Center for Action and Contemplation

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God Is the Initiator

God is always the initiator, always good, always available, and the flow is always free.
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Richard Rohr: Modern-Day Mystic

His is a Franciscan legacy—one marked by love, laughter, peace, justice, and inclusivity. Three authors reflect on Father Richard Rohr’s impact on them and spiritual seekers everywhere. 
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God Is in Control

To accept some degree of meaninglessness is our final and full act of faith that God is still good and still in control.
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The Mystical Heart

True mysticism allows us to fish from a different side of the boat, and with a different expectation of what success might mean.
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Reflecting Divinity

In prayer, we merely keep returning the divine gaze, and we become its reflection, almost in spite of ourselves (2 Corinthians 3:18).
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Love Flows through Us

Jesus commanded us to love; so we know love is not just a feeling, since we cannot command feelings. Love is mostly a decision.
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