The human ego prefers anything, just about anything, to falling, or changing, or dying. The ego is that part of you that loves the status quo – even when it's not working. It attaches to past and present and fears the future.
Richard RohrJesus praised faith and trust – even more than love. It takes a foundational trust to fall, or to fail, and not to fall apart.
Richard RohrOften it takes outer authority to send us on the path to our own inner authority.
Richard RohrTag: humility law submission
When you get your,'Who am I?', question right, all of your,'What should I do?' questions tend to take care of themselves
Richard RohrThose who are not true leaders will just affirm people at their own immature level.
Richard RohrTag: leadership discipleship confrontation
The most common one-liner in the Bible is, "Do not be afraid." Someone counted, and it occurs 365 times.
Richard RohrIf change and growth are not programmed into your spirituality, if there are not serious warnings about the blinding nature of fear and fanaticism, your religion will always end up worshiping the status quo and protecting your present ego position and personal advantage as if it were God.
Richard RohrTag: humility status-quo conservatism idolatry
Change is not what we expect from religious people. They tend to love the past more than the present or the future.
Richard RohrTag: change religion status-quo conservatism adaptability
Most people confuse their life situation with their actual life, which is an underlying flow beneath the everyday events.
Richard RohrTag: meaning-of-life circumstance
I would wonder if you could be a hero or heroine if you did not live in deep time, that is, Past, present, and future all at once.
Richard RohrTag: perspective eternity timelessness
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