CIR’s Weekly Newsletter
Check out our latest newsletter to stay up to date on CIR news and relevant community happenings!
Wisdom Wednesday: Sharon Salzberg on our relationship with suffering
“Suffering itself is not redemptive...What matters is how we are with the suffering."
Merton Monday: Extending our hand to the enemy
Words of wisdom from Thomas Merton's letter to Dorothy Day.
Reflect: Ruminations on Thomas Merton
"Merton became a witness to the truth that God is against all forms of injustice in the world..."
Wisdom Wednesday: Pico Iyer on the change within
“The only problem is in me, and therefore, the solution is in me.”
Merton Monday: If you love peace, then hate justice…
“Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul..."
Reflect: Love Letter to the Earth
"If we understand the Earth as a living, breathing organism, we can heal ourselves and heal the Earth as well."
Wisdom Wednesday: Woman Stands Shining’s words of affirmation
“How can we make each other the beautiful, beloved, celebrated, nurtured, nourished, beloved brother and sister that we witness in each other?”
CIR 2020: ALL IN A YEAR’S WORK
Amid a global pandemic, we have remained resolute in our commitment to celebrating "Many Faiths, One Heart, Common Action." See what CIR has been up to in 2020!
Merton Monday: What it really means to be grateful
The key to gratitude: Recognizing God's love in everything