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Cultivating Inner Freedom  | August’s “We Conspire” Series

Explore how contemplation, recovery, and spiritual direction help us release fear and control to live with greater clarity and liberation.
August 22nd, 2025
Cultivating Inner Freedom  | August’s “We Conspire” Series

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.  

  
In August’s “We Conspire” series, explore how the contemplative path leads to inner freedom through spiritual direction, recovery, and radical reorientation. From ancient desert mystics to modern-day spiritual companions, each story invites us to loosen the grip of ego, fear, and control in order to live more rooted, liberated lives. 

Recovery for Life  
Discover how Paul Engler’s “12 Steps for Everyone” bridges recovery and contemplation August’s “We Conspire” series. 

In August’s “We Conspire” series, discover how Paul Engler’s journey through meditation, grief, and recovery led to the creation of 12 Steps for Everyone. This program offers a path toward inner freedom by integrating contemplative practice, shadow work, and community-based healing. 

Paul Engler headshot for We Conspire

The Way of the Desert   
Discover How Ancient Contemplatives Offer a Path to Freedom in August’s “We Conspire” Series  

What does it mean to seek freedom—not just outwardly, but within? In August’s “We Conspire” series, explore how the ancient path of the desert mystics invites us to disrupt the patterns of ego and empire through the courageous pursuit of inner liberation.    

Cultivating Inner Freedom 
In this month’s “We Conspire series, Rev. SeiFu Anil Singh-Molares reflects on how inner freedom is nurtured through spiritual direction and contemplative practice. 

In August’s “We Conspire series, Rev. SeiFu Anil Singh-Molares invites us to consider how true freedom grows from within. Rev. Singh-Morales offers a deep look at the intersection of philosophy and the liberating practices of contemplation and spiritual direction. 


“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.      

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