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A monthly newsletter from the Center for Action and Contemplation

Registration is Open for Breathing Under Water (Course Runs April 20 - August 2)

How do we free ourselves from attachments?

Join us for Breathing Under Water, a spiritual study of the Twelve Steps through the lens of Richard Rohr’s book, Breathing Under Water.

In this 15-week online course, explore the parallels between what Jesus taught and the freedom that can be found in Twelve Step programs. Whether you are new to the Twelve Steps or have been doing this work for years, we hope Breathing Under Water moves you to surrender more deeply to your Higher Power and to experience the peace (not of mind, but of being) that comes with such freedom.

Learning Objectives:

Register for Breathing Under Water
Time Commitment: 4-6 hours of work each week
Apply for financial assistance by April 6.
Registration ends April 13 or when full.

Registration is Open for Mary Magdalene (Course Runs April 20 - June 14)

What made Mary Magdalene one of Jesus’ most beloved disciples?

Join us for the Mary Magdalene: Apostle to Our Own Times, an 8-week online course that explores one of Christianity’s most courageous women and an important disciple of Jesus who truly embodied his nondualistic approach and deep understanding of the value of the feminine.

Designed to challenge and expand your view of Mary Magdalene and her role in the Gospels, this course explores what made Mary’s legacy as an apostle to our times—revealing a path of conscious love that we too are invited to walk.

Learning Objectives:

Register for Mary Magdalene
Time Commitment: 4-6 hours a week.
Apply for financial assistance by April 6.
Registration ends April 13 or when full.

Join James Finley for Season 5 of Turning to the Mystics, featuring The Cloud of Unknowing

How does your spiritual practice invite surrender?

Join CAC faculty member James Finley for a new season of Turning to the Mystics. This season, unpack The Cloud of Unknowing, the anonymously written Christian mystical text that invites us to learn ways to fearlessly embrace Divine intimacy.

Turning to the Mystics is a podcast for people searching for something more meaningful, intimate, and richly present in the divine gift of their lives. James Finley, clinical psychologist, and Living School faculty, offers a modern take on the contemplative practices of Christian mystics.

Listen on our website or subscribe to Turning to the Mystics through Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast platform.

We Conspire: Staying Open to What Is Invites Transformation

What shifts in perspective have helped you move beyond the confines of my story?

This month the We Conspire email series explores the power of embracing what is. Practicing the alternative orthodoxy invites openness to change even amid turmoil. When Living School alumnus Beryl Herbert found her home under nearly two feet of water, it was the first of many opportunities to shift her perspective and expand beyond my story.

In facing challenges, I made the intentional choice of gratitude for the blessings experienced, and of releasing what was not possible for me to change or control.

—Beryl K. Hebert

Deepen your experience of God’s Great Story by exploring these articles from We Conspire.

We Conspire is a new monthly email from the Center for Action and Contemplation featuring wisdom and stories from the emerging Christian contemplative movement. Join spiritual seekers from around the world on a journey of transformation and discover your place in the Great Story Line that connects us all in the One Great Life. Sign up for the We Conspire email series and receive a free invitation to practice each month.

Explore Scripture as Spirituality in a New Edition of Things Hidden

No language is adequate to describe the Holy. —Richard Rohr, Things Hidden

Introducing a new edition of Richard Rohr’s original interpretation of the Bible in Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality. Experience Scripture as a living text that can breathe new life into your relationship with God and change your way of seeing the world, creating a spirituality that is grounded, traditional, and mature.

Order your copy of Things Hidden.

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