ReVision: What Do We Do With Christianity?
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About This Event
In times of uncertainty, we are invited to see with new eyes.
Look to the Christian contemplative traditions for wisdom to help meet this moment with clarity, courage, and compassion. Join us for ReVision: What Do We Do With Christianity?, a three-day gathering — in-person in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and online—hosted by the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC).
An invitation to see with new eyes, ReVision is an opportunity to ask honest questions and engage Christianity as a living tradition still unfolding.
As the first in a new annual series, ReVision welcomes seekers, skeptics, and faithful questioners to explore how ancient contemplative wisdom might help us reimagine the institutions, stories, and spiritual practices that shape us.
What Do We Do With Christianity?
Together, we’ll courageously reimagine a spirituality rooted in love and spacious enough for the complexity of our world today. Shaped by empire and by mystics, by resistance and renewal — what if Christianity could become something more alive and transformative through us?
Speakers
Richard Rohr
CAC Founder & Faculty Emeritus
An internationally recognized author and spiritual leader, Fr. Richard Rohr teaches primarily on incarnational mysticism, nondual consciousness, and contemplation, with a particular emphasis on how these affect the social justice issues of our time.
Brian McLaren
Dean of Core Faculty
Dr. Brian McLaren is an author, speaker, activist, and public theologian. A former college English teacher and pastor, he is a passionate advocate for “a new kind of Christianity” that is just, generous, and working with people of all faiths for the common good.
Carmen Acevedo Butcher
Core Faculty
Carmen Acevedo Butcher, PhD, is an award-winning author, poet, and translator of spiritual texts. She teaches at UC Berkeley, focusing on language evolution and inclusive communication. Her work highlights the power of words and the connection between personal and global healing.
James Finley
Core Faculty
Dr. Jim Finley is a clinical psychologist and contemplative practitioner. Drawing from his experience as a former monk and spiritual directee of Thomas Merton, Jim offers trustworthy guidance for the spiritual journey through this website, online courses, and retreats.
Diana Butler Bass
Guest Faculty
Diana Butler Bass, PhD, is an award-winning author, popular speaker, inspiring preacher, and one of America’s most trusted commentators on religion and contemporary spirituality. She holds a doctorate in religious studies from Duke University and is the author of eleven books including “Freeing Jesus,” “Christianity for the Rest of Us” and “Grounded.”
Greg Boyle
Guest Faculty
Father Greg Boyle is a native Angeleno and a Jesuit priest, who served as pastor of Dolores Mission Church in Boyle Heights before founding Homeboy Industries, which employs and trains former gang members in a range of social enterprises. He is the author of the 2010 New York Times bestseller, “Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion.”
Randy Woodley
Guest Faculty
Randy Woodley, PhD, is the co-founder of Eloheh Indigenous Center for Earth Justice and Eloheh Farm & Seeds, promoting sustainable farming and Earth justice. Randy, a retired professor, writes and speaks on American culture, faith, justice, race, and Indigenous issues, emphasizing the natural world’s role in our lives and Indigenous wisdom.
Jacqui Lewis
Guest Faculty
The senior minister of Middle Collegiate Church in New York City, Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis is a nationally recognized preacher, author, public theologian, and activist, working at the intersections of faith, justice and fierce love toward making an antiracist, fully welcoming society in which everyone has enough. Her books include “Fierce Love” and “The Just Love Story Bible.”
Carlos Rodriguez
Guest Faculty & Movement Partner
Carlos Rodríguez is a passionate communicator and the visionary leader behind The Happy Givers and The Happy Non-Profit. He is the author of “Simply Sonship,” “Drop the Stones,” and the forthcoming “Flip the Tables.” Carlos is most passionate about building dignity-centered solutions through his nonprofit work and spending quality time with his wife, Catherine, and their three amazing children.
Mirabai Starr
Guest Faculty
Mirabai Starr is an award-winning author of creative nonfiction, including her most recent work Ordinary Mysticism: Your Life as Sacred Ground, and contemporary translations of sacred literature. An educator for over 20 years, she teaches and speaks internationally on contemplative practice and interspiritual dialog. A certified bereavement counselor, she helps mourners harness the transformational power of loss.
Online Details
Registration
Registration will be open from April 30 through October 20, or when capacity has been reached.
Online Experience
What is the difference between online and in-person experiences?
The online event will invite you to:
- Access mainstage presentations and panel discussions online live or watch the playback later.
- Connect with other participants through the online platform.
