But for centuries, Rohr says, Christians lost touch with this truth as contemplative practices — ways to gain inner experience of God — became less and less common. In the Catholic Church, some ...

Unless Christians rediscover the "bigger heart" and "bigger mind" of the mystical and contemplative tradition, the church will be unable to make positive change in the world — or reform itself, said ...

If you read reviews of Richard Rohr’s latest book, The Universal Christ, there’s one passage that seems to consistently drive hostile critics up the wall. It’s not even from the text proper. It’s from ...