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Honesty as Sobriety
You are as sick as your sickest secret! That’s a popular aphorism in recovery circles and it speaks a deep truth. If we have to hide something then we aren’t
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The Gospel Unfolding in History
We didn’t stop burning witches because we stopped reading scripture. We stopped burning witches because we kept on reading scripture. Gil Bailie, author of Violence Unveiled, wrote those words and
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The Heart of a Child
Unless you change and become like little children you will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven. How can we do that? How do we unlearn sophistication, undo the fact that
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On Cultivating or Not Cultivating Loneliness
Soren Kierkegaard remains a mentor to many people for a good reason. He touched the soul like a maestro picking up a violin and that master’s touch comes not so
https://ronrolheiser.com/on-cultivating-or-not-cultivating-loneliness/
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Prophecy – Challenge and Comfort
A few years ago, at a church conference that I was attending, the participants were divided into discussion groups and each group was asked the question: “What is the most
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The Pearl of Great Price and its Cost
A woman I know tells this story: She married a man she loved but, early on in the marriage, was too immature to responsibly carry her part of the relationship.
https://ronrolheiser.com/the-pearl-of-great-price-and-its-cost/
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Our Misconceptions about Suicide
Sometimes things need to be said, and said, and said, until they don’t need to be said any more. Margaret Atwood wrote that and its truth is the reason why,
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Bread and Wine
Bread and wine are ambiguous, both in life and in the Eucharist. On the one hand, bread is perhaps our primary symbol for food, health, nourishment, and community: Give us
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Our Innate Pathological Complexity
In her novel, A Map of Glass, Canadian novelist, Jane Urquhart, tells the story of an aging woman who recalls how, as a little girl, she used to steal her
https://ronrolheiser.com/our-innate-pathological-complexity/
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Some Guidelines for Service
To try to serve others is to be caught up in many tensions, some that beset from without and others that beset from within. How can we remain energized, effective,