• The Divine Dance

  • The Trinity and Your Transformation
  • By: Richard Rohr
  • Narrated by: Arthur Morey
  • Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (581 ratings)

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The Divine Dance

By: Richard Rohr
Narrated by: Arthur Morey
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The Trinity is supposed to be the central doctrine grounding Christianity, yet we're often told that we shouldn't attempt to understand it because it's a mystery. But what if we breached that mystery? How might it transform our relationship with God?

Although the word trinity isn't found in the New Testament - it wasn't until the third century that it was coined - the idea of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit was present in Jesus' life and teachings. In this book, internationally recognized teacher Richard Rohr circles around this paradoxical idea - and circling around is an apt metaphor: Early Christians applied the Greek verb for dance to the mystery of the Trinity, saying whatever is going on in God is a flow - it's like a dance.

©2016 Richard Rohr with Mike Morrell (P)2017 Dreamscape Media, LLC

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Phenomenal!

This book rescued the idea of Trinity after evangelical fundamentalism tainted it for me. I would've preferred Rohr's voice since I've grown quite attached to it, but the reader does a very good job.

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Life becomes a matter of showing up and saying yes

It's all about wiling to participate in the divine flow or keep it within our-self and suffocate.
If you don't share it you lose it but it is always there waiting for you to access.
This divine life within you. It's for everyone, no one has been left out.
God is the breath of our being. I am who I am. It's a constant bond with the Divine. An interplay with one another.
A mystery and yet when you deny the existence of the Divine within, you deny your true self.
Free will. Love can only thrive and expand inside of free will. We make the decision. To be or not to be.
This momentous moment can occasionally be caught but never taught.
Breathe in breathe out. YAH WEH.

Batter my heart, three person’d God (Holy Sonnet 14)
John Donne, 1572 - 1631
Batter my heart, three-personed God, for you
As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;
That I may rise, and stand, o’erthrow me, and bend
Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new.
I, like an usurped town, to another due,
Labour to admit you, but Oh, to no end.
Reason, your viceroy in me, me should defend,
But is captived, and proves weak or untrue.
Yet dearly I love you, and would be loved fain,
But am betrothed unto your enemy:
Divorce me, untie or break that knot again,
Take me to you, imprison me, for I,
Except you enthrall me, never shall be free,
Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me.

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Fantastic

Richard Rohr is just one of the greatest communicators of difficult truth. I admire his courage

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meditation book

I used this audio book as a form of prayer..... listening to it at least 15 minutes daily. Beautifully written with captured deep contemplations. The author is brilliant and uses his God given gifts in this wonderful story.

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Eye, mind, and heart opening!

I've listened to it twice now and still would like to continue can't get enough of this

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Snarky psychobabble

A very good subject but I had to stop after the author suggested that people who enjoy solitude are evil.

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Deep

As a non-denominational Christian for over 40 years and listened to a lot of sermons and read a number of spiritual books I would put this Franciscan priest at the top of my list of the great Christian teachers alive today. I started with the Universal Christ -highly recommended as well, and have read most of his books including the Divine Dance. The reader Arthur Morey is perfect for this type of book. Highly recommended to all who want a deeper understanding and relationship with your creator.

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Very important for one's life and walk in Christ.

Very important for one's life and walk in Christ. I can imagine listening to this book many many times throughout my life. I am confident that you too will be as blessed as I am.

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The dichotomy of Rohr

I find it ironic, borderline hypocrisy, that someone who writes so much on grace, mercy, and forgiveness has such an obvious disdain for his own culture and uses the word " Mega Churches with so much disdain, you can hear it in his writing. If you can get past that, their's a lot of quality theology in his work. Thankfully I've learned to read between the lines with Mr. Rohr and it works for me. Overall a quality read.

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beauty

this book is beautiful to me. so much packed in about how to enter and be a part of the thing that is. it challenges me to draw into life. highly recommended.

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