Center for Action and Contemplation
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The Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) introduces contemplative wisdom and practices to inspire personal transformation and compassionate action in the world. Founded by Richard Rohr. Learn more at cac.org.
On this episode, rediscover the prophet Ezekiel through Indigenous eyes.
You’ll also hear from Randy Woodley. He reflects on how Western Christianity’s fixation on domination distorts the gospel and how Indigenous wisdom invites us back into harmony. buff.ly/IgiUkLF
You’ll also hear from Randy Woodley. He reflects on how Western Christianity’s fixation on domination distorts the gospel and how Indigenous wisdom invites us back into harmony. buff.ly/IgiUkLF
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
On this episode, rediscover the prophet Ezekiel through Indigenous eyes.
You’ll also hear from Randy Woodley. He reflects on how Western Christianity’s fixation on domination distorts the gospel and how Indigenous wisdom invites us back into harmony. buff.ly/IgiUkLF
You’ll also hear from Randy Woodley. He reflects on how Western Christianity’s fixation on domination distorts the gospel and how Indigenous wisdom invites us back into harmony. buff.ly/IgiUkLF
Hope can often feel beyond our grasp when we're stuck in trauma cycles. Learn to recognize unhealthy attachments by exploring past trauma and finding your path forward. buff.ly/ZI2k3M6
Registration is open for our Mystical Sobriety online course, featuring James Finley.
Registration is open for our Mystical Sobriety online course, featuring James Finley.
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Hope can often feel beyond our grasp when we're stuck in trauma cycles. Learn to recognize unhealthy attachments by exploring past trauma and finding your path forward. buff.ly/ZI2k3M6
Registration is open for our Mystical Sobriety online course, featuring James Finley.
Registration is open for our Mystical Sobriety online course, featuring James Finley.
“Gratitude is not a form of passive acceptance or complicity. Rather, it is the capacity to stare doubt, loss, chaos, and despair right in the eye and say, ‘I am still here” —Diana Butler Bass tinyurl.com/yvxerhmj
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“Gratitude is not a form of passive acceptance or complicity. Rather, it is the capacity to stare doubt, loss, chaos, and despair right in the eye and say, ‘I am still here” —Diana Butler Bass tinyurl.com/yvxerhmj
Hear from Becca Stevens, founder of Thistle Farms, a nonprofit that provides sanctuary and employment for women survivors of trafficking. Becca invites us to see holiness in unlikely places, like the thistle growing through cracks in the pavement.
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tinyurl.com/yc6c79ew
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Hear from Becca Stevens, founder of Thistle Farms, a nonprofit that provides sanctuary and employment for women survivors of trafficking. Becca invites us to see holiness in unlikely places, like the thistle growing through cracks in the pavement.
tinyurl.com/yc6c79ew
tinyurl.com/yc6c79ew
Perhaps you want to experience live teaching from CAC’s teachers, or perhaps you're looking to discover a new podcast! Programming from the Center for Action and Contemplation offers opportunities for connection and growth during uncertain times. buff.ly/nokF8wN
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Perhaps you want to experience live teaching from CAC’s teachers, or perhaps you're looking to discover a new podcast! Programming from the Center for Action and Contemplation offers opportunities for connection and growth during uncertain times. buff.ly/nokF8wN
Want to connect LIVE with James Finley at our online event? There’s still time to sign up for our Turning to the Mystics Online Retreat!
From Dec 4-7, explore ways to embody contemplative wisdom and apply it to your daily life. Registration closes soon. buff.ly/h796VWq
From Dec 4-7, explore ways to embody contemplative wisdom and apply it to your daily life. Registration closes soon. buff.ly/h796VWq
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Want to connect LIVE with James Finley at our online event? There’s still time to sign up for our Turning to the Mystics Online Retreat!
