Joan Chittester: Life, we learn young, is one long, unending game of push and pull. One part of us pushes us always toward wholeness,...

Most cultures are first-half-of-life cultures, and even sadder, most organized religions almost necessarily sell a first-half-of-life...

"I’m convinced we are living in a time of unveiling—when reality is being revealed as it always has been and always will be. Systems of...

The Scapegoat Mechanism* by Richard Rohr Human nature, when it is seeking power, wants either to play the victim or to create victims of...

Mystics and the Margins Richard Rohr* On the margins of the Roman Empire, Ireland and Scotland helped hand down the Christian...

"The land is God’s. . . . Caring for the land, every day, is my way to be close to God. [God’s] land must be honored. —Eli, an Amish...

As one who is really good at avoiding or denying the difficult (witness my stash of mint M&M's), I was incredibly grateful for Richard...