- Chat Rooms
Chat rooms connect topically to the mainstage sessions and will be available throughout the event; see the Session Details tab above for more information about each mainstage presentation.- ReVisioning Through Ancient Eyes: Choosing Contemplation and Action
- ReCentering Jesus as Prophet in an Age of Outrage
- ReRooting Christianity in Contemplative Wisdom and Practice (Love, Help!)
- ReImagining Christianity as Cherished Belonging (Love, Helps!)
- ReMembering Compassion as Revolutionary Action
- ReVisioning a Way Forward: Christianity as Action and Contemplation
- Drop-in Topics
- How do we bring the arts, activism, and contemplation together?
- How do we do social justice work informed by contemplation?
- How can contemplation help us as parents?
- How can contemplation help us in the first half of life?
- How can contemplation help us in our grief?
- How can contemplation teach us to love our enemies?
- How can contemplation shape our work as therapists, spiritual directors and healers?
- How can contemplation guide us as organizational leaders?
- How can contemplation help us live as Elders?
- How can contemplation shape churches and spiritual communities?
- Chat Rooms
CAC encourages authentic conversation in our various in-person and online experiences. We expect all participants to follow our community and conversation guidelines.
Online Cost
The standard cost for online registration is $250. While this price reflects the true cost of creating and offering this event, we are committed to reducing financial barriers to participation. That’s why we’re offering two additional price levels—$175 and $99—so you can choose the one that best aligns with your current financial circumstances.
These reduced options are made possible by the generosity of our donor community who help ensure that seekers from all walks of life can engage the wisdom that calls us toward healing, wholeness, and deepening love. If you’re able, you’re invited to select the $300 level to help support others on the path.
Group Registration
We invite you to experience ReVision as a community. For the first time, we are offering tiered group discounts. Whether you are part of a faith community, educational institution, or spiritual circle, groups of all sizes are welcome — and the larger your group, the greater your savings. We hope this opportunity encourages collective reflection, dialogue, and discovery.
In-Person Details
In-person registration is currently sold out.
This three-day conference will be held online and in-person at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Each day features mainstage teachings and panel discussions from CAC Faculty, staff and guest speakers. Additional workshops and other sessions will explore the themes more thoroughly and from diverse perspectives, allowing for personalized and in-depth exploration and discussion. We will share more about the speakers, topics, and other sessions as soon as those details are available.
Registration
Registration will be open from April 30 through October 13, or when capacity has been reached.
In-Person Experience
What is the difference between online and in-person experiences?
The in-person event will invite you to:
- Watch mainstage presentations and panel discussions live and in-person and have access to the event replay to rewatch online.
- Participate in elective sessions to go deeper with themes from the mainstage presentations and explore application and practice.
- A banquet dinner and refreshments throughout the day.
- Opportunity to connect with other attendees in person.
CAC encourages authentic conversation in our various in-person and online experiences. We expect all participants to follow our community and conversation guidelines.
In-Person Cost
The standard cost for in-person registration is $695. While this price reflects the true cost of creating and offering this event, we are committed to reducing financial barriers to participation. That’s why we’re offering two additional price levels—$545 and $395. Please select the one that best aligns with your current financial circumstances.
These reduced options are made possible by the generosity of our donor community who help ensure that seekers from all walks of life can engage the wisdom that calls us toward healing, wholeness, and deepening love. If you’re able, you’re invited to select the $750 level to help support others on the path.
Registration fees and scholarships do not cover travel and lodging expenses.
In-person registration is currently sold out.
Location
ReVision will take place on October 24 – 26, 2025, at the Albuquerque Convention Center in downtown Albuquerque, NM. The Convention Center is located at 401 2nd St NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102.
Accommodations
In-person attendees are responsible for securing their own lodging and transportation. CAC has reservation blocks for in-person attendees at hotels near the Albuquerque Convention Center. We recommend using the provided booking link for each hotel to ensure all discounts are applied.
Visit Albuquerque is offering a complimentary shuttle from the Albuquerque International Sunport to ARRIVE, Embassy Suites and DoubleTree. Click here for more information.
Arrive Albuquerque
- 717 Central Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102
- Phone: 505-578-5647
- Room block: Center for Action and Contemplation
- Note: Parking fees are in addition to nightly room rates.
- Booking Link
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Albuquerque
- 201 Marquette Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
- Phone: 1-800-445-8667, Group Code: WEC
- Room block: Center for Action and Contemplation.
