“Celibate life can prompt some big, existential questions about the nature of human intimacy with God. When I look at the ring on my finger and imagine a similar ring on the (invisible) hand of Christ, I wonder: What does it mean to be invited to share an intimate relationship – the most intimate relationship – with someone who is so utterly mysterious?” Br. Keith Nelson considers how celibacy can bear fresh witness to the infinite mystery at the heart of God (and the mystery in our own human heart as well).