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It Can’t Be Carried Alone: Weekly Summary

Written by Barbara Holmes on April 9, 2022

Just as salvation is one collective reality, so too is evil. It is always collective. Continue Reading It Can’t Be Carried Alone: Weekly Summary

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Stay with the Suffering

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on April 4, 2022

When we try to live in solidarity with the world’s pain, we will encounter various forms of “crucifixion.” Continue Reading Stay with the Suffering

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Be Not Afraid: Weekly Summary

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on April 2, 2022

Jesus invites us to discover that our fear is woven into God’s own life. Continue Reading Be Not Afraid: Weekly Summary

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A Mother Hen God

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on March 28, 2022

Because maybe the opposite of fear isn’t bravery.  Maybe the opposite of fear is love. Continue Reading A Mother Hen God

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Love’s Method of Communication

Written by James Finley on February 14, 2022

Everything around us is the generosity of God. Continue Reading Love’s Method of Communication

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The Spirit of Ubuntu

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on February 7, 2022

Who I will be is deeply related to who you are. Continue Reading The Spirit of Ubuntu

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Creation as the Body of God

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on January 21, 2022

This earth is the very Body of God, and it is from this body that we are born, live, suffer, and resurrect to eternal life. Continue Reading Creation as the Body of God

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The Christ Mystery

Written by Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM on December 7, 2021

Richard writes about how the coming of Christ is far more than the birth of a baby. The Christ Mystery is nothing less than a cosmic hope for history: The Second Coming of Christ that history is waiting for is not the same as the baby Jesus or even the historical Jesus. The historical Jesus… Continue Reading The Christ Mystery

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Seeking Aliveness

Written by Brian McLaren on November 25, 2021

Carl Jung Seeking Aliveness Thursday, November 25, 2021 Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. Ann Ulanov is a noted Jungian scholar, theologian, and therapist. Here she writes about “aliveness” as the key to transformation: Aliveness comes down to one thing—consenting to rise, to be dented, impressed, pressed in upon, to rejoin, to open, to ponder, to… Continue Reading Seeking Aliveness

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Crisis Contemplation

Written by Barbara Holmes on July 26, 2021

Crisis Contemplation Crisis Contemplation Monday, July 26, 2021 CAC faculty member Barbara Holmes brilliantly teaches about contemplation but not in the way we typically think about it. She understands contemplation as the soul’s arising even in the midst of the most challenging crises humanity faces. Her new book Crisis Contemplation describes how this is the… Continue Reading Crisis Contemplation

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