- Note: Parking fees are in addition to nightly room rates.
- Booking Link
Embassy Suites
- 1000 Woodward Place NE, Albuquerque, NM 87102
- Phone: 1-800-362-2779
- Room block: Center for Action and Contemplation.
- Note: Parking fee of $12+ tax in addition to nightly room rates.
- Booking Link
Hilton Garden Inn ABQ Downtown
- 222 Central Ave. SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102
- Note: $12 parking fee is in addition to nightly room rates.
- Reserve before Sept. 22, 2025, to use the discount.
- Booking Link
Homewood Suites ABQ Downtown
- 222 Central Ave. SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102
- Note: $12 parking fee is in addition to nightly room rates.
- Reserve before Sept. 22, 2025, to use the discount.
- Booking Link
Schedule
ReVision will take place on Friday, October 24th to Sunday, October 26th, with event programming scheduled from around 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. MT each day, and a banquet planned for Saturday evening for in-person attendees.
We are recommending travel days of Thursday, October 23rd, and Monday, October 27th, so that event attendees can be present for the entirety of ReVision. ReVision includes daily keynote teachings, workshops, sessions, morning practices, evening activities, and more. Visit the Session Details tab to explore information about mainstage sessions and in-person workshops.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24
8:30 a.m.: Opening / Morning Practice
8:45 a.m.: Welcome
9:00 a.m.: Mainstage Session 1 — ReVisioning Through Ancient Eyes: Choosing Contemplation and Action
10:30 a.m.: Break
11:00 a.m.: In-Person Workshops
12:00 p.m.: Lunch and Personal Practice
1:30 p.m.: In-Person Workshops
3:00 p.m.: Mainstage Session 2 — ReCentering Jesus as Prophet in an Age of Outrage
4:30 p.m.: Closing Practice
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
8:30 a.m.: Morning Practice
8:55 a.m.: Welcome
9:00 a.m.: Mainstage Session 3 — ReRooting Christianity in Contemplative Wisdom and Practice (Love, Help!)
10:30 a.m.: Break
11:00 a.m.: In-Person Workshops
12:00 p.m.: Lunch and Personal Practice
1:30 p.m.: Afternoon Practice
2:00 p.m.: Mainstage Session 4 — ReImagining Christianity as Cherished Belonging (Love, Helps!)
3:30 p.m.: Break
4:00 p.m.: In-Person Workshops
5:00 p.m.: Break
7:00 p.m.: In-Person Evening Banquet
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
8:30 a.m.: Morning Practice
8:55 a.m.: Welcome
9:00 a.m.: Mainstage Session 5 — ReMembering Compassion as Revolutionary Action
10:30 a.m.: Break
11:00 a.m.: Mainstage Session 6 — ReVisioning a Way Forward: Christianity as Action and Contemplation
12:30 p.m.: Closing Ritual, Sending Ceremony, and Goodbyes
1:30–3:30 p.m.: Book Signing
Please note that these details may be subject to change.
Session Details
Mainstage Sessions — Webcast & In-person
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24
Session 1: ReVisioning Through Ancient Eyes: Choosing Contemplation and Action
CAC Core Faculty Dr. Brian D. McLaren and Dr. Carmen Acevedo Butcher, alongside CAC Staff Dr. Mike Petrow, reflect on two early Christian revolutionaries who innovated and embodied both contemplation and action, sparking a grassroots revolution of love even as the empire used Jesus’ name to justify violence. This session will invite you to recognize that same tension within Christianity today, and to see ourselves within it.
Session 2: ReCentering Jesus as Prophet in an Age of Outrage
The Everything Belongs podcast team will sit down with Fr. Richard Rohr to discuss the “missing chapter” of his book The Tears of Things: understanding Jesus as prophet and Christianity as a prophetic tradition.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
Session 3: ReRooting Christianity in Contemplative Wisdom and Practice (Love, Help!)
CAC Core Faculty members Dr. Carmen Acevedo Butcher and Dr. James Finley will explore what Christianity becomes when contemplative wisdom and practice are at the center, and how this way leads to healing and transformation. Drawing from an ancient prayer from the beginning of the Contemplative Tradition, “Love, Help!” seeks to embody God’s presence and grace in repairing our souls and the world in our daily lives.
Session 4: ReImagining Christianity as Cherished Belonging (Love, Helps!)
