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How do you find community on The Healing Path? Many of us seek guidance from others while navigating our healing journeys. 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—Richard, Lucy, and JN—to share

How do we ensure social ministry comes from a space of divine interconnectedness? Joanna Arellano-Gonzalez, director of spiritual & theological formation with the Coalition for Spiritual & Public Leadership in Chicago, shares her reflections on why cultivating a contemplative practice is essential to walking a

How do you meet life’s challenges in a loving and compassionate way? In July’s We Conspire articles, authors reflect on responding to life’s questions, invitations, and moments of suffering from a place of discernment and love. Find your place at the intersection of social ministry and contemplative

Do you see the value of each act of Love? In this article, Living School sendee Kelsey Kappauf invites us to embrace the value of every act of Love. From big acts of love, like ministering to those in need, to the smaller acts of love that we offer each other in the simplest of human interactions. Kelsey

How does the contemplative community respond to violent attack? Tune in to this powerful conversation with director and screenwriter Sarah Polley about her film, Women Talking. Hosts of the podcast We Can Do Hard things Glennon Doyle, Amanda Doyle, and Abby Wambach explore how the film invites us all to take the time

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