My friend and colleague Carmen Acevedo Butcher (@cab_phd) has officially joined @cac_abq's Core Faculty. I’m grateful she has decided to join us here at the Center for Action and Contemplation.

If we believe God is angry in the way that humans are, then it’s too easy for us to end up being angry without limit. Some form of projection of our anger onto others is at the heart of the nonstop world wars of “Christian” nations. #DailyMeditations

RT @cac_abq: We share from Valarie Kaur's book, "Sage Warrior," in today’s #DailyMeditations. “Rage, when consciously harnessed, is a forc….

I am encouraged by the wisdom that Valarie Kaur brings to her work and conversations. In today's #DailyMeditations she invites us to "honor our rage, to name it, to find safe containers to process it, because it’s also a way that we love ourselves."

"The solution is not to suppress our rage or to let it explode. The solution is to process our rage in safe containers. We have to move those energies." . I'm struck by these wise words from Valarie Kaur in today's #DailyMeditations. Read on.

Anyone who is on the edge, disadvantaged in some way, or barred from a position of hegemony or power will naturally understand the tears of the prophets. We're exploring anger, grief, & the role of the prophet this week in the #DailyMeditations. Read on.

I invite you to revisit highlights from this week's #DailyMeditations on the dance of darkness and light. . Were there any teachings that particularly stood out to you this week?

RT @cac_abq: What does it mean to center joy in the work of justice? . In this month's final #WeConspire, explore how the Faith Matters Net….

From the beginning, we're warned that we cannot totally separate light from darkness, or the two have no meaning. The whole of Creation exists inside of one full cycle: “Evening came and morning came and it was the first day."—Genesis 1:5 #DailyMeditations

"As an African American woman, I wear darkness as a skin color that I love. It is a reminder of African origins, hidden in my genes, but not accessible through memory. Without darkness, I would not be!". Read more from Dr. Barbara Holmes. #DailyMeditations

RT @cac_abq: "Content yourself with a loving attentiveness toward the Holy One. This requires no effort, no agitation, no desire to taste h….

"When the dark night descends on the soul, its radiance blinds the intellect. She can no longer formulate concepts; she doesn’t even want to. It is tempting to consider this inability to engage the intellect as a failing." —Mirabai Starr #DailyMeditations

There is a light in us that only darkness itself can illuminate. Today, Joan Chittister describes darkness as a fertile place for our questions with no easy answers, featuring quotes from her book "Between the Dark and the Daylight." #DailyMeditations

RT @cac_abq: How does contemplation awaken us to live our lives as instruments of joy? In this month’s #WeConspire, we highlight the embodi….

In many ways, the loss of meaning here is even greater, and the loss of motivation, purpose, and direction might be even greater too. It really feels like the total absence of light, and thus the mystics called it “the dark night.” #DailyMeditations

In many ways, the struggle with darkness has been the church’s constant dilemma. It wants to exist in perfect light, where God alone lives (see James 1:17). It does not like the shadowland of our human reality. #DailyMeditations

In her book "Prophets: Words of Fire" Megan McKenna suggests, "If the tale [of Jonah] were told today, it might well be directed at great nations." . Explore this thought experiment and catch up on this week’s #DailyMeditations at

RT @cac_abq: In Falling Upward: Life As a Spiritual Journey — our REVAMPED online course — embark on a spiritual journey for the second hal….

When the ego didn’t die, Christianity made salvation into a victory trip, thinking we knew who “won.” To undergo the sign of Jonah feels like losing, and by worldly standards, it looks like it, too. Read along as we learn from Jonah. #DailyMeditations

We must not be discouraged when people say, "You are making the message political and not spiritual!" The prophets speak about misuse of power, but always from an inspired basis, and at a higher level of morality. #DailyMeditations