292: Father Richard Rohr on The Universal Christ

<p>Father Richard Rohr is a globally recognized ecumenical teacher bearing witness to the universal awakening within Christian mysticism and the Perennial Tradition. He’s a Franciscan priest in the New Mexico Provence and the founder of the&nbsp;<a href="https://cac.org/" target="_blank">Center for Action and Contemplation</a>&nbsp;in Albuquerque. In this episode, Eric and Father Richard discuss his most recent book,&nbsp;<a href="https://amzn.to/2YrYGwZ" target="_blank"><em>The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe.</em></a></p><p><a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/2019" target="_blank">Need help with completing your goals in 2019?&nbsp;The One You Feed Transformation Program can help you accomplish your goals this year.</a></p><p>But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed.&nbsp;<a href="https://oneyoufeed.net/support" target="_blank">Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month.&nbsp;</a>It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!</p><p><strong>In This Interview, Father Richard Rohr and I Discuss…</strong></p><ul><li>His book,&nbsp;<a href="https://amzn.to/2YrYGwZ" target="_blank"><em>The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe</em></a></li><li>What the word “Christ” means for him</li><li>How God loves things by becoming them, by uniting with them</li><li>That a mature Christian sees Christ in everything and everyone else</li><li>The notion of God IN all things vs God IS all things</li><li>How Christ is a stand-in for everything</li><li>Focusing on the death of Christ and missing the life of Christ</li><li>When God hides his face</li><li>The difference between spiritual darkness and depression</li><li>A loss of the feeling of faith in God isn’t the same thing as a loss of faith in God</li><li>How distraction doesn’t make you happy</li><li>