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My Ten Favorite Books of 2013
De gustibus non est disputandum. That’s a famous line from St. Augustine wherein he suggests that taste is subjective and that what one person fancies might not be to another
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Christmas – Its Checkered Origins and its Checkered Sequence
If someone who had never heard the story of Jesus were to ask any of us about his origins, we would, I suspect, begin with the story of his annunciation
https://ronrolheiser.com/christmas-its-checkered-origins-and-its-checkered-sequence/
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Staying Awake
In his autobiography, Report to Greco, Nikos Kazantzakis recounts a conversation he once had with an old monk. Kazantzakis, a young man at the time, was visiting a monastery and
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Every Tear Brings the Messiah Closer
“People are always impatient, but God is never in a hurry!” Nikos Kazantzakis wrote those words and they highlight an important truth: We need to be patient, infinitely patient, with
https://ronrolheiser.com/every-tear-bring-the-messiah-close/
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Misguided Loyalties
Anyone familiar with the life and writings of Simone Weil will, I am sure, agree that she was a woman of exceptional faith. She was also a woman with an
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Searching for a Word Filled with Reality
Faith is not something you achieve. If you try to nail it down, it gets up and walks away with the nail. Faith works this way: Some days you walk
https://ronrolheiser.com/searching-for-a-word-filled-with-reality/
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Handling Resentment in Our Lives
Many of us, I suspect, know about the work of the renowned anthropologist, Rene Girard and the dissemination of his insights through the work of his student, Gil Bailie. With
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Dying into Safe Hands
It’s hard to say something consoling in the face of death, even when the person who died lived a full life and died in the best of circumstances. It’s especially
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The Single Life
The universe works in pairs. From the atoms to the human species, generativity is predicated on union with another. Happiness, it would seem, is also predicated on that. So where
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The Academy and the Pew – A Strained Relationship between Theology and Catechesis
There has always been an innate and healthy tension between theology and catechesis, between what’s happening in theology departments in universities and the church pew. Theologians and bishops are often