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The Wages of Celibacy
Recently an op-ed piece appeared in the New York Times by Frank Bruni, entitled, The Wages of Celibacy. The column, while provocative, is fair. Mostly he asks a lot of
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Boldness with God
Some years ago, a woman shared this story at a workshop. She had a six year-old son whom she had conscientiously schooled in prayer. Among other things, she made him
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Guidelines for the Long Haul – Revisited
Twenty-five years ago, I wrote a column entitled, Guidelines for the Long Haul. Revisiting it recently, I was encouraged that my principles haven’t swayed during the past quarter-century, only taken
https://ronrolheiser.com/guidelines-for-the-long-haul-revisited/
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A Call for Less Self-Protection
Today, among many of us churchgoers, there is growing-propensity to self-protect rather than risk crucifixion for the world. We are well intentioned in this, but, good intentions notwithstanding, our actions
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Stone Jars and Softer Containers
In his novel, A Month of Sundays, John Updike presents us with a character, a lapsed Vicar, who, though struggling himself with faith, is extremely critical of his young assistant
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Struggling with Secularity
We live in a highly secularized culture. Generally this draws one of three reactions from Christians struggling to live out faith in this context: First, a growing number of Christians
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Lucky Sevens
From the bible to casinos, seven is often considered to be a magical, perfect, and lucky number. Jesus told us to forgive those who hurt us seventy times seven times.
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The Resurrection as Revealing God as Redeemer, not as Rescuer
Before you get serious about Jesus, first consider how good you are going to look on wood! That’s a line from Daniel Berrigan that rightly warns us that faith
https://ronrolheiser.com/the-resurrection-as-revealing-god-as-redeemer-not-as-rescuer/
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Praying In a Crisis
How do we lift our darkest, most depressed, most lonely moments up to God? How can we pray when we are most deeply alone, helpless, and our whole world seems
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The Major Imperatives within Mature Discipleship
In his autobiography, Morris West suggests that at a certain age our lives simplify and we need have only three phrases left in our spiritual vocabulary: Thank you! Thank you!
https://ronrolheiser.com/the-major-imperatives-within-mature-discipleship/