In Search of the Universal Christ

After years of striving to achieve spiritual growth within the Catholic Church, Paul A. Chimzar grew disappointed and discouraged. He began exploring and learning about other spiritual traditions and theologies, and through a therapist, he became acquainted with Father Richard Rohr's podcasts and his book, The Universal Christ. The tome changed his life and set him on a path in search of the universal Christ. In this book, he shares his insights from reading Rohr's book along with how his view of Christianity has changed. His Christian beliefs shifted from the old Catholic paradigm to a new paradigm - one that includes a cosmic, universal Christ. He reveals how he went from seeing God as judgmental and punitive to loving and forgiving. He also reveals that he no longer believes we were born with original sin - instead, he thinks we were born with original goodness. Rather than seeing sin as shameful and something to be avoided, he now views it as a deviation from Christ's path for us that is a fact of life and provides teaching moments for spiritual growth and transformation.