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The Grace within Passivity
A friend of mine shares this story. She grew up with five siblings and an alcoholic father. The effect of her father’s alcoholism was devastating on her family. Here’s how
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Grieving as a Spiritual Exercise
In a remarkable book, The Inner Voice of Love, written while he was in a deep emotional depression, Henri Nouwen shares these words: “The great challenge is living your wounds
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The Arrival of Refugees, Old and New
The religious congregation to which I belong, the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, has had a long relationship with the indigenous peoples of North America. Admittedly it hasn’t always been
https://ronrolheiser.com/the-arrival-of-refugees-old-and-new/
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Creating and Holding Space for our Brokenness
Some years ago I went on a weekend retreat given by a woman who made no secret about the fact that not being able to have children constituted a deep
https://ronrolheiser.com/creating-and-holding-space-for-our-brokenness/
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Jesus Christ – The Person and the Mystery
We quite naturally tend to think of the word “Christ” as Jesus’ second name. We think of the name “Jesus Christ” like we think of names like “Susan Parker” or
https://ronrolheiser.com/jesus-christ-the-person-and-the-mystery/
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Some Counsels on Faith and Religion for our Present Generation
It’s no secret that today we’re witnessing a massive decline in church attendance and, seemingly, a parallel loss of interest in religion. The former mindset, within which we worried, sometimes
https://ronrolheiser.com/some-counsels-on-faith-and-religion-for-our-present-generation/
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The Scent of Humility
According to Isaac the Syrian, a famous 7th Century bishop and theologian, a person who’s genuinely humble gives off a certain scent that other people will sense and that even
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Late Migrations
Jesus says that if we follow him, the cross, pain, will find us. That message is chronically misunderstood. Maybe we would understand it better if Jesus had worded it this
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A Lesson in Aging
We live in a culture that idealizes youth and marginalizes the old. And, as James Hillman says, the old don’t let go easily either of the throne or the drive
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Imagining Grace
Imagine this: A man, entirely careless of all moral and spiritual affairs, lives his life in utter selfishness, pleasure his only pursuit. He lives the high life, never prays, never