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Reaching Out to the Unseen and Unheard

August 21st, 2024
How do we offer more love and understanding to our neighbors? Chrystal McCowan, Program Director of of Neighbor’s Table: Transformative Justice, reflects on the scriptural mandate to love, fully, wholly—and better. Find the courage to take a hard look at the lives of those who have been impacted by the criminal

Embracing Spiritualities of Imperfection 

August 21st, 2024
What attachments are you ready to release? This month’s We Conspire series, we’re diving into the legacy of William Griffith Wilson, better known as Bill W., the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and the architect of the 12 Steps. Many of us have first or second-hand experience with the 12 Steps, but

Your Guide to Navigating Life’s Changes with Spiritual Grounding 

August 13th, 2024
As new life stages shift our priorities and identities, find your center amid major life changes with these free contemplative resources: Starting New Chapters Dealing with Loss & Death Marriage & Divorce Managing Illness Making Major Life Changes Whether you are facing an empty nest

Discovering Pathways to the True Self in July’s We Conspire Series

July 24th, 2024
Who are you, really? Whether you have been on a journey to answer this question for years or whether you have just begun, we invite you to join us this month in reflecting on our True Self. From Thomas Merton to Henri Nouwen, contemplative thinkers offer us the possibility that the image of ourselves we present to

Walking Through the Transformative Fire 

July 24th, 2024
How have the fires in your life transformed you? In many spiritual traditions, transformation has been likened to an encounter with fire—first, we experience disorientation and pain, but in the end, we experience a truer version of ourselves. In this moving conversation between Mirabai Starr and Jacqui Lewis on

Finding the Love that Never Leaves 

July 24th, 2024
How do you tune in to the messages of your Divine indwelling? In this thoughtful reflection, author Tasha Jun explores ways for us to reconnect with our own sense of the Divine that is available to us—again and again—throughout our lives. The first time I heard that God was with me—that I couldn’t be

Revealing the True Self in Solitude and Silence 

July 24th, 2024
How do we avoid the distortions of our false self? Discover the lived experience and life’s work of the beloved contemporary contemplative author, Henri Nouwen, in this biographical reflection by Wendy Vanderwal Martin, Development Director of the Henri Nouwen Society. Henri Nouwen distilled the wisdom of

Your Guide to Preventing Burnout and Standing for Justice

July 22nd, 2024
The root of violence — like the many social justice crises we’re facing today — is found in the illusion of separation. There is hope in the chaos — and hope makes room for love.  Protecting the Planet Committing to Social Justice Preventing Burnout Finding God in Suffering These free

Your Guide to Exploring Spirituality & Sexuality 

July 2nd, 2024
Christians often associate sexual morality with a religious leader or denomination’s stance and rules about what is holy and pure, who belongs, and who doesn’t. That kind of rigid, dualistic thinking leads us away from the greatest commandment — love of God and love of neighbor. Have you ever been told that

Richard Rohr on Embracing the Fire of Transformation 

July 1st, 2024
"How could God conceivably be a punisher? God as an abusive father? It can't be true!" —Richard Rohr In this video, Fr. Richard Rohr invites us to reframe a metaphor of fire that is often shared in Christian circles. Consider shifting your understanding of Biblical fire by moving away from the fire of a punitive

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