The Practice of Awe and Wonder

Another Name For Every Thing with Richard Rohr

Center for Action and Contemplation

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Richard Rohr, in conversation with Paul Swanson and Brie Stoner, talk about the roles of awe and wonder play in the spiritual journey. This episode circles around the themes of creativity, music, humor, and the joy of mundanity in a Christ-soaked world. Visit cac.org/podcast to listen to season one of Another Name for Every Thing Visit universalchrist.org to learn more about the core themes of Richard’s book, The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you! -- Embark on a spiritual journey through St. Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle with Jim and Mirabai Starr in their online course starting September 9th. To learn more, visit cac.org/interior

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0:48.6	Paul, did you ever read any of Abraham Joshua Heschel's work?
0:52.1	Yes, I love him.
0:53.2	Don't you love the way he frames faith is living with on wonder.
0:57.1	Like he has this way of looking at life through radical means.
1:02.2	Yeah, it's a total game changer as far as how wonder purchase faith going through his work.
1:07.5	And one of the ways that I have often found on wonder is in nature, obviously.
1:13.5	But we also talk about in this episode the ways in which we have experienced on wonder in other forms of creativity and creative expression.
1:22.9	For me, I remember dear friend telling me once, listen,
1:27.2	but you don't become a musician because you want it to be a career.
1:30.8	But become a musician because it makes you into a certain kind of person.
1:34.9	Someone who pays attention to the world through a certain lens,
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