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What Do We Do with Our Tears?

What can our tears teach us about how to live with sorrow without turning away from it? Explore how contemplative wisdom can help us meet grief and sadness on November 13 with James Finley and Rabbi Tirzah Firestone.

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Dialogue 2: The Soul’s Society Dialogue 2: The Soul’s Society

Dialogue 2: The Soul’s Society

In this second dialogue session, Jim and Kirsten will focus on two more of Emily’s poems, The Soul selects her own Society, and It might be lonelier. Resources: The books…

Daily Meditations

An Obedience to Love An Obedience to Love

An Obedience to Love

Summarizing the parable of the good Samaritan (Luke 10:25–37), Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King reflects on how we define our neighbor: Who is my neighbor? “I do not know his…

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Discover Practical Teachings for Everyday Life

Explore Christian wisdom with a beginner’s mind in our new online course, Wisdom Foundations. Bring depth and presence into your daily life with embodied practices from Rev. Dr. Cynthia Bourgeault.

“There is a deep relationship between the inner revolution of prayer and the transformation of social structures and social consciousness. Our hope lies in the fact that meditation is going to change the society that we live in, just as it has changed us.”

—RICHARD ROHR, CAC FOUNDER

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Get Your New Issue of ONEING

ONEING: What Is Ours to Do has just been released! Contributors include Fr. Richard Rohr, Joan Halifax, Kaira Jewel Lingo, Randy Woodley, Christine Valters Paintner, and more.

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Online Retreat on Thérèse of Lisieux

Our beloved multi-day gathering for the Turning to the Mystics community returns December 4-6. This year, we turn to Thérèse of Lisieux. Find inspiration with live teachings from James Finley. Registration opens October 21!

“Contemplation embodies compassion. The more we are transformed in compassion, the more we act with compassion toward others.”

—JAMES FINLEY, CAC FACULTY

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We Conspire: In the Company of Ancestors

We Conspire is a series from the Center for Action and Contemplation featuring wisdom and stories from the growing Christian contemplative movement. Sign up for the monthly email series and receive a free invitation to practice each month.  SUBSCRIBE TODAY Stories That Cross Land and TimeAbara cultivates

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