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Silent Night
Nothing is perfect, but the hymn Silent Night nearly perfectly expresses how we should picture what happened at the birth of Christ. Its melody soothes like a mother soothing a
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Who Would Have Thought It?
I once had the privilege of visiting the Holy Land. It’s a strangely different place. Soaked in history, in struggle, in religion, in blood. Virtually every inch of its soil
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Images for Advent
Advent should never be confused with Lent. Lent is a penitential season. Its color is purple and its symbol is ashes. Unlike Lent, Advent is not about fasting and penance.
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How Do We Know God Exists?
Recently I was listening to a religious talk show on the radio when a caller asked: How do we know that God exists? A good question. The radio host answered
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Speaking Truth in Parables
Jesus was once asked why he spoke in parables. His answer is more than a little curious: I speak in parables . . . lest they should see with their
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What Makes Us Family – Biology or Faith?
In one sense, we might say that Christianity invented religion in that before Christianity, communities of faith were mostly ethnically and tribally based. Jesus defined a family of faith differently,
https://ronrolheiser.com/what-makes-us-family-biology-or-faith/
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Letting People into Our Stingy Heaven
John Muir once asked: “Why are Christians so reluctant to let animals into their stingy heaven?” Indeed, why? Especially since St. Paul tells us in the Epistle to the Romans
https://ronrolheiser.com/letting-people-into-our-stingy-heaven/
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All Saints and All Souls
At a conference which I attended, a psychiatrist shared this story. A woman came to see him in considerable distress. Her anguish had to do with her last conversation with
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The Psalms as Prayer
“God behaves in the psalms in ways he is not allowed to behave in systemic theology.” That quip from Sebastian Moore might be highlighted at a time when fewer people
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The Perfect Posture for Prayer
In her autobiography The Long Loneliness, Dorothy Day shares how she once prayed at a low time in her life. Dorothy Day, as you know, grew up without faith. An