How Can Contemplative Christianity Help Me?
An Online Gathering with Brian McLaren, James Finley, Carmen Acevedo Butcher, and Pico Iyer. Live May 18. Recorded Replay Available.
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Gabriel Marcel: Session 3
Gabriel Marcel: Session 3
This is the third session that focuses on the philosophy of Gabriel Marcel. In the tenor of the ancient practice of Lectio Divina, James Finley reads passages from Kenneth T….
Daily Meditations
Easter People in a Good Friday World
We are an Easter people, moving through a Good Friday world. —Barbara Harris, Hallelujah, Anyhow! Episcopal Bishop Barbara Harris (1930–2020) explores how we can…
ONLINE LEARNING
The Tears of Things Online Course
Explore wisdom for an age of outrage in our new online course, The Tears of Things: Integrating the Prophetic Path, based on Richard Rohr’s bestselling new book.
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New Release of ONEING
In “ONEING: Loving in a Time of Exile” rediscover the God who exiles nothing, featuring Brian McLaren, Randy S. Woodley, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, and more.
“Contemplation embodies compassion. The more we are transformed in compassion, the more we act with compassion toward others.”
—JAMES FINLEY, CAC FACULTY
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New! Contemplative Practice Video
Take a moment to reflect on the prophetic wisdom of Richard Rohr’s bestselling book, “Tears of Things” through this lectio divina video practice.
“There is a deep relationship between the inner revolution of prayer and the transformation of social structures and social consciousness. Our hope lies in the fact that meditation is going to change the society that we live in, just as it has changed us.”
—RICHARD ROHR, CAC FOUNDER
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Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III on Thriving in Turbulent Times
We love the opportunity to sit down and go deeper with authors featured in our Daily Meditations. Today, we invite you into this conversation with activist Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, III — perhaps you will even discover a new perspective on our 2025 Daily Meditation theme Being Salt and Light. In this video
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