New Becoming

While Trinity is not named in the Bible, it has been named by saints and mystics through the ages as they tapped into the Flow personified as God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit. Richard Rohr explores this and other three-in-one concepts as a modern mystic in his book, The Divine Dance. Rohr seems to elevate spirituality by tearing down institutional walls and rebuilding the idea of God through inner experience. He remains gracious by including himself in the missteps of religion through the millennia although he has clearly grown beyond many of its faults. One of the things that sets Rohr apart from many of his religious counterparts is his emphasis on embracing mystery. Mystery "is something that you can endlessly understand." Exposing these ideas aids postmodern seekers in loosening their possible death grip on fundamental religious traditions that may have broken free from Truth. Rohr's level of research is apparent as he smatters the text with quotes from ancient mysti