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Read an Excerpt from ONEING: A Living Tradition by Bestselling Author Elise Loehnen
December 16th, 2025
ONEING: A Living Tradition, our Fall 2025 issue, points the reader towards living water. If you’re seeking spiritual transformation, our new issue of ONEING features essays and poems from diverse authors who can offer you a sense of hope.
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In ONEING: A Living Tradition, contributors consider how
Read an Excerpt by Adam Bucko from ONEING: A Living Tradition
November 5th, 2025
Our Fall 2025 issue of ONEING: A Living Tradition features essays and poems that point the way towards living water for parched wanderers. If you seek transformation in your spiritual life, this new issue of ONEING features the voices of diverse authors who offer you wisdom and hope.
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We hope you
“ONEING: A Living Tradition” is Out Now!
October 8th, 2025
The articles in our new issue of ONEING: A Living Tradition point the way toward living water for parched wanderers.
This inspiring Fall issue of the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC)’s journal, ONEING: A Living Tradition, illuminates a path of transformation and depth that has been present in the
“ONEING: The Path of the Prophet” is Out Now!
October 23rd, 2024
The inspiring, unforgettable fall issue of the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC)’s biannual journal, ONEING: The Path of the Prophet takes readers on a journey through anger, grief, and love. If you — or another contemplative in your life — are listening for your own prophetic calling, this issue of
Find God in Creative Expression in “ONEING: Art and Spirituality”
April 15th, 2024
How does art mirror contemplative prayer? The Center for Action and Contemplation is excited to announce the newest issue of our biannual journal, “ONEING: Art and Spirituality” — now available. In this Spring issue, readers are invited to explore artistic expression as a deeply spiritual act that invites us
Artmaking as Contemplative Praxis in “ONEING: Art and Spirituality”
April 15th, 2024
This article is from the newest issue of the Center for Action and Contemplation’s biannual journal, ONEING. Both the limited-print edition and the downloadable PDF version of “ONEING: Art and Spirituality” are available now in our online bookstore.
Art is singular. Art invites us to know beauty and
Creating Faithfully from “ONEING: Art and Spirituality”
April 15th, 2024
This article is from the newest issue of the Center for Action and Contemplation’s biannual journal, ONEING. Both the limited-print edition and the downloadable PDF version of “ONEING: Art and Spirituality” are available now in our online bookstore.
I step into the room. I light the candle and raise the
Midlife Musings | From ONEING: Falling Upward
March 15th, 2024
This article is from ONEING: Falling Upward, the Fall 2023 issue of the Center for Action and Contemplation’s biannual journal. Both the limited-print edition of ONEING: Falling Upward and the downloadable PDF version are available now in our online bookstore.
In the musical The Wiz, Dorothy sings, “When I
Honoring the Life of Patricia Simmons
June 13th, 2023
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
Pilgrim from ONEING: Transitions
June 12th, 2023
This article is from the newest issue of the Center for Action and Contemplation’s biannual journal. Both the limited-print edition of ONEING: Transitions and the downloadable PDF version are available now in our online bookstore.
Pilgrim is a word that accurately describes the average human being: someone on