by Ron Rolheiser | Feb 24, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Douglas Abrams writes in The Book of Hope, a book he co-authored with Jane Goodall: “Creating the human race may be the single biggest mistake that evolution made.” While that is a rather despairing view, in the end, this book is a book of hope, though not without it...
by Ron Rolheiser | Nov 14, 2022 | Opinion
There’s only one addiction for which we are praised – overworking. With every other addiction, concerned others are looking to put you into a clinic or into a recovery program, but if your addiction is work, generally it’s seen as virtue. I know of what I speak. I’m a...
by Ron Rolheiser | Nov 3, 2022 | Opinion
Shortly after ordination, doing replacement work in a parish, I found myself in a rectory with a saintly old priest. He was over 80, nearly blind, but widely sought out and respected, especially as a confessor. One night, alone with him, I asked him this question: “If...
by Ron Rolheiser | Oct 25, 2022 | Opinion
Nothing is as important as forgiveness. It is the key to happiness and the most important spiritual imperative in our lives. We need to forgive, to make peace with the hurts and injustices we have suffered so as not to die angry and bitter. Before we die, we need to...
by Ron Rolheiser | Sep 8, 2022 | Opinion
Denominational identity in me runs deep. Born, baptized and raised a Roman Catholic, Roman Catholicism is my second nature, like a brand on my skin. I have no regrets about the congenital grip this has on me, even though now I think of it more as a foundation than as...
