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Fear Masking Itself as Piety
It is easy to mistake piety for the genuine response that God wants of us, that is, to enter into a relationship of intimacy with Him and then try to
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God’s Pleasure in Our Action
For the past six months, while undergoing treatment for cancer, I was working on a reduced schedule. The medical treatments, while somewhat debilitating, left me still enough health and energy
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Christ and Nature
Numerous groups and individuals today are challenging us in regards to our relationship to mother-earth. From Green Peace, from various environmental groups, from various Christian and other religious groups, and
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Our Daydreams
A good part of our lives are taken up with daydreams, though few of us admit that and even fewer of us would own-up to the contents of those fantasies.
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Our Eyes as Windows to Our Souls
Most all of us worry about aging, especially in how it affects our bodies. We worry about wrinkles, bags under our eyes, middle-age fat, and losing hair where we want
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The Positive Side of Melancholy
Normally none of us like feeling sad, heavy, or depressed. Generally we prefer sunshine to darkness, lightheartedness to melancholy. That’s why, most of the time, we do everything we canto distract ourselves from melancholy, to
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Looking for the One God Inside Our Denominational and Faith Divisions
Christian de Cherge, the Trappist Abbott who was martyred in Algeria in 1996, was fond of sharing this story: He had a very close Muslim friend, Mohammed, and the two
https://ronrolheiser.com/looking-for-the-one-god-inside-our-denominational-and-faith-divisions/
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The Importance of the Interior and Private
We can never be challenged too strongly with regards to being committed to social justice. A key, non-negotiable, summons that comes from Jesus himself is precisely the challenge to reach
https://ronrolheiser.com/the-importance-of-the-interior-and-private/
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Understanding and Appreciating Our Differences
It’s common for us to see God’s grace and blessing in what unites us. We naturally sense the presence of grace when, at our core, we feel a strong moral
https://ronrolheiser.com/understanding-and-appreciating-our-differences/
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My Top Ten Books for 2014
The pressures of work and ministry, unfortunately, limit the time I have available to read as widely as I would like. Still, addicted as I am to books and knowing