11.20.07
parker palmer.. R Rohr ..podcast
Parker Palmer is an outstanding spiritual writer. His books, “Let Your Life Speak,” and “A Hidden Wholeness” are some of my favorites of the last five years. Let Your Life Speak is on my list of “must reads” for any Christian leader. The Center for Courage and Renewal lists three podcasts on community, education, learning and courage. And from Prodigal Kiwis, some podcasts from Richard Rohr..
Seeing with God’s eyes: Prayer as a new form of consciousnessis divided into three parts. Right click on the title of each episode to download as an Mp3.
Episode 1: A different consciousness (27 min.)
Rohr tells Tom Fox: “I am convinced that prayer is a descriptor word for a different consciousness. When Jesus goes out and prays for 40 days, he is not saying Hail Mary’s and Our Fathers. He is looking out at life with a different set of eyes.”
Episode 2: ‘We don’t have time for opposition’13 min.)
“The future of Christianity is ecumenical,” Rohr tells Tom Fox. No single denomination is big enough to contain Jesus; he says and outlines three characteristics of “the emerging church”: 1) A recognition of social justice, Christianity has to be concerned about this world and suffering, 2) Openness to contemplation, and 3) Honest scholarship about Jesus.
Episode 3: What do we mean by ‘transformation’? (15 min.)
“A lot of people still think that transformation means becoming more pious or becoming more law abiding or becoming more polite,” Rohr tells Tom Fox. “By transformation I mean a different consciousness.” It’s not about moral mandates, he said. “It’s looking at reality in a different way, which will certainly lead you to operate in highly moral ways, but you don’t start with morality and think that will get you there.
Parker Palmer : Beyond the 4 walls said,
November 21, 2007 at 11:31 am
[...] I was reading Len’s blog earlier and noticed that he was recommending that people read Parker Palmer’s book “Let Your Life Speak”. I couldn’t agree more. Jonathan and I read this book three or four years ago whilst we were in France. I still have lots of notes in my journal from it, particularly about the seasons of life. Unfortunately we don’t have the book anymore. We sent it to Canada for a friend to read, only it got lost in the mail on the way there! Maybe we should get another copy, it might help with where we are at right now! [...]
Review: Finding Our Way Again Part I : The Missional Journey said,
September 4, 2008 at 12:35 pm
[...] Confession and Assurance of Pardon – Brian includes confession as a listening practice because it involves what Parker Palmer describes as “listening to your life” (See in particular A Hidden Wholeness). All spiritual writers point to self-knowledge as critical to growth. Communal confession is somewhat rare, though there is substantial recovery of the practice in the recovery of liturgical practice in set hours of prayer. [...]