guglorganizer.blogg.se - Rochard rohr

as the spirit of creative transformationĪ note to process theologians: All of this can be put technically if we wish.

as the radiant energy of love in the intimacy of local settings.

as an eternal companion who shares in the joys and sufferings of all living beings,.

With Cobb's help I have also learned to see Christ, indeed to feel Christ, in three ways:: Indeed, I've been accepting it for some time now, ever since I read John Cobb's Christ in a Pluralistic Age some years ago, with its parallel invitation to see the whole of life on earth, even down to the spirit of creative transformation in plants and animals, as infused with the spirit of Christ as Logos. In the cries of the earth and the poor, and in the beauty, too.

He invites me to learn to use the word Christ, indeed to see and feel Christ, in all of it. Especially the vulnerable ones: the lonely, forsaken, forgotten, and abused.

And, of course, he means all the living beings on our small planet: the hills and valleys, rivers and lakes, plants and animals and people. Rohr invites me to think of Christ, not only as the historical Jesus who existed for thirty some odd years, but as the living and loving presence of God in the world.īy "the world" he means the whole universe as it has been unfolding over (at least) thirteen billion years. It's called The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe. I am reading Richard Rohr's book on the Universal Christ.