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Announcing this Year's Lenten Study: The Universal Christ by
Richard Rohr
Announcing this Year's Lenten Study:
The Universal Christ by Richard Rohr The subtitle of Rohr's book is: "How
a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe."
Drawing  from the diverse Christian tradition, Rohr invites us on a journey of
reimagining who Christ is and thereby who we are. Christ is not Jesus' last
name though we say that we discover Christ in Jesus in particular form.
We
experience in Jesus as the Christ the blueprint for what it means to live a
human life as an expression of the divine outpouring of creative energy. And
there is an even more universal dimension to understanding Christ. Wherever
divine energy and matter converge, the Christ becomes manifest. Rohr writes
that God loves things by becoming them and infuses all life with the presence
of Christ. This Christ energy in us can be bound or thwarted or it can flow
freely and creatively. Some of this depends on our vision of who God is and
expresses God's self.
The Universal Christ is a book that can indeed engage us
in a life changing paradigm shift of understanding. This will not simply be an
intellectual discussion about an interesting book. Our sharing will include
personal reflection, group reflection as well as optional brief worship (prayer
and shared silence). Given the pandemic, all meetings will be via zoom.
Unfortunately, we will not gather for our usual Lenten soup dinners. We will
meet on Thursdays from 5:30-7:00 pm: February 25, March 4, March 11, March 18,
March 25 and possibly additional dates after Easter depending on interest.
Please go and explore the special website https://universalchrist.cac.org/ where you can
find videos, podcasts and other helpful resources on the Universal Christ.
Participants are asked to buy their own copies of the book. 3.
Because of the pandemic, we will not
have a formal liturgy for Ash Wednesday on February 17th,
which begins the season of Lent. If you would like to arrange for COVID safe individual
conversation and prayer with Ute, please contact her directly either at ute@camdenucc.org or call her at 236-4821 prior to February
17th.
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