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A Monthly Newsletter from the Center for Action and Contemplation

Wisdom in Times of Crisis

Can COVID-19 help us find a deeper truth? Is there a way to see this crisis— acknowledging all the pain and suffering that comes with it—as a path to rediscovering our interconnectedness?

This time of uncertainty has been challenging for many people, and so we've created a free 20-video series featuring each of our five faculty speaking on the pandemic. Watch as Richard Rohr, Cynthia Bourgeault, Brian McLaren, Barbara Holmes, and James Finley share what this moment has to teach us, relevant practices, and the contemplative wisdom to be found in death.

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ONEING: Liminal Space is back in stock

After selling out its first print run, the newest issue of ONEING on Liminal Space is once again available for purchase (also available as a downloadable PDF).

Liminal spaces can feel stressful—and sacred. In these way stations between disorder and reorder we are invited to do more than just wait. As Richard Rohr writes in his introduction to the new issue, “Christ isn’t showing up to see our perfect selves. Instead, we are invited into a real, deep, transformative conversation, there on the threshold between who we are and who we can become, if we are willing to let go of what holds us back.”

ONEING: Liminal Space features Richard Rohr, Kelsea Habecker, Tom Gunning, Felicia Murrell, Alison Barr, Josh Radnor, Byron McMillan, Kirsten Oates, Brandan J. Robertson, James Danaher, Russ Hudson, Sheryl Fullerton, Michael Demokovich, Christian Peele, Anne and Terry Symens-Bucher, and Lee Staman.

Established in 2013, ONEING is the biannual journal of the Center for Action and Contemplation. Renowned for its diverse and deep exploration of mysticism and culture, ONEING is grounded in Richard Rohr’s teachings and wisdom lineage. Each issue features a themed collection of thoughtfully curated essays and critical perspectives from spiritual teachers, activists, modern mystics, and prophets of all religions.

Another Name for Every Thing:
The Alternative Orthodoxy

Richard Rohr, Paul Swanson and Brie Stoner explore the seven themes of the Alternative Orthodoxy on this new season of our podcast Another Name for Every Thing, beginning May 30, 2020.

The Franciscan Alternative Orthodoxy emphasizes lifestyle and practice over doctrine, with a focus on incarnation instead of redemption and at-one-ment instead of atonement. Listen along as our hosts unpack the Franciscan path of simplicity, humility, non-violence, care for nature, and solidarity with the “least of the brothers and sisters.”

Listen to Another Name for Every Thing

Learn The Franciscan Way from Richard Rohr

Study with hundreds of online learners around the globe in this online course taught by Richard Rohr. The Franciscan Way teaches an alternative path, revealing St. Francis’ message of loving all creation as God does—without exception.

Apply for financial assistance by July 1, 2020. Registration closes July 8, 2020.

Learn more about this 8-week online course

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