Delving into the implications of Christianity on societal issues like exclusion and scapegoating, the chapter also discusses the importance of healing and peacemaking within church teachings while contrasting it with punitive approaches. Emphasizing the transformative power of suffering and surrender, the discussion touches on the resistance to counterintuitive wisdom and the significance of inner reflection and real prayer life in religion.
I flew to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to spend the day with Father Richard Rohr. We laughed, I cried a little, we laughed some more, and I told him why his work pisses me off sometimes. He thoroughly delighted in that last part. In Part 1 of this special two-part series recorded at the Center for Action and Contemplation, we focus on his writing in Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps and just a few of the quotes — on spirituality, suffering, gratitude, and grace — that have changed and rearranged me over the years.
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