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Listening with Astonishment: Welcoming Dr. Carmen Acevedo Butcher as CAC’s Next Dean of Faculty
December 15th, 2025
Leadership within the contemplative tradition has always unfolded through listening — listening to the Spirit, to one another, and to what Love is asking of us next. In that spirit, the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) is honored to welcome Dr. Carmen Acevedo Butcher as our next Dean of Faculty, unanimously
Brother Lawrence’s Spiritual Guidance| Season 12 Wrap-Up of Turning to the Mystics
In Season 12 of Turning to the Mystics, explore the timeless wisdom of Brother Lawrence, guided by our hosts, James Finley and Kristen Oates. Through each episode, embark on a journey through Brother Lawrence’s book Practice of the Presence, which was translated by CAC Core Faculty member Carmen Acevedo
Guigo II | Season 4 Wrap-Up of “Turning to the Mystics”
In Season 4 of Turning to the Mystics, James Finley and Kirsten Oates introduce listeners to Carthusian monk Guigo II, discovering the roots of contemplative practice with Guigo’s work on The Ladder of Monks.
Throughout this season, listeners will work with the text and explore the foundations of contemplation
A Gospel Embrace: Contemplation and Nonviolent Resistance
November 27th, 2025
Jesus was a singular figure in history—a teacher, prophet, and embodiment of the Divine. He offered a path to individual salvation through grace and prayer, a way represented today by the contemplative stream of Christianity. But he also offered something more dangerous: a revolutionary program of nonviolent
Dismantling Your Inner Empire
November 27th, 2025
We are seeing the rotten fruit of the American Empire on full display—ICE raids, kidnappings, rights stripped away, unlawful redistricting—while the fragile foundations of democracy crack and fall apart.
John Dominic Crossan, in God & Empire, names the four cornerstones of empire as political, economic
The Way of the Desert
November 27th, 2025
The ancient path of the desert mystics invites us to disrupt the patterns of ego and empire through the courageous pursuit of inner liberation. Throughout Christian history, mystics and spiritual seekers have led radical movements of departure, leaving behind the ways of the world for the desert in search of union
Grace Happens When We Let It
November 27th, 2025
At the root of war is fear; not so much the fear that men [sic] have of one another as the fear they have of everything. It is not that they do not trust one another; they do not even trust themselves. ― Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
It’s me, hi, I’m the problem, it’s me. ― Taylor
Honra y Dignidad
November 27th, 2025
When I first heard of Don Félix, it wasn’t through a neighbor or a church. It was on the evening news. They called him “el perro del junker”—the dog of the junkyard—because that’s where he lived, in a small Puerto Rican apartment beside a car lot, watching over it so nothing would get stolen. The story
We Conspire: Creating Communities Where Everything Belongs
November 21st, 2025
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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Letting Go for the Sake of Justice Learn how
Letting Go for the Sake of Justice
November 21st, 2025
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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What if letting go could become our deepest act