News From New Mexico
Integrating Our Gifts
September 26th, 2024
How do we integrate all our gifts in service to others? In this moving reflection, Rose Feerick of Wisdom & Money reflects on the endless possibilities of service when we align our financial decisions with a powerful and equitable vision for the future.
In my memory, Father Bruno stands at a white board
Crossing the Abyss
September 26th, 2024
What is the greatest challenge of standing in solidarity? Jon Huckins of Journey Home reflects that crossing the abyss within us is the first step to understanding and standing by others. Find solidarity grounded in compassion in this timely reflection from September’s We Conspire series.
I’ve lived a life of
Letting Heartbreak Be Your Guide
September 20th, 2024
What would your life look like if instead of following your bliss, you followed your heartbreak?
In this thoughtful conversation, Episcopal priest and Center for Spiritual Imagination co-founder Fr. Adam Bucko, sits down with CAC’s Digital and Print Publications Manager, Mark Longhurst to discuss his book Let
From Martyrdom to Mutuality
August 30th, 2024
As an Asian-American woman raised in the evangelical Christian tradition, I have been culturally and religiously conditioned to be a martyr. I received praise when I sacrificed my time, energy, and wellbeing for the people around me. My bend toward martyrdom was reinforced (I thought) by the teachings of Jesus. A
Mutual Mentoring
August 30th, 2024
Over the past few months, I’ve enjoyed tuning in to the CAC’s Everything Belongs podcast, not only for the brilliant guests, but especially to eavesdrop on Fr. Richard’s conversations with co-hosts Paul Swanson and Mike Petrow as they learn from one another. I feel like a fly on the wall, listening to these
The Unexpected Mission of Jesus
August 30th, 2024
Weather Report
Severe storm warning. Resist the temptation to shelter inside. Go out into it, and bring calm steadiness. It will change the storm.
—Steve Garnaas-Holmes
While in prison, John the Baptist grew concerned about the actions (or nonactions) of Jesus. Apparently, Jesus was not behaving like
Death, My Mentor
August 30th, 2024
Death is my mentor, guide, and companion. Sudden death. Wrongful death. Accidental death. Threatening death. These are the spiritual mentors which have guided my life, my relations, my quiet moments, and my committed actions.
Some people believe I have had more sudden death in my life than most. There is no way
Poetry for When the World Burns
August 29th, 2024
Poetry saved my life. I’ve heard many poets, including myself, utter some version of this sentiment over the years. Usually, this response is given after an interviewer asks a question like, “What is saving your life right now?” or “What is sustaining you these days?” The fact that questions such as these
Seeing Beyond Ourselves in August’s We Conspire Series
August 21st, 2024
“Watch yourself objectively, calmly, and compassionately. From this most positive and dignified position, we can let go of, and even easily admit, our wrongs.” —Richard Rohr
How do we see ourselves and others more clearly? When we are perceiving the world through the fog of ego and compulsive actions, we can
Seeing the World in a Ray of Light
August 21st, 2024
Once we recognize we are part of the whole—how do we change our own actions? Learn how each prayer calls us into deeper purpose in this beautiful contemporary reflection on the wisdom of Saint Benedict from Katie Gordon of Monasteries of the Heart.
One summer evening, I stood with a friend outside a hermitage