From Dec 4-7, explore ways to embody contemplative wisdom and apply it to your daily life. Registration closes soon. buff.ly/h796VWq
From Dec 4-7, explore ways to embody contemplative wisdom and apply it to your daily life. Registration closes soon. buff.ly/h796VWq
Step deeper into your own healing journey with our online course Falling Upward: Life as a Spiritual Journey — featuring Richard Rohr buff.ly/QgkSyMt
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Step deeper into your own healing journey with our online course Falling Upward: Life as a Spiritual Journey — featuring Richard Rohr buff.ly/QgkSyMt
“We all have… assumptions and limitations, prejudices and preferences, likes, dislikes and triggers, fears and conflicts of interest, blind spots and obsessions that keep us from seeing what we could and would see if we didn’t have them.” —Brian McLaren buff.ly/Ho5axLW
November 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“We all have… assumptions and limitations, prejudices and preferences, likes, dislikes and triggers, fears and conflicts of interest, blind spots and obsessions that keep us from seeing what we could and would see if we didn’t have them.” —Brian McLaren buff.ly/Ho5axLW
On Season 9 of “Learning How to See,” we continue to learn how to see through the eyes of love. In our season premiere, Kaitlin Curtice shares Indigenous wisdom and daily rituals of gratitude, illuminating how to meet your authentic self with compassion. buff.ly/zZ4ABuY
November 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
On Season 9 of “Learning How to See,” we continue to learn how to see through the eyes of love. In our season premiere, Kaitlin Curtice shares Indigenous wisdom and daily rituals of gratitude, illuminating how to meet your authentic self with compassion. buff.ly/zZ4ABuY
“Prophets, then, are full truth-tellers, not fortune tellers.” — Fr. Richard Rohr
What would it mean to you to rediscover the Bible’s prophets? Explore that question in our newest online course — The Tears of Things: Integrating the Prophetic Path. tinyurl.com/4zfenw7v
What would it mean to you to rediscover the Bible’s prophets? Explore that question in our newest online course — The Tears of Things: Integrating the Prophetic Path. tinyurl.com/4zfenw7v
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“Prophets, then, are full truth-tellers, not fortune tellers.” — Fr. Richard Rohr
What would it mean to you to rediscover the Bible’s prophets? Explore that question in our newest online course — The Tears of Things: Integrating the Prophetic Path. tinyurl.com/4zfenw7v
What would it mean to you to rediscover the Bible’s prophets? Explore that question in our newest online course — The Tears of Things: Integrating the Prophetic Path. tinyurl.com/4zfenw7v
"I have so much gratitude for James Finley’s teaching. Mystical Sobriety laid the foundation for my biggest inner breakthroughs." —Jon H.
We hope that you can also experience inner breakthroughs with our recently revamped Mystical Sobriety online course. buff.ly/HPacNHu
We hope that you can also experience inner breakthroughs with our recently revamped Mystical Sobriety online course. buff.ly/HPacNHu
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"I have so much gratitude for James Finley’s teaching. Mystical Sobriety laid the foundation for my biggest inner breakthroughs." —Jon H.
We hope that you can also experience inner breakthroughs with our recently revamped Mystical Sobriety online course. buff.ly/HPacNHu
We hope that you can also experience inner breakthroughs with our recently revamped Mystical Sobriety online course. buff.ly/HPacNHu
November is Native American Heritage Month, a time in which we celebrate the Native American individuals, cultures, and communities who raise our collective consciousness and model resilience and strength.
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
November is Native American Heritage Month, a time in which we celebrate the Native American individuals, cultures, and communities who raise our collective consciousness and model resilience and strength.
Registration is open for Being Presence | Turning to the Mystics Online Retreat. Find inspiration with LIVE teachings from James Finley.
December 4-7, gather online in a contemplative community to journey deep into mystical wisdom. buff.ly/h796VWq
December 4-7, gather online in a contemplative community to journey deep into mystical wisdom. buff.ly/h796VWq
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Registration is open for Being Presence | Turning to the Mystics Online Retreat. Find inspiration with LIVE teachings from James Finley.
