We Conspire: Tears That Heal
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.
In March’s We Conspire series, we explore how tears and contemplative practice can open our hearts to greater love and compassion. Through these personal stories, prayer practices, and reflective insights, we explore how our pain can become a doorway to healing and transformation.
Let Your Heartbreak Be Your Guide
How Fr. Adam Bucko discovered that prayer and tears can open us to deeper solidarity with God and each other
For Father Adam Bucko, Episcopal priest and Director of the Center for Spiritual Imagination, tears soften us into deeper solidarity with the world when we bring them to God in prayer.
When Tears Open Your Heart
How Geno Gallegos moved from isolation into empathy and collective gratitude
Geno Gallegos, board member for Illuman New Mexico, shares how the power of community helped him move from self-rumination to empathy for others through tears that heal.
The Castle Within
Teresa of Ávila shows how struggle and tears guide us toward divine union
Sixteenth-century Spanish mystic St. Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582) models in her life and writing that tears and struggle can be our guide into a deeper awareness of divine union.
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.