by Ron Rolheiser | Aug 15, 2018 | Opinion
He’s a loser! You’re a loser! Among all the hurtful slurs we mindlessly utter, this particular one is perhaps the most hurtful and damaging. It needs to be forbidden in our public discourse and stricken from our vocabulary. We’ve come a long way today in forbidding...
by Ron Rolheiser | Jun 15, 2018 | Opinion
A student I’d taught decades ago made this comment to me recently. “It’s been more than 20 years since I took your class, and I’ve forgotten most everything you taught. What I do remember from your class is that we’re supposed to always...
by Ron Rolheiser | May 31, 2018 | Opinion
Dreaming is sometimes the most realistic thing we can do. Or is there still something else we might do, like public protest, or something else? In his book on prophecy, “Commandments for the Long Haul,” Daniel Berrigan offers this advice. Prophetic...
by Ron Rolheiser | Apr 23, 2018 | Opinion
Moral outrage is the antithesis of morality. Yet it’s everywhere present in our world today and is everywhere rationalized on the basis of God and truth. We live in a world awash in moral outrage. Everywhere, individuals and groups are indignant and morally...
by Ron Rolheiser | Mar 9, 2018 | Opinion
Classically, Christianity has listed seven sins as “deadly” sins, meaning that most everything else we do that is not virtuous somehow takes its root in one these congenital propensities. These are the infamous seven: pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony,...
