The Holy Longing

CNLP 817 | Grieving Your Ministry Wounds: Father Ronald Rolheiser and John Mark Comer on Getting Past Bitterness and Giving Your Life and Death Away

The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast, 14 July 2026. The author is the guest. The book comes up at 3 min 24 sec in.

John Mark Comer tells Father Ron he first encountered his work through this book, which he found great but initially "one of many great books." Later in the conversation Comer singles out Holy Longing's four markers of spiritual maturity—especially the concept of "mellowing of soul"—as his favourite part, noting it as a deeply ancient Christian idea rarely heard in evangelical spirituality.

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