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Jesus and Justice
Jesus and justice – rarely do we bring them together as the gospels do. Somehow we find it hard to bring together the Jesus who is so uncompromising in the
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Images for Lent
What is the meaning of lent? Why do we set aside forty days each year to voluntarily give up some legitimate enjoyments so as to prepare for Easter? The need
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The Domestic and the Monastic
“God is more domestic than monastic!” A novelist, Nikos Kazantzakis, wrote those words but a theologian might have. Christ was born into a family not a monastery. Not that there
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“Blood and Water Poured Out”
Paradox is everywhere: Sometimes the things you think will make you happy end up saddening you and sometimes the very thing that breaks your heart is also the thing that
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What If?
What if we all were more consistent? What if we all had wider loyalties? What if we were slower to dismiss others’ ideas? What if we took seriously the biblical
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Moral Progress and Regression
“We didn’t stop burning witches because we stopped reading scripture; we stopped burning witches because we kept on reading scripture.” Gil Bailie, Violence Unveiled, wrote those words and they teach
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An Invitation Inside of Christmas
We fight too much about Christmas, arguing about its meaning. For some, Christmas is for the children, a feast where we let their delight and freshness challenge our cynicism, where
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Advent – A Time to Learn How to Wait
Carlo Carretto, the renowned spiritual writer, spent many years living alone as a hermit in the Sahara desert. He wrote a number of books from that place of solitude, including
https://ronrolheiser.com/advent-a-time-to-learn-how-to-wait/
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Advent Longing
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin once suggested that peace and justice will come to us when we reach a high enough psychic temperature so as to burn away the things that
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Different Kinds of Glory
We all nurse a secret dream of glory. We daydream that in some way we will stand out and be recognized. And so we fantasize about great achievements that will