by Ron Rolheiser | Oct 17, 2014 | Opinion
It’s not only love that makes the world go round. Resentment, too, is prominent in stirring the drink. In so many ways, our world is drowning in resentment. Everywhere you look, it seems, someone is bitter about something and breathing out resentment. What is...
by Ron Rolheiser | Sep 30, 2014 | Opinion
Have you ever noted how we spontaneously react to a perceived threat? Faced with a threat, our primal instincts tend to take over and we instantly freeze over and begin to shut all the doors opening to warmth, gentleness and empathy inside us. That’s a natural...
by Ron Rolheiser | Aug 1, 2014 | Opinion
Sometimes everything can seem right on the surface while, deep down, nothing is right at all. We see this, for example, in the famous parable about the prodigal son and his older brother. By every outward appearance, the older brother is doing everything right: He is...
by Ron Rolheiser | May 9, 2014 | Opinion
We hurry too much, pure and simple. As Henri Nouwen describes it, “One of the most obvious characteristics of our daily lives is that we are busy. We experience our days as filled with things to do, people to meet, projects to finish, letters to write, calls to...
by Ron Rolheiser | Dec 5, 2013 | Opinion
Anyone familiar with the life and writings of Simone Weil will, I am sure, agree that she was a woman of exceptional faith. She was also a woman with an unwavering commitment to the poor. But, and this may seem anomalous, she was also exceptional and unwavering in a...
