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Reaching Out to the Unseen and Unheard
August 21st, 2024
How do we offer more love and understanding to our neighbors? Chrystal McCowan, Program Director of of Neighbor’s Table: Transformative Justice, reflects on the scriptural mandate to love, fully, wholly—and better. Find the courage to take a hard look at the lives of those who have been impacted by the criminal
Embracing Spiritualities of Imperfection
August 21st, 2024
What attachments are you ready to release? This month’s We Conspire series, we’re diving into the legacy of William Griffith Wilson, better known as Bill W., the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and the architect of the 12 Steps.
Many of us have first or second-hand experience with the 12 Steps, but
Discovering Pathways to the True Self in July’s We Conspire Series
July 24th, 2024
Who are you, really? Whether you have been on a journey to answer this question for years or whether you have just begun, we invite you to join us this month in reflecting on our True Self. From Thomas Merton to Henri Nouwen, contemplative thinkers offer us the possibility that the image of ourselves we present to
Walking Through the Transformative Fire
July 24th, 2024
How have the fires in your life transformed you? In many spiritual traditions, transformation has been likened to an encounter with fire—first, we experience disorientation and pain, but in the end, we experience a truer version of ourselves.
In this moving conversation between Mirabai Starr and Jacqui Lewis on
Finding the Love that Never Leaves
July 24th, 2024
How do you tune in to the messages of your Divine indwelling? In this thoughtful reflection, author Tasha Jun explores ways for us to reconnect with our own sense of the Divine that is available to us—again and again—throughout our lives.
The first time I heard that God was with me—that I couldn’t be
Revealing the True Self in Solitude and Silence
July 24th, 2024
How do we avoid the distortions of our false self? Discover the lived experience and life’s work of the beloved contemporary contemplative author, Henri Nouwen, in this biographical reflection by Wendy Vanderwal Martin, Development Director of the Henri Nouwen Society.
Henri Nouwen distilled the wisdom of
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