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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
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Being Ready for Christmas
Many of us arrive at Christmas tired, running, distracted, and already fatigued with the lights, songs, and celebrations of Christmas. Advent is meant to be a time of preparation for
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The Visitation – Revisited
We are all familiar with the biblical story of the Visitation. It happens at the beginning of Luke’s Gospel. Mary and her cousin, Elizabeth, both pregnant, meet. One is carrying
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Honoring Talent and Grace – Jean Beliveau RIP
For those of you who aren’t Canadian, perhaps this name might not mean much, but, this past week, Canada lost one of its great cultural icons, Jean Beliveau, a famed athlete.
https://ronrolheiser.com/honoring-talent-and-grace-jean-beliveau-rip/
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Self-Sacrifice and the Eucharist
In 1996, Muslim extremists martyred nearly an entire community of Trappist monks in Atlas, Algeria. Many of us, thanks to the movie, Of Gods and Men, are familiar with their
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Two Churches, Two Sacred Places, Two Struggles
God has given us two churches, one found is everywhere and the other is found at select places. Some of us prefer one of these and struggle with the other,
https://ronrolheiser.com/two-churches-two-sacred-places-two-struggles/
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Less People Are Going to Church – Whom to Blame?
It’s no secret that today there’s been a massive drop-off in church attendance. Moreover that drop-off in church-going is not paralleled by the same widespread growth in atheism and agnosticism.
https://ronrolheiser.com/less-people-are-going-to-church-whom-to-blame/
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Spiritual Warfare
Spiritual literature has always highlighted the primordial struggle between good and evil, and this has generally been conceived of as a war, a spiritual battle. Thus, as Christians, we have