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Everything Belongs: Living the Teachings of Richard Rohr Forward

An Alternative Orthodoxy With Brian McLaren

Everything Belongs: Living the Teachings of Richard Rohr Forward

Center for Action and Contemplation

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8723 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

How can we stay open to ongoing learning and growth, even when we don't have all the answers? In this episode, we’re joined by CAC's Dean of Core Faculty, Brian McLaren. Together, we continue our chapter-by-chapter exploration of Eager to Love with Chapter 6: “An Alternative Orthodoxy: Paying Attention to Different Things.” In this episode, we explore the concept of "alternative orthodoxy," examining how Franciscan spirituality, Richard Rohr's personal teachings, and the Christian contemplative tradition challenge conventional religious frameworks and invite us to pay attention to different things. Before Mike and Drew begin the conversation with Brian, Mike and Paul catch up with Richard at his hermitage to hear his reflections on the sixth chapter of Eager to Love. Brian McLaren is the Dean of CAC Faculty. A former evangelical pastor, Brian D. McLaren is a champion for a more loving, inclusive and contemplative Christianity. A faculty member at the Center for Action and Contemplation, he teaches ways to reconnect with the message Jesus lived and died for—unconditional love. He is the author of Faith After Doubt, The Great Spiritual Migration, and host of CAC’s podcast Learning How to See. Hosted by CAC Staff: Mike Petrow, Paul Swanson, and Drew Jackson Resources: A PDF of the transcript for this episode can be found here. Grab a copy of Eager to Love here. To learn more about Brian McLaren, visit his website here.

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0:07.6

Hey, everybody. Welcome back to the Everything Belongs podcast where we're talking about

0:11.5

living the teachings of Richard Rohrer Forward.

0:14.3

This season, we are reading Richard's book, eager to love the alternative way of Francis

0:19.8

of Assisi. And just a reminder, you don't have to

0:22.8

read the book to listen to the podcast, but you are absolutely welcome to read along with us as we go

0:28.4

through. And this week we'll be talking about Chapter 6, an alternative orthodoxy, paying attention

0:34.6

to different things. Drew Jackson, my friend, it is so good to be here with you today.

0:39.7

This is our first episode together.

0:41.5

It's our first episode, Mike, and I'm happy to be in conversation with you about this topic

0:46.9

of an alternative orthodoxy, paying attention to what matters.

0:51.2

My friend, it is such a gift to work with you.

0:53.8

It is such a gift to learn from you.

0:56.6

And I'll bet most people would have no way of knowing that you and I also, if memory serves,

1:03.0

may have both been pastors at the same time in the same corner of the great state of Pennsylvania

1:09.4

back in the day. I think so.

1:11.7

Yeah.

1:12.2

And it's so odd.

1:14.8

You know, we say it's a small world.

1:17.6

And it's like we didn't discover that until we connected over at CAC.

1:21.4

Yeah.

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