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The Tears of Things Online Course 

Explore wisdom for an age of outrage in our new online course, The Tears of Things: Integrating the Prophetic Path, based on Richard Rohr’s bestselling new book.

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Bonus: Greg Sadler on Gabriel Marcel Bonus: Greg Sadler on Gabriel Marcel

Bonus: Greg Sadler on Gabriel Marcel

On this special bonus episode, James Finley and Kirsten Oates interview president of ReasonIO, Greg Sadler, about the philosophy of Gabriel Marcel, with special attention paid to…

Daily Meditations

Interpreting Scripture Through Experience Interpreting Scripture Through Experience

Interpreting Scripture Through Experience

Authors and activists Alexia Salvatierra and Brandon Wrencher describe how enslaved Africans interpreted the Bible through their experience and found a promise of dignity and…

PUBLICATIONS

ONEING: Loving in a Time of Exile  

The essays and poems in this new issue of “ONEING” help readers discover how to turn to compassion — even in times of oppression.

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Enroll Now—Living School’s Essentials of Engaged Contemplation

Introducing the Essentials of Engaged Contemplation, a transformative one-year online program, immersing students in the essentials of contemplative Christianity and practice. 

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

—JAMES FINLEY, CAC FACULTY

UPCOMING EVENTS

ReVision: What Do We Do With Christianity?

Explore Christianity as a Living Path with CAC Faculty and guests on Oct. 24– 26 at our annual fall conference series, in-person and online.

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“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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The Living School—Reimagined. Coursework starts in September!

Introducing the Essentials of Engaged Contemplation—a reimagined 12-month course grounded in the foundations of the Living School from the Center for Action and Contemplation. If you’ve stepped away from religion but still long for spiritual depth, Essentials of Engaged Contemplation offers a grounded path

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