God is always drawing us closer, blow by blow and bit by bit. And most of the time we do not even know it is happening.
Richard RohrGod is always bigger than the boxes we build for God, so we should not waste too much time protecting the boxes.
Richard Rohr"Christ" is bigger than the Earth planet. If tomorrow we discover life on another planet, the whole "Jesus" piece would not make sense anymore. If he did everything for just us on this planet he wouldn't be the savior of the "world."
Richard RohrIf you work with such people almost on the level of spiritual direction, you see that they are people who prefer a world view of order and even punitiveness. And for some reason, there's a feeling that the male psyche is going to give that to them. And if that's your view of religion, which it is for many people, if they've never come to the mystical level, religion is for social order and to maintain social order.
Richard Rohr