Richard Rohr: Learning to Hold On, Learning to Let Go
11/09/21 • 38 min
Life is painful. Period. But are there some aspects of our faith or our posture toward the world that can change how we experience it?
Father Richard Rohr is everyone’s favorite preacher of love. Love for each other. Love from God.
In this conversation, Kate and Richard talk about:
- How great love and great suffering can move us into a new stage of life
- The spirituality of subtraction
- Making room for mystery of joy and suffering
- His secret to staying present to God
Together, might we all learn when to hold on and when to let go.
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Life is painful. Period. But are there some aspects of our faith or our posture toward the world that can change how we experience it?
Father Richard Rohr is everyone’s favorite preacher of love. Love for each other. Love from God.
In this conversation, Kate and Richard talk about:
- How great love and great suffering can move us into a new stage of life
- The spirituality of subtraction
- Making room for mystery of joy and suffering
- His secret to staying present to God
Together, might we all learn when to hold on and when to let go.
***
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Alexi Pappas: Staying Awake to Our Pain
When she was a child, Alexi Pappas lost her mother to suicide. So when Alexi faced a season of deep depression she knew had to find a different way forward. That’s when her training as an Olympic runner became invaluable.
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- How viewing mental illness as an injury not only destigmatizes depression, but offers tangible next steps toward healing
Too often professional athletes fall into the pure motivational speaker category. But this conversation with Alexi gently threads the needle about what is possible if you stay a little longer in uncomfortable situations when even getting out of bed feels like a win.
There is so much wisdom we can glean from Alexi’s discipline and willpower.
CW: suicide, depression, mental illness
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