CORE Faculty
Barbara Holmes
A scholar of African American spirituality and mysticism, Dr. Barbara Holmes reveals how the cosmos can expand our limited constructs of religion, race, and power. As faculty at the Center for Action and Contemplation, she teaches how God’s communal presence can inspire imagination and wisdom, especially in times of crisis. She is the author of Race and the Cosmos , Joy Unspeakable and Crisis Contemplation.
essential reading
Crisis Contemplation Mercifully Emerges
Dr. Barbara Holmes believes contemplative experience can emerge in times of collective crisis. She invites us to understand how crisis is experienced at the communal, tribal, national, and global levels.
Daily Meditations
A Divine Invitation
Dr. Barbara Holmes shares her recent experience of dancing with God in a time of uncertainty: In more recent years, I’ve had my own dance with the divine. My health…
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The Restorative Power of Love With Felicia Murrell
“When I think of the tapestry of the cosmos, I see all sentient beings as threads woven together—one energy running through us all.” – Felicia Murrell In today’s episode…
Daily Meditations
Wisdom from Barbara Holmes
Read Daily Meditations inspired by the words of Barbara Holmes.
“The world is the cloister of the contemplative. There is no escape. Always the quest for justice draws one deeply into the heart of God.”
– Dr. Barbara Holmes
A Story From Barbara
Fishing—my contemplative practice—is the place where I find real connection. I fish with my husband, George. Normally we throw them back, but occasionally bless them for nourishment. We don’t talk a lot. We connect in other ways—through the ocean, the waves, the birds diving, and the struggle. God’s grace has been to live, to breathe salt air, and to just be.