News from New Mexico ⎮ January 2025

Explore January’s Featured Experiences
Learn more about these opportunities to further your spiritual growth and explore the contemplative path of transformation.
- Explore “The Tears of Things” Website
- Ignite Your Practice with “Being Salt and Light”
- Find Deeper Insights with “Turning to the Mystics” Bonus Episodes
- Walk in Wisdom with “ONEING: The Path of the Prophet”
- Be “Transformed by Hope” with Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis
- Discover New Wisdom with CAC Community Favorites
Explore “The Tears of Things” Website
This book is a beacon of light for anyone seeking solace and understanding in uncertain times. —Kirsten Powers, author of “Saving Grace”
Take an early look at some of the themes in Richard Rohr’s forthcoming book, “The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage,” by exploring the book’s new website.
View the trailer, discover a living tradition, pre-order your copy, and watch videos unpacking prophetic wisdom past and present. We’re offering an accompanying free study guide with every pre-ordered copy, released on March 4, 2025.

Ignite Your Practice with “Being Salt and Light”
In these uncertain and unsettling times, reconnecting to a daily contemplative practice can offer hope, grounding, and clarity. This year’s Daily Meditations on Being Salt and Light invites us into a way of seeing that unites our beliefs with how we live and serve.
Together, we’ll deepen into a contemplative practice that nurtures ongoing transformation and draws us toward acts of love that ripple through our lives and communities. Watch as CAC Dean of Faculty Brian McLaren reveals why this theme is a necessary resource for living in the flow of action and contemplation.

Find Deeper Insights with “Turning to the Mystics” Bonus Episodes
How might we relate our day-to-day experiences to the deeper meaning of what they are showing? Or is that not the point? Is it more that we’re just letting them go?
—Jane, CAC Podcast Listener
Probe the depths of contemplation in these two bonus episodes of “Turning to the Mystics” with James Finley. For fans of the podcast, these listener questions reflect heartfelt responses to this season on T.S. Eliot’s “Four Quartets.”
Haven’t listened to Season 10? Many of these questions get to the heart of James Finley’s poetic, timeless wisdom — helpful guidance whether you have been a long-time listener or just beginning your journey.
Download Listener Questions Part One and Part Two on your favorite podcast player or listen online!
“Turning to the Mystics” is a podcast for people searching for something more meaningful, intimate, and richly present in the divine gift of their lives. James Finley offers a modern take on the timeless wisdom of the Christian mystics through meditation and practice.

Walk in Wisdom With “ONEING: Path of the Prophet”
Noticing and naming injustice leads to protection of what is sacred, starting today.
—Pixie Lighthorse, from “ONEING: The Path of the Prophet”
The inspiring, unforgettable 2024 fall issue of “ONEING” takes readers on a journey through anger, grief, and love. If you — or another contemplative in your life — are listening for your own prophetic calling, “ONEING: The Path of the Prophet” offers timeless guidance for loving action.
Order “ONEING: The Path of the Prophet” in limited-edition print or download the PDF.
Established in 2013, ONEING is renowned for its diverse and deep exploration of mysticism and culture, grounded in Richard Rohr’s teachings and wisdom lineage. Each issue features a themed collection of thoughtfully curated essays and critical perspectives.

Be “Transformed by Hope” with Jacqui Lewis
God’s faithfulness bends the moral arc of the universe toward justice, making peace and love and joy. Hope is being able to see that. —Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, on “Love Period”
In this 20-minute episode of “Love Period,” recorded during Advent, podcast host Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis invites listeners to reflect on the importance of community, the role of faith, and the promise of restoration in this time of uncertainty. Learn how we can embrace hope as a guiding principle in our lives.
Download “Love Period” on your favorite podcast player or listen online!
“Love Period” is a podcast for those seeking a new vision of Christianity — one with love and justice at the core. In conversation with artists, activists, and faith leaders, Jacqui Lewis explores the transformative potential and urgent need for radical love in our times.

CAC Community Favorites
Explore what’s going on at CAC through our community recommendations! Take a moment to experience what others have found to be helpful in growing consciousness, deepening practice, and strengthening compassion.
- Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations: A Transforming Movement | A Movement of Love and Liberation
- CAC Podcast Network: “Learning How to See” | How to See Nature as a Friend
- We Conspire Series: Engaging in Contemplative Activism
- From the Archives: Remembering Barbara Holmes
- Social Media: Play Quote of the Month with us on Instagram.
- Bookstore: Download “Welcoming Growth” free from Brian McLaren