Oneing: Ripening

“Where is this thing we call ‘life’ headed?” Richard Rohr introduces the theme for this issue of the Rohr Institute’s spiritual and literary journal, Oneing, with this question. Throughout “Ripening,” respected and new teachers explore the evolution of a life, beyond ideas of physical aging, toward maturity and eldership. The trajectory of growth is charted true to human experience and deepest longing. In the words of Kathleen Dowling Singh, “The life and death of a human being is so exquisitely calibrated as to automatically produce union with Spirit.” Alongside Richard Rohr, “Ripening” features Joan Chittister, Kathleen Dowling Singh, Tilden Edwards, James Finley, Harry Moody, and others. "Oneing," the title of the journal, is a word that was used by the Christian mystic, Lady Julian of Norwich (1342-1416), to describe the encounter between God and the soul. The Rohr Institute publishes "Oneing" with Jesus’ words at “that all may be one” (John 17:21).