Fr. Richard Rohr’s beloved book "Things Hidden" is now available as an audiobook. Experience his transformative reading of Scripture as a path from domination to surrender, read by Drew Jackson: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/834691...

“No matter how broken or broken-hearted, we are loved.” —Carmen Acevedo Butcher At our next online gathering, “What Do Women Do with Christianity?” learn from Carmen Acevedo Butcher, Christine Valters Paintner, and Bishop Jennifer Baskerville-Burrows. buff.ly/fD5ab0e

OUT NOW! A new episode of “Everything Belongs” featuring Chichi Agorom, author of “The Enneagram for Black Liberation.” buff.ly/DWjOsct She shares that each Enneagram type has its own “superpower” that serves the collective when held with awareness instead of defensiveness.

Today, Richard Rohr points to Job’s suffering and grief as a model for our own. Explore how Job allows himself to feel and name his grief and suffering in this “Daily Meditation” from CAC. buff.ly/grcJkqI

What are we to make of the mystery of suffering? In this week’s “Daily Meditations,” we will explore the book of Job. Today, Richard Rohr shares how Job came to accept that he cannot “know” how God works. buff.ly/G8CN1n0

What does it mean to welcome the stranger? In July’s “We Conspire,” you’re invited to read stories of hospitality that challenge fear and deepen compassion. buff.ly/HV4NGKn

Our next online event, “What Do Women Do with Christianity?” is on Friday, September 11! Featuring CAC Dean of Faculty Carmen Acevedo Butcher, this event will explore how women can navigate faith inside structures that have often excluded them. buff.ly/EvogajN

“Anytime we use our sacred writings to justify acts of exclusion, rejection, and hegemony we are neglecting justice, mercy, and love. By doing so, we deploy our holy scriptures to do more harm than good, causing us to fall into the same hypocrisy that Jesus condemned.” —Randy Woodley buff.ly/A7YQ630

Take a guess — which Christian contemplative do you think wrote this?

Fr. Richard Rohr’s beloved book "Breathing Under Water" is now available as an audiobook. Experience his transformative teaching on the Twelve Steps, surrender, healing, and grace, read by Drew Jackson: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/834690...

“Jesus shows us how to read the Bible as the Book of Love. Whenever you face a hermeneutical fork in the road and must decide upon a reading of Scripture, read the Bible like Jesus did. Choose mercy over sacrifice.” —Richard Beck buff.ly/u6HJO4h

What does it look like for you to turn to the divine wisdom inside yourself?

“Generally speaking, Jesus makes use of his own Scriptures to teach a message of radical inclusivity, mercy, and justice, and to negate the predominant religious messages of exclusion, religious righteousness, and oppression of the underdog, the impure, and the sinner.” —Richard Rohr buff.ly/5lfFaY1

“Tears move me through anger, fear, and release. Thank you for this community where I can learn from the heart.” —Claire, CAC Community Member Discover prophetic wisdom for ongoing transformation in our self-paced online course — The Tears of Things. tinyurl.com/4zfenw7v

In this week’s “Daily Meditations,” we’ll explore what it means to read Scripture through a lens of love. buff.ly/pvZv6HO Today, Fr. Richard Rohr writes, “I was in my first year of seminary when I fell in love with Scripture. I really did. To me, it was God’s self-disclosure of love for us.”

“Cosmic spirituality means we come together, bring our gifts, bringing our histories, bringing our experience, bringing our positives and negatives, our arts, our skills, our teaching, all that we have and all that we hold.” —Thea Bowman Read on: buff.ly/bn3RZV3

Which teacher from our CAC community do you think shared these words? Write your guess in the comments!

Etty Hillesum asks: “Why is there a war? Because I and my neighbor and everyone else do not have enough love. Yet we could fight war and all its excrescences by releasing, each day, the love that is shackled inside us, and giving it a chance to live.” buff.ly/zYNv4jo

In 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed into law. We honor that milestone in the month of July by celebrating #DisabilityPrideMonth. You may enjoy this meditation from our vault by Tim Shriver, who serves as the Chair of the Special Olympics. buff.ly/J4Cb9kB

“The contemplative life is not, and cannot be, a mere withdrawal, a pure negation, a turning of one’s back on the world with its sufferings, its crises, its confusions and its errors.” —Thomas Merton Read on in today’s meditation: buff.ly/Tx75bqO

“Quite often, I find that the ‘Daily Meditation’ is just what I needed to hear on that particular day. Not always, but often enough to realize God is in it.”  —Josephine N., CAC community member buff.ly/GeDJhbD

In this week’s “Daily Meditations,” we’ll learn from twentieth-century contemplative exemplars. buff.ly/BCZYvPp Today’s reflection features Richard Rohr, who explains why both action and contemplation are part of a fully articulated life of faith.

“Maybe the Sermon on the Mount is all about Jesus’s lavish blessing of the people around him on that hillside… who that world — like ours — didn’t seem to have much time for.” — Nadia Bolz-Weber buff.ly/CcAhR9i

Our friends at Illuman have their upcoming Awaken gathering — November 5–8 in the mountains near Santa Fe! www.illuman.org/events/awake... In a world filled with competing ideas about masculinity, many men are asking a deeper question: What does it mean to live as a man who is fully alive?

July 15 is the feast day of St. Bonaventure, a moment to celebrate the 13th-century mystic at the heart of the Franciscan movement.

“Peacemakers don’t avoid conflict; in fact, sometimes peacemaking creates it. We see this with Jesus.”—Rich Villodas buff.ly/yamareR

“Jesus knows that no human being has a perfectly clean (pure) heart. But in his wisdom, he’s asking, ‘Are you willing to show up? Are you willing to do the work? Are you willing to clean up your mess?’ To answer yes to these questions is to commit to the path.” — Carl McColman buff.ly/j9ZCsnO

“The Beatitudes are as concerned about a new way of relating as the Ten Commandments were in the ancient days of Israel... They invite us to a lifestyle based on vulnerability, self-emptying, and cooperation.” — @RichardRohrOFM Read on: buff.ly/dZ9OwOU

“I am so grateful for the newsletters from the Center for Action and Contemplation. I am not alone.” —Mary-Clare, CAC community member In our July newsletter, discover opportunities that can inspire loving action and deepen your spiritual life! buff.ly/ti3qDW9

In “The Beatitudes of Peace,” activist Fr. John Dear writes, “while it may take a long time, our nonviolent persistence and truth-telling will eventually win out and bear the good fruit of justice. Truth is on our side; God is on the side of justice.” buff.ly/UShX5x9