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Where are you on The Healing Path? Although we may feel alone when we embark on a healing journey, many of us are walking the same path. After the release of CAC faculty member James Finley’s new book, The Healing Path: A Memoir and an Invitation, we invited several members of the CAC community—Sara, John, and

To celebrate the Center for Action and Contemplation’s (CAC) 35th Anniversary year, we will be releasing a series of archival recordings of Richard Rohr from the early days of our founding. This recording is part one from a series on the spiritual life given by Richard in 1987 in Cincinnati, Ohio. In part one of

When the crisis strikes, the response from the village must be a pause. There’s little that we can do, but we can be. We can listen. We can love our neighbors and we can host the spirit that flutters over every dawning day. Dr. Barbara Holmes  On the season 4 of The Cosmic We, we pause from our regular interview

Malise O’Banion, a former high school English teacher, has been married for forty-nine years and is the mother of five children and grandmother to eighteen grandchildren. She enjoys walking, reading, and writing; is a constant crocheter; and considers herself an aspiring yogi. Malise and her husband make their home

Larry Baker lives in Carmel, Indiana with his beloved wife Patty and their fourteen-year-old Standard Poodle Deuce. His interests include the CAC, meditation, philanthropy, studying and learning, nature, travel, golf, music, and teaching. But first, and most of all, he is passionate about God. It was 2019, and

How do we learn to see our bodies as essential parts of the body of Christ? This month’s We Conspire features wisdom from Mihee Kim-Kort, a minister, author, and mother who explores what identifying as queer means for our spirituality and our experience of life. Joined in conversation by Christine Valters

In this article for the Red Letter Christians, Brandan Robertson reflects on the hateful rhetoric towards the LGBTQ community that persists in many communities of faith. He offers three ways to lovingly respond to hateful words that too often cost people their lives. He writes: On this Pride month, it’s time

What can you do to better welcome our LGBTQ+ friends and family into your congregation? This month’s We Conspire series features a discussion from the Wild Goose Festival, in which activists and community members discuss what we can do to cultivate truly inclusive and welcoming communities of faith.

Do you embrace every part of your identity openly in your community of faith? From conversations about creating a more loving space for those often excluded, to deeply personal journeys of self-discovery, June’s We Conspire articles challenge us to stand in Love for ourselves and others with greater honesty and

Former CAC Co-Director Pat Simmons (1988–1994) passed away on April 25, 2023. In this article fellow Co-Director Christina Spahn reflects on their journey together during the early days of the Center for Action and Contemplation. On April 25, 2023, Pat Simmons, one of the first four CAC co-directors, died