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An Online Gathering with Brian McLaren, James Finley, Carmen Acevedo Butcher, and Pico Iyer. Live May 18. Recorded Replay Available.

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Dialogue 4: Love Dialogue 4: Love

Dialogue 4: Love

In this fourth dialogue session Jim and Kirsten focus on the theme of Love within the thoughts and teachings of Gabriel Marcel. Resources: The book we are using this season…

Daily Meditations

A Mothering God A Mothering God

A Mothering God

Theologians Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Susan Shaw describe how the inclusive and nurturing character of a Mothering God can provide comfort, especially for those who are wounded or…

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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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New Release of ONEING

In “ONEING: Loving in a Time of Exile” rediscover the God who exiles nothing, featuring Brian McLaren, Randy S. Woodley, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, and more. 

“ONEING: Loving in a Time of Exile”

“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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Being Salt and Light — A Fresh Perspective 

Carmen Acevedo Butcher sheds new light on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount in this new video. Step deeper into our Divine belonging through the 2025 theme of the Daily Meditations.  

“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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What is a Learning Community? 

CAC’s online education programming is expanding and growing! Whether you have taken a CAC course in the past or are thinking about enrolling—let’s explore a little more about the nature and benefits behind CAC’s Learning Communities, a foundational part of our online education. At the heart of many of our

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