December 4-7, gather online in a contemplative community to journey deep into mystical wisdom. buff.ly/h796VWq
December 4-7, gather online in a contemplative community to journey deep into mystical wisdom. buff.ly/h796VWq
This week in the “Daily Meditations,” we explore sacramental reality:
Richard Rohr explains, "Acknowledging the intrinsic value and beauty of creation, including the cosmos, elements, plants, and animals is a major paradigm shift for most Western and cultural Christians." buff.ly/mY8cJD0
Richard Rohr explains, "Acknowledging the intrinsic value and beauty of creation, including the cosmos, elements, plants, and animals is a major paradigm shift for most Western and cultural Christians." buff.ly/mY8cJD0
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This week in the “Daily Meditations,” we explore sacramental reality:
Richard Rohr explains, "Acknowledging the intrinsic value and beauty of creation, including the cosmos, elements, plants, and animals is a major paradigm shift for most Western and cultural Christians." buff.ly/mY8cJD0
Richard Rohr explains, "Acknowledging the intrinsic value and beauty of creation, including the cosmos, elements, plants, and animals is a major paradigm shift for most Western and cultural Christians." buff.ly/mY8cJD0
Join us today as we celebrate Duns Scotus' Feast Day, honoring the 14th-century friar who had a substantial impact on Franciscan theology.
November 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Join us today as we celebrate Duns Scotus' Feast Day, honoring the 14th-century friar who had a substantial impact on Franciscan theology.
On this bonus episode, Carmen Acevedo Butcher shares how translating Brother Lawrence's work during the COVID-19 pandemic became a healing practice. tinyurl.com/3dhnsype
As this season of "Turning to the Mystics" comes to a close, what have you learned from Brother Lawrence?
As this season of "Turning to the Mystics" comes to a close, what have you learned from Brother Lawrence?
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
On this bonus episode, Carmen Acevedo Butcher shares how translating Brother Lawrence's work during the COVID-19 pandemic became a healing practice. tinyurl.com/3dhnsype
As this season of "Turning to the Mystics" comes to a close, what have you learned from Brother Lawrence?
As this season of "Turning to the Mystics" comes to a close, what have you learned from Brother Lawrence?
Living on the Mexico border, India Aubry feared the President would do irreparable harm. She was angry and afraid.
“All of a sudden, I had this surge of energy… I had this clear vision about what it was I was supposed to do.” Voices from the Border was born. buff.ly/XHOMDO0
“All of a sudden, I had this surge of energy… I had this clear vision about what it was I was supposed to do.” Voices from the Border was born. buff.ly/XHOMDO0
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Living on the Mexico border, India Aubry feared the President would do irreparable harm. She was angry and afraid.
“All of a sudden, I had this surge of energy… I had this clear vision about what it was I was supposed to do.” Voices from the Border was born. buff.ly/XHOMDO0
“All of a sudden, I had this surge of energy… I had this clear vision about what it was I was supposed to do.” Voices from the Border was born. buff.ly/XHOMDO0
On our newest episode of “Everything Belongs,” explore Chapter 8 of Richard Rohr’s "The Tears of Things."
You'll also hear from Cassidy Hall. She discusses women’s often-erased voices, queerness as a contemplative lens, and the prophets on the margins. buff.ly/L92eR51
You'll also hear from Cassidy Hall. She discusses women’s often-erased voices, queerness as a contemplative lens, and the prophets on the margins. buff.ly/L92eR51
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
On our newest episode of “Everything Belongs,” explore Chapter 8 of Richard Rohr’s "The Tears of Things."
You'll also hear from Cassidy Hall. She discusses women’s often-erased voices, queerness as a contemplative lens, and the prophets on the margins. buff.ly/L92eR51
You'll also hear from Cassidy Hall. She discusses women’s often-erased voices, queerness as a contemplative lens, and the prophets on the margins. buff.ly/L92eR51
In a world full of outrage, this month's "We Conspire" features stories of spiritual leaders who turned grief into transformative love.
