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In a short new booklet, Richard Rohr shares Jesus' hermeneutic—his way of interpreting sacred text—and helps us find our own path toward an inclusive, compassionate, and just reading of Scripture. What Do We Do with the Bible? Learn more!

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Join Richard Rohr, Jacqui Lewis, and John Dominic Crossan for a special conference, The Universal Christ: Another Name for Every Thing. March 28-31, 2019, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, or online.

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Enjoy Richard Rohr’s homilies here or find his podcast on iTunes. Fr. Richard speaks occasionally at his local parish, Holy Family Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His short sermons are recorded and made available by the CAC.

The Spirit teaches any faithful person to read Scripture (and the very experiences of life) with a gaze of love. — Richard Rohr Read Jesus and the Bible: Weekly Summary

Jesus asked timeless and personal questions: What does it mean to die before you die? How do you go about losing your little life to find the bigger one? — Cynthia Bourgeault Read Teacher of Wisdom

How do we put on the mind of Christ? How do we see through his eyes? How do we respond to the world with that same wholeness and healing love? — Cynthia Bourgeault Read Putting on the Mind of Christ

Heaven is not later, but lighter—some more subtle quality or dimension of experience accessible to you right in the moment. — Cynthia Bourgeault Read The Kingdom of Heaven

The Oneness Jesus has in mind is a complete, mutual indwelling: I am in God, God is in you, you are in God, we are in each other. — Cynthia Bourgeault Read Oneness

We come into existence with a certain operating system already installed. We can make the choice to upgrade. — Cynthia Bourgeault Read Upgrading Our Operating System

In every life circumstance, Jesus always responded with the same motion of self-emptying—taking the lower place, not the higher. — Cynthia Bourgeault Read The Path of Descent

The Trinitarian impulse is both the icon of divine reality within us and the means by which that reality brings itself to fullness. — Cynthia Bourgeault Read Jesus: Wisdom Teacher: Weekly Summary

Personal “salvation” cannot be divorced from social and systemic implications. — Richard Rohr Read New Wineskins

Faith is a spiritual pathway, a life built on transformative practices of love rather than doctrinal belief. — Diana Butler Bass Read People of the Way

In Jesus we don’t just see a presentation of doctrines but an invitation to join a movement that is about demonstrating God’s goodness to the world. — Shane Claiborne Read Belief or Discipleship?

The earliest formal declaration of Christian belief is a vision and philosophy statement with no mission statement, as it were. — Richard Rohr Read The Creeds

In his Daily Meditations, Richard Rohr mines the depths of the Christian tradition, discerning what to keep and what to transcend. Explore the 2019 theme, Old and New: An Evolving Faith.

"The 'way of the cross' can never go out of style because it will surely never be in style. This is the powerlessness of God, the powerlessness that saves the world."

"What if Christ is a name for the transcendent within of every 'thing' in the universe? What if Christ is a name for the immense spaciousness of all true Love?"

Richard Rohr offers another way to see themes from the Christian tradition. Explore the Bible, the Cross, or Justice in 3-week email series and connect with others who seek a deeper, truer faith.

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