Content about War

September 9, 2010

Integrating a contemplative lifestyle and compassionate action.

The Center for Action and Contemplation, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was founded in 1987 by Franciscan Father Richard Rohr, who saw the need for a training/formation center. It would serve as a place of discernment and growth for activists and those interested in social service ministries—a place to be still, and learn how to integrate a contemplative lifestyle with compassionate service. The Center’s purpose would be to serve not only as a forum for peaceful, non-violent social change but also as a radical voice for renewal and encouragement.

September 9, 2010

Movies, Videos, DVDs

Movies, Videos, DVDs that might prompt good discussions about male issues by Richard Rohr, OFM

Richard Rohr suggests some moviies, videos, and DVDs that might prompt good discussion about male issues:

November 1, 2005

Sadness

Richard Rohr sums up this whole spirituality of initiation in a one liner: the young man who cannot cry is a savage, the old man who cannot laugh is a fool.

It's a privilege to speak to a group of people who, from your first hand experience in the field of healthcare, most likely know much more about the topic of sadness than I do. In my remarks this evening I will speak as a Christian but more out of my Roman Catholic tradition as I think it might be helpful to the context of sadness.

January 1, 2004

Cheap Religion Is Worse Than No Religion

Richard Rohr writes about why peace is so hard to come by for most people and most groups, especially if they presume they can eliminate all evil from themselves or from the world.

Lucifer means "light-bearer", and the problem of evil is that it carries just enough light to confuse you.

In our search for the true spirit of Jesus, and the search for authentic peace, I would like to tackle one of the most confusing, ignored, and problematic passages in the Synoptic Gospels. This passage could help us understand why peace is so hard to come by for most people and most groups, especially if they presume they can eliminate all evil from themselves or from the world. It is a story of false exorcism.