In our three new "We Conspire" articles, explore how anger can become a sacred catalyst for love and action. buff.ly/4c1AMD3
In our three new "We Conspire" articles, explore how anger can become a sacred catalyst for love and action. buff.ly/4c1AMD3
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
In a world full of outrage, this month's "We Conspire" features stories of spiritual leaders who turned grief into transformative love.
In our three new "We Conspire" articles, explore how anger can become a sacred catalyst for love and action. buff.ly/4c1AMD3
In our three new "We Conspire" articles, explore how anger can become a sacred catalyst for love and action. buff.ly/4c1AMD3
In today's meditation, Richard Rohr considers how challenging it is to live out Jesus’ teaching on the Sermon on the Mount. "Jesus taught an alternative wisdom that shakes the social order instead of upholding the conventional wisdom that maintains it." buff.ly/sSuSqpI
November 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
In today's meditation, Richard Rohr considers how challenging it is to live out Jesus’ teaching on the Sermon on the Mount. "Jesus taught an alternative wisdom that shakes the social order instead of upholding the conventional wisdom that maintains it." buff.ly/sSuSqpI
Today is All Souls Day, a day to pray for those who have already departed.
The ancient Celts described All Saints Day and All Souls Day as "thin days." On a “thin day” like today, how do you connect to your ancestors who are still at work within you?
The ancient Celts described All Saints Day and All Souls Day as "thin days." On a “thin day” like today, how do you connect to your ancestors who are still at work within you?
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Today is All Souls Day, a day to pray for those who have already departed.
The ancient Celts described All Saints Day and All Souls Day as "thin days." On a “thin day” like today, how do you connect to your ancestors who are still at work within you?
The ancient Celts described All Saints Day and All Souls Day as "thin days." On a “thin day” like today, how do you connect to your ancestors who are still at work within you?
Join us as we commemorate All Saints Day, celebrating the saints and martyrs of the Christian Church!
Fr. Richard Rohr described today as "a celebration of all of us precisely in our togetherness, which is why the New Testament (in 20 places!) called all God lovers 'the saints.'"
Fr. Richard Rohr described today as "a celebration of all of us precisely in our togetherness, which is why the New Testament (in 20 places!) called all God lovers 'the saints.'"
November 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Join us as we commemorate All Saints Day, celebrating the saints and martyrs of the Christian Church!
Fr. Richard Rohr described today as "a celebration of all of us precisely in our togetherness, which is why the New Testament (in 20 places!) called all God lovers 'the saints.'"
Fr. Richard Rohr described today as "a celebration of all of us precisely in our togetherness, which is why the New Testament (in 20 places!) called all God lovers 'the saints.'"
Which Christian mystic said this quote?
October 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Which Christian mystic said this quote?
Explore October’s “News from New Mexico!” buff.ly/RGoNquS
➢ Our REVAMPED Mystical Sobriety course is now self-paced — enroll today.
➢ Hear from Carlos Rodríguez (@CarlosHappyNPO) on nourishing our communities.
➢ We’re hiring! Explore current openings.
➢ Our REVAMPED Mystical Sobriety course is now self-paced — enroll today.
➢ Hear from Carlos Rodríguez (@CarlosHappyNPO) on nourishing our communities.
➢ We’re hiring! Explore current openings.
October 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Explore October’s “News from New Mexico!” buff.ly/RGoNquS
➢ Our REVAMPED Mystical Sobriety course is now self-paced — enroll today.
➢ Hear from Carlos Rodríguez (@CarlosHappyNPO) on nourishing our communities.
➢ We’re hiring! Explore current openings.
➢ Our REVAMPED Mystical Sobriety course is now self-paced — enroll today.
➢ Hear from Carlos Rodríguez (@CarlosHappyNPO) on nourishing our communities.
➢ We’re hiring! Explore current openings.
We invite you to reflect on this week's "Daily Meditations" theme of Christianity as a Living Tradition. buff.ly/KPfJzDu
October 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
We invite you to reflect on this week's "Daily Meditations" theme of Christianity as a Living Tradition. buff.ly/KPfJzDu