'To live simply, we must take the actual steps,' writes José Hobday. 'We must physically clear out the excess, you must take steps to prevent accumulation. We can’t do it in our heads. Simplicity is not just an idea.' tinyurl.com/mjfp2uc8

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We're so moved by the words of Terry M., a CAC community member.

'While navigating my wife’s dementia, a window of grace opened. We play oldies. When James Brown sings 'I feel good—’cause I got you!' she points at me & I at her, connecting as never before.'

In the United States there is never enough money for adequate health care, education, the arts, or even basic infrastructure. At the same time, the largest budget is always for war, bombs, and military gadgets... tinyurl.com/mjfp2uc8

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It’s quite clear that Jesus was entirely single-hearted. His life was all about doing the will of the One who sent him, the One he loved above all. To Jesus, it was that simple. tinyurl.com/mjfp2uc8

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'What would it look like for you and me to open ourselves to hearing the earth ask us to reclaim something?' Shannon K. Evans, today's featured author, asks how the Divine communicates through the natural world. tinyurl.com/mjfp2uc8

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I can talk about Francis’ relationship with Nature with some confidence because it honestly reflects what I have experienced on my Lenten retreats in the desert. How do you experience God in nature? tinyurl.com/mjfp2uc8

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After Jesus' 40 days in the wilderness, his teachings shifted. Jesus “comes back, he talks about creation for the rest of his life. He talks about flowers and birds and trees and seeds…” Read more from @RandyWoodley7. tinyurl.com/mjfp2uc8

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'What are the sermons that the woods — those places of betweenness, repositories of ancient stories — might impart from their fretwork of branches and twigs…?' asks barbara mahany in today's meditation. Read on. tinyurl.com/mjfp2uc8

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We're offering FREE access to an essay from our new issue of #ONEING — which explores the intersection of art and spirituality. 'Artmaking as Collective Practice' was written by artist Lourdes Bernard. Have you ever tried painting your prayers? tinyurl.com/bdzxsedr

'The desert is the homeland of my heart.' Tessa Bielecki, co-creator of the Desert Foundation (Desert Foundation), opens our meditation with these words; I find they resonate deeply with my own experience. tinyurl.com/mjfp2uc8

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'Modern life tends to inoculate us against these risks, but the God of wild places peels away that safety and brings us back in touch with who we’re meant to be.' —@JonesTony, author of 'The God of the Wild Places.' tinyurl.com/mjfp2uc8

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I wholly believe that nature is the first Bible — which is why I think this new season of my colleague and friend @BrianMcLaren’s podcast is one of the most important yet.

The gospel transforms us by putting us in touch with that which is much more constant and satisfying, literally the “ground of our being,” which has much more “reality” to it, rather than theological concepts. tinyurl.com/mjfp2uc8

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Join me in a #VisioDivina exercise today.

For a moment, gaze at this image, allowing it to speak to you. This may take a moment—but we’re not in a rush. What does this image reveal about this moment on your spiritual journey? tinyurl.com/mjfp2uc8

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Great art and great myth try to evoke an epiphany in us. They want to give us an inherent and original sense of the holy. Let’s explore this epiphany in today’s meditation. tinyurl.com/mjfp2uc8

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'To create faithfully, I am asked to follow an idea into darkness, not knowing where it will go...' Today, Scott Avett describes the nature of the creative process. tinyurl.com/mjfp2uc8

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'The arts are very much like the Spirit. They are intangible. They are ends in themselves. They have an intrinsic value… Art, music, and poetry in themselves are priceless,' writes theologian Leonardo Boff. tinyurl.com/mjfp2uc8

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'When we decide to live in our heads only, we become isolated from the God who is closer than our next breath.” —Dr. #BarbaraHolmes tinyurl.com/mjfp2uc8

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.@BrianMcLaren writes that 'doom is a kind of pre-traumatic stress disorder that arises when our old normal is deteriorating.”

Explore the emotions of doom at Courage and Resilience, live online May 17. Recorded replay available for an entire year! tinyurl.com/58kpcrd8

The great truths — when they are expressed in images — reveal deep patterns. They can deeply heal us, and it largely happens beneath our conscious awareness. tinyurl.com/mjfp2uc8

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