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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/
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Honoring An Abundant and Prodigal God
There’s a disturbing trend within our churches today. Simply put, we are seeing the embrace of our churches become less-and-less inclusive. More-and-more, our churches are demanding a purity and exclusivity
https://ronrolheiser.com/honoring-an-abundant-and-prodigal-god/
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Overcoming Anxiety
Anxiety, like all tensions, eats at us at various levels. More superficially, we worry about many things. Deep down though we are anxious in a way that colors most everything
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Anxiety
A friend of mine likes to jokingly pretend he’s the ultimate egoist and will occasionally crack this quip: “Life is hard because I have to deal with the magnitude me!”