{"id":22203,"date":"2025-08-22T11:56:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=22203"},"modified":"2025-08-22T11:56:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:56:19","slug":"what-makes-contemplative-christianity-different-center-for-action-and-contemplation","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/media-center\/event\/what-makes-contemplative-christianity-different-center-for-action-and-contemplation\/","title":{"rendered":"$ What Makes Contemplative Christianity Different? 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Contemplative Christianity invites us into a more spacious path, rooted in inner and outer transformation, radical compassion, and the lived experience of God\u2019s presence in all things.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"link-to-registration\">Gather with us online for<strong>&nbsp;What Makes Contemplative Christianity Different?<\/strong>&nbsp;live<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>on&nbsp;<strong>September 14, 2025,&nbsp;<\/strong>from&nbsp;<strong>4:00 \u2013 5:30 p.m. PT.&nbsp;<\/strong>All who register by September 13 will get replay access within a week of the event for a full year.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dateful.com\/time-zone-converter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Find the event in your time zone.<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"link-to-registration\">In this live online gathering, explore pillars of contemplative Christianity such as:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Honoring Experience\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Practicing in Solitude and Community\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spirituality as an Ongoing Conversation\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Radical Love\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you\u2019re just beginning this journey or looking to deepen it, these pillars offer tools and touchstones you can carry forward into your daily life.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contemplative Christianity is a conversation \u2014 with ourselves, with reality, with other traditions, and with those with different worldviews.&nbsp;<strong>What Makes Contemplative Christianity Different?&nbsp;<\/strong>is a unique 90-minute gathering, with CAC faculty&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cac.org\/about\/cac-faculty\/brian-d-mclaren\/\"><strong>Brian McLaren<\/strong><\/a>,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cac.org\/about\/cac-faculty\/james-finley\/\">James Finley<\/a>,<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cac.org\/about\/cac-faculty\/carmen-acevedo-butcher\/\"><strong>Carmen Acevedo Butcher<\/strong><\/a>, and<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michaelbattle.com\/\">The Very Rev. 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