From one of the world's most influential spiritual thinkers, a long-awaited book exploring what it means that Jesus was called "Christ" and how this forgotten truth can transform everything we see, hope for, and believe. Most know who Jesus was, but who was Christ? Is the word simply Jesus' last name? Too often, Rohr writes, "our understandings have been limited by culture, religious squabbling, and the human tendency to put ourselves at the center". Drawing on scripture, history, and spiritual practice, Rohr articulates a transformative view of Jesus Christ as a portrait of God's constant, unfolding work in the world. "God loves things by becoming them", he writes, "and Jesus' life was meant to declare that humanity has never been separate from God” except by its own negative choice. When we recover this fundamental truth, faith becomes less about proving Jesus was God and more about learning to recognize the Creator's presence all around us and in everyone we meet. Thought-provoking, practical, and full of deep hope and vision. Hardcover.

Explores the deepest questions of identity, spirituality and meaning. In Falling Upward (and many of his other teachings), Richard Rohr talks at length about the False Self and how it gets in the way of spiritual maturity, especially if its preoccupations continue into the second half of life. But if there's a False Self, is there also a True Self? What is it? How is it found? Why does it matter? And what does it have to do with the spiritual journey? In Immortal Diamond, Richard Rohr likens the True Self to a diamond, buried deep within us, formed under the intense pressure of our lives, that must be searched for, uncovered, separated from all the debris of ego that surrounds it. In a sense the True Self must, like Jesus, be resurrected, and that process is not resuscitation but transformation. Hardcover

Dubbed "a heroic gate-crasher" by New York Times bestselling author Glennon Doyle, Brian D. McLaren explores reasons to leave or stay within the church and if so how... "Brian's new book on remaining Christian knocks it out of the ballpark in terms of framing and naming the questions. I cannot stop reading it. Thank you, Brian!"―Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM, founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation, author of The Universal Christ"Any thoughtful Christian has been asking the questions McLaren tackles here, but many of us are afraid to voice them aloud. In Do I Stay Christian? we’re gifted a gentle guide who opens ideas and voices the questions we cannot, naming our frustration, fear, and hesitant hope."―Rev. Dr. Amy Butler, former Senior Minister, The Riverside Church; Founder, Invested FaithDo I Stay Christian? addresses in public the powerful question that surprising numbers of people―including pastors, priests, and other religious leaders―are asking in private. Picking up where Faith After Doubt leaves off, Do I Stay Christian? is not McLaren's attempt to persuade Christians to dig in their heels or run for the exit. Instead, he combines his own experience with that of thousands of people who have confided in him over the years to help readers make a responsible, honest, ethical decision about their religious identity.There is a way to say both yes and no to the question of staying Christian, McLaren says, by shifting the focus from whether we stay Christian to how we stay human. If Do I Stay Christian? is the question you're asking―or if it's a question that someone you love is asking―this is the book you've been waiting for.

In this companion to The Universal Christ, Richard Rohr and Patrick Boland offer forty reflections and practices exploring what it means to live “in Christ.” In his landmark book The Universal Christ, Richard Rohr articulated a transformative view of what it means to recognize Jesus as “Christ”—as a portrait of God’s constant, unfolding work in the world. Now, in partnership with Patrick Boland, a psychotherapist and member of Rohr’s Center for Action and Contemplation community, he invites readers to engage with the themes of the book through spiritual practice. Each reflection in this book draws on a key passage of The Universal Christ, paired with prayers, journal prompts, and embodied exercises that invite readers into a more personal encounter with the truth that the presence and compassion of the Christ are in every thing. Whether read daily for the season of Lent or explored over the course of a year, Every Thing Is Sacred is a hope-filled journey into the love at the heart of all things. The page references in this devotional correspond with the paperback edition of The Universal Christ, which is available here. Hardcover, 256 pages.

Established in 2013, ONEING is the biannual journal of the Center for Action and Contemplation. Renowned for its diverse and deep exploration of mysticism and culture, ONEING is grounded in Richard Rohr’s teachings and wisdom lineage. Each issue features a themed collection of thoughtfully curated essays and critical perspectives from spiritual teachers, activists, modern mystics, and prophets of all religions. In his introduction, Richard Rohr writes, “Maturity will normally help one see that innocence can also have a dangerous and debilitating meaning, which we would normally associate with naïveté, gullibility, and lack of experience or guile. This type of innocence can prevent people from seeing evil, or evil motives, even when they are obvious to others.” This issue of Oneing invites us to rethink the word “innocence,” especially as we read Jennifer Thompson’s article, “Presumption,” on the long-term consequences of her ordeal as a rape victim, and Carolyn Metzler’s article on the death penalty, “Presumed Innocent: The Myths outside the Death House,” which describes that law’s damaging effects on all involved—from the perpetrators to the prosecutors. Yet we do find that, in the midst of our “troubled and confused times,” there are often experiences of deep redemption and transformation. Or, as Ruth Patterson writes so eloquently in “Pink Rabbits and Dispossession,” “We may also, without us being fully conscious of what is happening, become agents of transformation in this shining, wonderful, terrible world that is gift to all of us.” This issue features contributions from Richard Rohr, Meister Eckhart, Diarmuid O'Murchu, Rev. Ruth Patterson, James P. Danaher, Gareth Higgins, Catherine Dowling, Rev. Matthew Fox, Rev. Carolyn W. Metzler, Lisa Dougan, Jennifer Thompson, and Enrique R. Lamadrid. Vol. 3, No. 2, Fall 2015 Print Edition. Also available as a digital download.

A beautiful edition for special gifts or as a personal mini-retreat during this Advent season and for years to come. This book is designed to accompany the reader through each day of Advent, with reference to the Scripture readings for the day, and concluding with a reflection by Fr. Richard on those Scripture texts. The mature insights shared by Fr. Richard will inspire you to deepen your openness to adult Christianity, "making your entire life, and the life of the church, one huge advent." These daily reflections offer the promise of transformation. Paperback, 91 pages