Week 50 · mystical

Richard Rohr

Richard Rohr is a Franciscan friar from Kansas who has become one of the most widely read spiritual writers alive. He founded the Center for Action and Contemplation in New Mexico, and his books on the enneagram, non-dual consciousness, and what he calls "the two halves of life" have made him a bridge between mystical Christianity and people who've left the church but miss what it was supposed to be about.

“"We do not think ourselves into new ways of living. We live ourselves into new ways of thinking." He writes that for people who buy another book instead of changing one habit. Rohr is a writer who doesn't trust writing. He trusts practice.”