-
Loneliness and God’s Pleasure
Eric Liddel, the Olympic gold medallist and runner whose story was told in the movie, Chariots of Fire, once made this comment: “When I run, I feel God’s pleasure.” That’s
-
Getting and Not Getting the Secret
What’s life’s deep secret? Do we ever really understand life? Do we ever really get things right? What lies at the center of life? These are the deeper questions that
https://ronrolheiser.com/getting-and-not-getting-the-secret/
-
Ultimate Consolation
The most singularly consoling doctrine in all of religion is the Christian belief that Christ descended into hell. Christ descended into hell. What is meant by that? There is an
-
Searching for Bethlehem in the Soul
Nearly twenty years ago, the renowned educator, Allan Bloom, wrote a very provocative book entitled, The Closing of the American Mind. As its title suggests, this isn’t a book that
https://ronrolheiser.com/searching-for-bethlehem-in-the-soul/
-
Growth Through Dark Nights
During my last years of seminary training, I attended a series of lectures given by a prominent Polish psychologist, Casmir Dabrowski, teaching at the time at the University of Alberta.
-
Looking for Rest Amid the Pressures of Life
The poet, Rumi, once wrote: “What I want is to leap out of this personality And then sit apart from that leaping I’ve lived too long where I can be
https://ronrolheiser.com/looking-for-rest-amid-the-pressures-of-life/
-
Steadying Ourselves in the Storm
The early years of my adulthood and priesthood were spent teaching theology at a College in Edmonton, Canada. They were exciting years: I was young, full of energy, loved teaching,
-
Dark Memory
Inside each of us, beyond what we can express in words, picture clearly, or even feel distinctly, we have a dark memory of having once been touched and caressed by
-
The Communion of Saints
Growing up, as part of our family prayer, we used to pray for a happy death. I pictured that this way: you died cradled in the loving arms of family,
-
Breathing Emotionally
One of the things that made Henri Nouwen such a loved writer was his disarming honesty. He hid little about himself. And one of the things that he was able