Fr. Greg Boyle, founder of the nonprofit Homeboy Industries, shares what he has learned through the world’s most successful gang rehabilitation program about “cherished belonging” and the healing power of love in divided times. Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis will join the session to share with us about Communities of Fierce Freedom as we explore the idea that “Love, Helps!” — that love heals, restores, and should be the driving force behind action.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
Session 5: ReMembering Compassion as Revolutionary Action
Historian Dr. Diana Butler Bass will trace how the grassroots revolution of a Christianity rooted in contemplation and compassion has changed the world, even in the face of conquest and control. Then, CAC Movement Partner Carlos Rodriguez will explore how we live out this contemplative and compassionate way of being in the world today.
Session 6: ReVisioning a Way Forward: Christianity as Action and Contemplation
Dr. Randy Woodley will share with us about moving from a God of Fear to a Spirituality of Healing. They’ll then be joined by CAC Dean Dr. Brian McLaren, and CAC Core Faculty Dr. Carmen Acevedo Butcher and Dr. James Finley, for a journey exploring how we live this wisdom forward into an uncertain future, even for those who don’t claim the name “Christian,” and those who do.
Workshop Sessions – In-person
Webcast attendees: We’re excited to offer you asynchronous community engagement and contemplative practices. Check back for more details closer to the event.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24
How Does Desert Spirituality Teach Us About Love and Resistance?
Tessa Bielecki, Mike Petrow
Return to the ancient headwaters of the Christian Contemplative Tradition to ask how the wisdom and practices of the Desert Fathers and Mothers (Desert Elders) can teach us how to say, “No,” to the culture of status, speed, and selfishness. Instead, learn to make love more real in your heart and the world. You’ll apply this wisdom to your own 21st-century lives, and explore where to find the deserts in the world and in our daily routines.
What Can We Learn About the Contemplative Tradition from an LGBTQ+ Lens?
Cassidy Hall, Gigi Ross, Mike Angell
Explore the contemplative tradition through an LGBTQ+ lens. Listening to several LGBTQ+ experiences, you’ll examine the gifts and wisdom this identity brings that invite us all into expressions beyond boxes and categories. All are welcome; there is no need to identify as LGBTQ+ to attend.
How Can Contemplation Help Us Forge a New Human-Earth Relationship?
Brian McLaren, Michele Dunne
Fr. Thomas Berry said that our most urgent and important challenge is to forge a “mutually-enhancing human-Earth relationship.” In this workshop, you’ll explore how contemplative practice and contemplative theology can help us in that great work. Brian McLaren and Michelle Dunn will facilitate, and you’re invited to join in the forging experience: In your individual lives and families, and in your faith communities.
How Can Centering Black Wisdom and Lived Experience in Contemplation Shape Our Faith?
Josue Perea
Explore how you can center Black wisdom and lived experience in contemplative offerings and knowledge sharing. Through engagement in contemplative practices rooted in Blackness, you’re invited to foster a deeper understanding of the Black contemplative tradition. By delving into rich texts, honoring the African Diaspora, and fostering a shared practice, you can join in empowering personal growth and collective healing.
How Do We Sustain Action in a Burn Out Society?
Dawson Allen, Jennifer Tompos, Jon Huckins, Adam Bucko
Hear from panelists who have been dedicated to a life of action and have experienced burnout. You’ll explore what it looks like to be sustainably and healthily engaged in social change.
What Does the Community of Creation Teach Us About Learning and Belonging?
Randy Woodley, Barb Lopez
Explore the stark differences between Western and Indigenous ways of learning — one rooted in competition and individual achievement, another in relationship and connection to all life. Discover how choosing harmony over conquest and community over isolation helps us flourish as the interconnected beings we were created to be.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
What Do We Do with the Church?
Cassidy Hall, Jacqui Lewis, Mike Angell
What does it mean to be the church in a world of churches with such varying experiences and beliefs, which sometimes help and sometimes harm? In this session, you’ll be invited to envision and reimagine what the church can be for times like these. Through engaging conversations led by two pastoral leaders, you can expect to leave this session feeling hopeful about what we do with the church.
How Can Everyday Life Become Sacred Practice?
Jim Finley, Carmen Acevedo Butcher
Explore the ordinary activities that deepen God’s presence in your life, how you can experience these as personal invitations, and how you can put what’s given to you in these rendezvous into the whole day. Join Carmen as she leads a chanting practice and Jim as he leads a guided meditation.
How Can Grief Become a Spiritual Path and Practice?
