A Critical Mass: The Secret of the Remnant with Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis

Everything Belongs: Living the Teachings of Richard Rohr Forward

Center for Action and Contemplation

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

How does God enact change when the mainstream seems lost? In this episode, we explore Chapter 3 of Richard Rohr's The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage, "A Critical Mass: The Secret of the Remnant." After our conversation with Richard about God's work from the edges, we're joined by Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, pastor, author, and host of our sister podcast Love Period. Rev. Jaqui helps us explore what it means to embody the remnant today through fierce love, fierce freedom, and the call to un-empire Christianity. Additionally, this conversation helps us to recognize God's work in unexpected places, the prophetic call to anti-scapegoating, finding the "7,000" others, and how the small-but-mighty actions of the remnant can become a catalyst for transformation. Resources: The transcript for this episode can be found here.

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation.
0:04.0	To learn more, visit cac.org.
0:07.8	Welcome back to the Everything Belongs podcast with Father Richard Roar.
0:12.3	Each episode, we travel over to Richard's house to discuss the tears of things, prophetic wisdom for an age of outrage.
0:20.6	And then after that, we're joined by a guest who helps us live the teachings forward,
0:27.0	to think about Richard's teachings in new ways and ask the new questions that arise in a
0:32.6	rapidly changing world.
0:34.8	In this episode, I am so excited to talk about chapter three,
0:39.1	The Secret of the Remnant. What a timely conversation Paul Swanson and I get to have with Richard
0:46.7	in his living room. In this chapter, we were reminded of God's slow work, always beginning
0:53.9	from the edges and the margins of society.
0:58.3	There are seasons throughout human history where the majority of Christianity has lost the path.
1:05.7	They've lost the way, but there's always been a faithful few who keep the flame burning and call the rest of the
1:15.3	religion and the rest of the world back to that true transformative wisdom.
1:22.1	As you listen to this episode, friends, I would like to invite you to ask yourself,
1:27.1	where is the wisdom of the
1:28.8	remnant revealing itself right now in the out-of-the-way places? And how are each of us being asked
1:37.7	to be a part of that small but mighty remnant? After getting a chance to chat with Richard, I'm joined by Drew Jackson from Brooklyn
1:47.8	and the Reverend Dr. Jackie Lewis joining us from downtown Manhattan in the city that never
1:55.4	sleeps.
1:56.4	As we talk to her, you can hear the hustle and the bustle of the city and the background.
2:02.2	I am so thrilled to have Jackie with us in this conversation. She really is a living representative
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