Everything Belongs: Living the Teachings of Richard Rohr Forward The Alchemy of Tears with Rabbi Tirzah Firestone
What does it mean to cry with God—and be healed by our tears?
In this episode of Everything Belongs, we explore Chapter 7 of Richard Rohr’s The Tears of Things, called The Alchemy of Tears: How We Learn Universal Sympathy and Grace, which focuses on the "gift of tears" as a sacred pathway to healing and transformation. At Richard’s hermitage, co-hosts Mike Petrow and Paul Swanson discuss how grief, when honored, connects us to divine sadness and invites us into deeper compassion. Later, Mike and Carmen Acevedo Butcher are joined by Jungian psychotherapist, Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, to explore how we metabolize trauma and grief, heal intergenerational wounds, and move from pathologizing pain to putting it in service of love and justice.
Resources:
- Find out more about Rabbi Tirzah Firestone here.
- Learn more about Tirzah's book, Wounds Into Wisdom here.
- Grab a copy of The Tears of Things here.
- To learn more about The Tears of Things and additional offerings, including the trailer, a FREE Reader's Guide, and more, visit thetearsofthings.com