Mirabai Starr, Mike Petrow
Join in wisdom and practices that help you to explore grief as a path that you can choose to walk on purpose, with purpose, as the alchemizing of great love and great suffering transforms into compassion and wisdom.
How Does Art Become a Prophetic Voice?
Drew Jackson, Paul Swanson
From ancient times to the modern day, there has been a dynamic interplay between art and the prophetic. In this workshop, you’ll join poets and CAC staff in exploring the idea of the artist as prophet. You’ll also be encouraged to attune your ears to the prophetic wisdom in the art all around you.
How Can Non-Profits Live Out a Prophetic Calling?
Carlos Rodriguez, Michael Poffenberger, Josué Perea
Reflect on how non-profit organizations can be a medium for prophetic work in the world. Grounded in the lived experience of non-profit leaders, you’ll explore the gifts and limits of non-profits as tools to support transformation.
How Can We Heal Soul and Society Through Pilgrimage?
Jon Huckins
Experience pilgrimage as public theology — a sacred practice of personal and societal healing. Getting proximate to personal and societal wounds, pilgrimage disrupts the assumptions of the dominant culture by bringing you close to the human stories and impact of unjust systems, reorienting you toward the way of Jesus — a way marked by love, justice, and embodied hope.
Wellness Sessions – In-person
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Relax & Restore: Yoga
Carol Rossi
You are invited into a gentle space of quietude and restoration through guided yoga. This beginner-friendly session helps you settle into presence, stretch with ease, and reconnect body and spirit. No equipment is required, though you may wish to bring your own yoga mat and a towel from your lodging. Comfortable clothing is welcome but not required; you’ll have time to change before you begin.
Relax & Restore: Sound Bath
Brian Dickinson
Allow yourself to be immersed in the healing resonance of a sound bath. Through the vibrations of crystal bowls, you are invited to rest deeply and release tension, opening to a contemplative stillness that restores mind and body. Many find that sound baths support relaxation, clarity, and inner balance. Come as you are; no special preparation is needed.
Please note that these details may be subject to change.
Pre-Gathering for Living School EEC Students
If you’re a Living School student enrolled in the 2025–2026 Essentials of Engaged Contemplation (EEC) course who is planning to attend ReVision, you’re invited to join us for an optional in-person pre-event gathering!
Thursday, October 23, 2025
2:00 – 5:30 p.m. | Albuquerque, NM
Join fellow LS:EEC students, CAC staff and guides for a chance to pause, connect, and ground yourself in the Living School experience.
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.
Event details are subject to change. If you have any questions, review the event FAQs or contact our Community Support team.
Frequently Asked Questions | In-Person Event
We understand that life can be unpredictable. If you need to cancel your registration, please contact our Community Support team.
Cancellation and Refund Policy:
- Cancel by August 1st, 2025 – You will receive a full refund.
- After August 1st, 2025 – No refunds will be issued.
Alternatively, you may transfer your registration to another person at no cost up to October 6th, 2025.
All refunds will be issued to the original form of payment.
ReVision will take place on Friday, October 24th to Sunday, October 26th, with event programming scheduled from around 8 am to 5 pm MT each day, and a banquet planned for Saturday evening for in-person attendees.
Please note, that these details may be subject to change.
The conference agenda and schedule will be available closer to the event. Once you register, you will be notified when there are program updates and when the full agenda is available.
All in-person registrants will have access to the ReVision webcast replay for 30 days from the event date. Event recordings will available 3-5 business days after the event.
Event attendees will be responsible for acquiring any necessary transportation. Transportation options include rental cars, taxi service, public transport, or ride sharing services.
Visit Albuquerque is offering a complimentary shuttle from the Albuquerque International Sunport to ARRIVE, Embassy Suites and DoubleTree. Click here for more information.
Frequently Asked Questions | Online Event
All registrants will have access to the ReVision webcast replay for 30 days from the event date.
Participants will need a device with reliable Internet access, such as a smartphone, tablet, or computer with browser access.
There will be opportunities to chat with other participants on the event platform. This platform is expected to open sometime in October 2025.
CAC encourages authentic conversation in our various in-person and online experiences. We expect all participants to follow our community and conversation guidelines.
We understand that life can be unpredictable. If you need to cancel your registration, please contact our Community Support team.
Cancellation and Refund Policy:
- Cancel by October 13th, 2025 – You will receive a full refund.
- After October 13th, 2025 – No refunds will be issued.
All refunds will be issued to the original form of payment.