Christians need to follow Jesus
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
Suicide – reclaiming the memory of our loved one
We can redeem the lives of those lost to suicide
A visit from the goddess of night
Fr Rolheiser takes a look at a book on Christian spirituality
We are disciples with many faces
In a new book entitled, Jesus of Nazareth, famed German scripture-scholar, Gerhard Lohfink, describes how people in the Gospels related to Jesus in different ways. Not everyone was an apostle, not everyone was a disciple, and not everyone who contributed to Jesus’ cause even followed him. Different individuals had their own way of connecting to…
Moore’s thinking on anxiety and why we decide to walk alone
Our lives today are awash with anxiety
Time is precious but distractions plentiful
God is always speaking to us but normally we aren’t listening
Church can’t be stingy with God’s mercy
Today, for a number of reasons, we struggle to be generous and prodigal with God’s mercy. As the number of people who attend church services continues to decline, the temptation among many of our church leaders and ministers is to see this more as a pruning than as a tragedy and to respond by making…
Choosing the regret we can live with best
This side of eternity, nothing is whole.
Wearied in our patience
We must never grow weary of doing what’s right
What do we really see when we gaze upon the city?
Jesus loved the world even as he criticised it harshly