Religion was made to order to "save the world," to use a phrase Christians use so much, but we really haven't been… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Life is not, nor ever has been, a straight line forward ... Life is characterized much more by exception and disorder than… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Faith is not a means to something further. It is not something we do in order to get to heaven. Faith is… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
If you work with such people almost on the level of spiritual direction, you see that they are people who prefer a… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
The greatest enemy of ordinary daily goodness and joy is not imperfection, but the demand for some supposed perfection or order. — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
People will often, almost always, prefer a male God. A male image of God gives them this sense of security, safety, order,… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“We have become human doings more than human beings, and the verb “rest,” as Jesus uses it, is largely foreign to us.” — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
In my opinion, most organized religion does neither agentic service nor relational nurturance very well. — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
In solitude, at last, we’re able to let God define us the way we are always supposed to be defined—by relationship: the I-thou relationship,… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Pain and suffering that are not transformed are usually projected onto others. — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
You cannot grow in the integrative dance of action and contemplation without a strong tolerance for ambiguity, an ability to allow, forgive, and contain… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“In the end, we do not so much reclaim what we have lost as discover a significantly new self in and through the process.… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain. If we do not transform our pain, we will transmit it to those… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“I would wonder if you could be a hero or heroine if you did not live in deep time, that is, Past, present, and… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“I believe contemplation shows us that nothing inside us is as bad as our hatred and denial of the bad. Hating and denying it… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
We don't have much wisdom about the second half when things really open up and end up looking a lot more progressive. In my… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
