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Living in Service and Love in June’s We Conspire series

June 24th, 2024
“Spiritual power is more circular or spiral, and not so much hierarchical. It is shared and shareable. God’s Spirit is planted within each of us and operating as each of us (see Romans 5:5).” — Richard Rohr What if acts of service connected us more deeply to the Divine? Whether you dedicate your life to

Does Your Work Fulfill Your Spiritual Purpose? 

June 24th, 2024
On this moving episode of Love Period podcast with Rev. Jacqui Lewis, we explore a beautiful example of a life lived in deeply spiritual service with McArthur Genuis fellow and real-estate developer, Majora Carter.   Majora Carter is a real-estate developer, urban revitalization strategy consultant and MacArthur

Teresa of Ávila’s Call to Loving Service  

June 24th, 2024
Jon Hokama, Teaching Assistant for CAC’s online course, Interior Castle, shares a mystical experience of visiting the shrine of St. Teresa of Ávila—and his feeling of responsibility towards his fellow students of contemplation as he guides their path towards deeper union with the Divine. Anyone who has begun

Medieval Women Creating Lives of Radical Service 

June 24th, 2024
What would it look like to completely dedicate our lives in service to Divine Love? The medieval women of the Beguine order created a community built on simplicity, community, and service. What can their example offer us today? What if we created our own lives and communities that reflected our beliefs about

Your Guide to Spiritual Healing from Trauma & Church Hurt 

June 14th, 2024
Have you ever felt shunned or isolated from your faith community? Are you at a crossroads and want to transform your pain, instead of projecting it on others? These free contemplative resources offer spiritual support for your healing journey: Overcoming Spiritual Abuse Self-Love and Acceptance Transforming

Your Guide to Contemplative Parenting & Conscious Caregiving 

June 7th, 2024
Contemplative Parenting Conscious Caregiving Becoming a Parent Coping with Empty Nest Syndrome and Loss Many on the contemplative path ask themselves how they can better nurture their loved ones’ minds, bodies, and spirits. Contemplative parenting and caregiving can be especially challenging for those

Participating in a Circle of Connection in May’s We Conspire Series

May 24th, 2024
What or who reminds you that we are all connected? In this month’s We Conspire series, we reflect on moments of sacred connection with each other and the natural world. Today, we have many ways of understanding how the world’s societies and ecologies interact with each other. Yet, as we move towards a world

Honoring the Divine Essence of All of Creation

May 24th, 2024
How do we remind ourselves that we are interconnected to everyone and everything? This month, we reflect on the wisdom of Saint Bonaventure, a Franciscan statesman and mystic who dedicated his life to strengthening our human role in God’s Great Story. Around 1220 in Bagnoregio, Italy, a small boy lay suffering

This Unveiling by Drew Jackson 

May 24th, 2024
Do you ever ask yourself—what is it that we cannot see? Poet and CAC Staff Member, Drew Jackson asks us to embrace the webs of unseen connection that underlie our daily reality in this beautiful poem, “This Unveiling,” featured in “ONEING: Unveiling.” This is the pressing question of every age:

Rooting in Nature and Community

May 24th, 2024
How do we remind ourselves that we are all connected to each other—just as we are connected to the earth? Anna Johnson, North America Senior Program Manager of Laudato Si’ offers words of encouragement for our long and complex struggle to heal each other and our earth. Wandering through an old-growth forest

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