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Promise Keepers
It draws very different reactions. Liberals see it as a dangerous move by the religious right. The National Organization for Women in the U.S. calls it “the greatest danger to
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Losing a Loved One to Suicide
There is perhaps nothing more painful in the world than for us to lose a loved one to suicide. A couple of months ago, I received a letter from a
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Church as Larry’s Party
Carol Shields ends her recent novel, Larry’s Party, with a scene depicting a dinner party. Larry, the bungling hero of her story, has invited a motley group of persons to
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A Mature Sexuality
The Greek philosophers used to say that we are fired into life with a madness that comes from the gods and that this energy is the root all love, hate,
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Faith through Mysticism
Karl Rahner once said that the time is fast approaching when one will either be a mystic or an unbeliever. He’s right. None of us can rely much longer on
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Carrying Tension
When I was in graduate school, in class one day the professor was lecturing on sexuality and morality, the issue of masturbation was raised and a student stopped him dead
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Baptism As The Conscriptive Rope
To be baptized into the church is to be a consecrated, displaced person. What is implied here? In John’s Gospel, there is a revealing exchange between Jesus and Peter. Three
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A Report From The Jesters Annual Convention
The best comments overheard at the recent International convention of Court Jesters: *A seven year-old girl, explaining why her daddy, a Ph.D in philosophy could not give medical advice: “He
https://ronrolheiser.com/a-report-from-the-jesters-annual-convention/
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The Importance of Mellowness of Heart
In the summer of 1985, I attended a church conference that brought together persons from every continent on earth. In the group within which I was the recording secretary, there
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Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us
When one reads Helen Prejean’s, Dead Man Walking, what is often lost in the sheer power of the story is what she recounts at the very end of the book
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