Richard Rohr's new book and podcast on the Universal Christ explore Love as the energy that sustains the universe, moving everything toward resurrection.

To all beings that inhabit this earth, human or otherwise: the two-legged, the four-legged, winged and finned—we say, “You belong.” — Center for Action and Contemplation Read Unity and Diversity: Weekly Summary

God is beyond gender, but because Western Christianity has primarily worshipped male images, it’s important to reclaim female incarnation. — Richard Rohr Read Archetypal Feminine

Mary became the symbol of the First Universal Incarnation. She then hands the Second Incarnation (Jesus) on to us. — Richard Rohr Read The First Incarnation

Much of the human race can more easily imagine unconditional love coming from the feminine and the maternal than from a man. — Richard Rohr Read The Deep Feminine

In blessed Mother’s view, all are lovable; all souls are accepted, all carry a sweetness of heart, are beautiful to the eyes. . . . — Clarissa Pinkola Estés Read Our Blessed Mother

My God is a curvy black woman with dreadlocks and dark, cocoa-brown skin. She laughs from her belly and is unashamed to cry. — Jacqui Lewis Read She Is Love

The feminine is shifting the global paradigm from one of dominance and individualized salvation to one of collective awakening and service. — Mirabai Starr Read Wise Women

Contemplation is not so much a matter of transcending mundane existence as it is becoming present to the realities of the human experience. — Mirabai Starr Read Feminine Incarnation: Weekly Summary

Authentic love is of one piece. How you love anything is how you love everything. How you love is how you have accessed Love. — Richard Rohr Read How We Love

Conscious love is “love in the service of inner transformation”—or if you prefer, “inner transformation in the service of love.” — Cynthia Bourgeault Read Love in Service of Transformation