Be Brave and Be Yourself

Excerpt from How To Rise Above the Dark Days of Life, Innerself.com magazine, July 28, 2025, By Mary T. Russell Each one of us is unique. We are the only person like us in the whole Universe. So, when we try to be like someone else, not only are we not being true to...

Recognise The Divinity Within You

The divine spark is within each individual, but it needs to be drawn out and fanned into a flame in many souls. Wake up from your slumbers, recognise the divinity within you, and nurture it and allow it to grow and flourish. A seed has to be planted in the soil before...

A Collective Impact

Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis considers how individual decisions create collective change:  All of us must face and embrace the urgent need for deep social change—change that begins within, then spreads like ripples on a pond, and finally becomes a tsunami of love-inspired...

Surrendering

Surrender is the discovery that we are in a river of love and that we float without having to do anything. —David Benner, Surrender to Love   Father Richard Rohr considers how surrendering is simply accepting the reality that we are not in control:  If we cannot...

How Forgiveness Changes You and Your Brain

Excerpt from  https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_forgiveness_changes_you_and_your_brain “Forgiveness … does not mean condoning or endorsing anything that was done that caused harm to you. Forgiving also does not necessarily involve trying to reconcile...

Contemplation: A Path to Compassion

Excerpt from CAC’s meditation Friday, March 28, 2025, Fr. Richard Rohr Father Richard reminds us that regular contemplative practice is not an end in and of itself, but for the sake of solidarity with the suffering of the world:  One of the main works of contemplation...