Audiobooks Narrated by Drew Jackson

Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality

"A beloved, spiritually transformative book that deepens our understanding of Scripture, from the bestselling author of The Tears of Things and The Universal Christ. In Things Hidden, Richard Rohr offers a sweeping, transformative reading of the Bible that moves beyond moralism and proof-texting to reveal the coherent spiritual vision at its heart. Tracing the great themes that run from Genesis to Revelation, Rohr shows how Scripture consistently overturns our assumptions about power, violence, exclusion, and divine judgment. Again and again, the biblical narrative lifts up the barren, the powerless, the outsider, and the forgiven-revealing a God who creates life out of failure, mercy out of sin, and resurrection out of apparent defeat. Drawing on the prophetic tradition, the nonviolent trajectory of the Hebrew Scriptures, and Jesus's radical message of forgiveness and inclusion, Rohr reframes familiar doctrines-original sin, atonement, holiness, hell, and grace-as invitations into a deeper, contemplative consciousness. The Bible's primary concern, he argues, is not moral perfection but spiritual transformation: a shift from domination to surrender, from exclusion to embrace, from certainty to trust. Written in Rohr's signature blend of theological depth and pastoral wisdom, Things Hidden invites readers to discover the Bigger Story holding our smaller stories together-and to encounter the hidden, healing mystery that has been present since the foundation of the world."

Richard Rohr (Author), Drew Jackson (Narrator)

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Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps

"The beloved, landmark book illuminating the spiritual journey of untangling our lives from addiction, from the bestselling author of The Tears of Things and The Universal Christ Brother Rohr may just take you to places you've both avoided and longed for-to truth, union, joy, laughter, and, greatest of all, to your own precious self, here on earth with us, child of God.-Anne Lamott, from the foreword to Breathing Under Water In Breathing Under Water, Richard Rohr brings together the wisdom of Christian spirituality and the lived practice of the Twelve Steps, revealing how both point to the same transformative path of surrender, healing, and grace. Drawing on Scripture, psychology, and decades of pastoral experience, Rohr shows how addiction-whether to substances, behaviors, or rigid patterns of thinking-names a universal human condition rather than a personal failure. Moving through each of the Twelve Steps, Rohr reframes them as a practical, incarnational spirituality that leads not merely to sobriety, but to a profound reorientation of consciousness, relationship, and desire. Addiction becomes a doorway to awakening; admitting our powerlessness becomes the first step in attaining freedom. Written in Rohr's characteristic blend of theological depth and pastoral compassion, Breathing Under Water offers a hopeful and demanding vision of recovery-one that invites readers to let go of false control, encounter a merciful God, and discover what it means to truly learn how to breathe again."

Richard Rohr (Author), Drew Jackson (Narrator)

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Touch the Earth: Poems on The Way

"Gather it from memory. Let it touch the earth. In Touch the Earth, Drew Jackson continues the project he began in God Speaks Through Wombs, reflecting on the Gospel of Luke through poetry. Touch the Earth picks up in chapter nine and continues through the end of Luke's Gospel. Part protest poetry, part biblical commentary, Jackson presents the gospel story in all its liberative power. Here the gospel is the 'fresh words / that speak of / things impossible.' From the feeding of the multitude ('The best hosts always provide / take home containers”) to the resurrection of Jesus ('the belly of mother Earth / is, indeed, a womb . . . the humus of life is where we become fully human'), this collection helps us hear the hum of deliverance—against all hope—that's been in the gospel all along."

Drew Jackson (Author), Drew Jackson (Narrator)

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God Speaks Through Wombs: Poems on God’s Unexpected Coming

"But God speaks through wombs, birthing prophetic utterances. . . . Enough of this unbelieving religion that masquerades as faith. Divine favor is placed on what we have disgraced. In God Speaks Through Wombs, Drew Jackson explores the first eight chapters of Luke's Gospel in a new poetic register. These are declarative poems, faithfully proclaiming the gospel story in all its liberative power. Here the gospel is the 'fresh words / that speak of / things impossible.' From the Magnificat ('That girl can sing! . . . She has a voice / That can shatter shackles') to the baptism of Christ ('I stepped in / Committing insurrection'), this collection helps us hear the hum of deliverance—against all hope—that's been in the gospel all along."

Drew Jackson (Author), Drew Jackson (Narrator)

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