’s book, The Universal Christ: How a...

Richard Rohr, in conversation with Paul Swanson and Brie Stoner, unpack the radicality of the life and ministry of Jesus. The threads of dialogue revolve around the implications of living out your faith within an empire, the cost of living into a prophetic imagination, and healing as an act of resistance.  Visit cac.org/podcasts to learn more about our family of podcasts. Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard’s book, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten...

Richard Rohr, in conversation with Brie Stoner and Paul Swanson, talk about their relationships to the Bible, the Perennial Tradition, and what we can glean from how Jesus read the Hebrew texts. The transcript for this podcast can be found here.  Visit cac.org/podcast to listen to learn about our family of podcasts. Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard’s book, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and...

Richard Rohr, in conversation with Paul Swanson and Brie Stoner, continue the discussion on the values inherent to the The Universal Christ and how one might be able to live them out in their day to day life.   Visit cac.org/podcast to learn about our family of podcasts. We'd love to hear your thoughts, comments or feedback. To do so, email us at [email protected] Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard’s book, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can...

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.   Visit cac.org/podcast to learn about our family of podcasts. We'd love to hear your thoughts, comments or feedback. To do so, email us at [email protected] Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard’s book, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything...

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.    Visit cac.org/podcasts to listen to Another Name for Every Thing or Turning to the Mystics  Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard’s...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 

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.  Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of the book.  Visit cac.org/podcast to submit a question for Richard Rohr