-
In Paradox There Is Virtue
There are a number of old axioms that suggest that virtue and truth lie in the middle, between the two extremes. This was called the “golden mean” and expressed in
-
A Lesson in Contingency
If only! How often we feel those bitter words of regret: If only! If only I had noticed earlier! If only I had been more attentive! If only I could
-
Patience With God
There’s an adage that says that an atheist is simply someone who cannot grasp metaphor. Thomas Halik, the Czech writer, would suggest rather that an atheist is someone who cannot
-
Powerful Voices Within
It’s not easy to discern the voice of truth among the many voices that beckon us. Indeed it is difficult even to discern when we are genuinely sincere: Who am
-
Our Misunderstandings About Suicide
Every year I write an article on suicide because so many people have to live with the pain of losing a loved one in this way. I rarely go for
https://ronrolheiser.com/our-misunderstandings-about-suicide/
-
Longing For Solitude
Eight hundred years ago, the poet, Rumi wrote: What I want is to leap out of this personality and then sit apart from that leaping. I’ve lived too long where
-
The Mystically-Driven Life
Mysticism is an exotic word. Few of us connect mysticism with ordinary experience, especially with our own experience. Mysticism is generally seen as an exotic thing, a paranormal thing, a
-
Father’s Day
Each year we celebrate “Father’s Day”, a day on which we’re asked to get in touch with the gratitude we should feel towards our own fathers. For some of us
-
Moving Beyond Bad Habits
We all have our faults, weaknesses, places where we short-circuit morally, dark spots, secret and not-so-secret addictions. When we’re honest, we know how universally true are St. Paul’s words when
-
"There’s Always Something!"
A friend of mine jokingly says that when she dies she wants this epitaph on her gravestone: There was always something! And there always is! All of us appreciate her