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My Top Books for 2015
Taste, as St. Augustine said some 1700 years ago, is subjective. That should be acknowledged upfront whenever someone recommends a reading list. In my case, I need to state too
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The Meaning of Christmas – Connecting the Dots between the Crib and the Cross
Christmas 2015 The Gospel stories about the birth of Jesus are not a simple retelling of the events that took place then, at the stable in Bethlehem. In his commentaries
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Sex and Our Culture
No generation in history, I suspect, has ever experienced as much change as we have experienced in the past sixty years. That change is not just in the areas of
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Sensitive to Community, Beyond Ourselves
Some years ago I was challenged by a Bishop regarding an article I’d written. We were talking in his office and the tone eventually got a little testy: “How can you
https://ronrolheiser.com/sensitive-to-community-beyond-ourselves/
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The Hiddenness of God and the Darkness of Faith
When I first began teaching theology, I fantasized about writing a book about the hiddenness of God. Why does God remain hidden and invisible? Why doesn’t God just show himself
https://ronrolheiser.com/the-hiddenness-of-god-and-the-darkness-of-faith/
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Our Muslim Brothers and Sisters
This is not a good time to be a Muslim in the Western world. As the violence perpetrated by radical Islamic groups such as ISIS, Al Qaeda, and Boko Haram
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Lacking the Self-Confidence for Greatness
We all have our own images of greatness as these pertain to virtue and saintliness. We picture, for instance, St. Francis of Assisi, kissing a leper; or Mother Teresa, publicly
https://ronrolheiser.com/lacking-the-self-confidence-for-greatness/
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Faith, Doubt, Dark Nights, and Maturity
In one of his books on contemplative prayer, Thomas Keating shares with us a line that he occasionally uses in spiritual direction. People come to him, sharing how they used
https://ronrolheiser.com/faith-doubt-dark-nights-and-maturity/
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The Communion of Saints
At any given time, most of the world believes that death isn’t final, that some form of immortality exists. Most people believe that those who have died still exist in
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Religion, Secular Thought, and Health and Happiness
There is no such a thing as pure objectivity, a view that is free of all bias. Yet that’s the claim often made by non-religious, secular thinkers in debates about
https://ronrolheiser.com/religion-secular-thought-and-health-and-happiness/