Michael Lerner speaks at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Houston, Texas, in honor of Richard Rohr, a great Catholic theologian who’s daily missives from his Center for Action and Contemplation are read by countless thousands around the world.
Part of the Archetypal Psychology Series
Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in conversation with Celeste Mergens, founder and CEO of Days for Girls, an organization that increases access to menstrual care and education by developing global partnerships, cultivating social enterprises, mobilizing volunteers, and innovating sustainable solutions that shatter stigmas and limitations for women and girls.
Join TNS Host Michael Lerner for a conversation on why microgrids are gaining popularity in California, the United States, and around the world.
Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in a conversation with author and professor Brian C. Wilson. Brian’s new book is John E. Fetzer and the Quest for the New Age.
Join TNS Host Michael Lerner in conversation with award-winning environmentalist Hammer Simwinga, the creator of an innovative program in North Zambia that reduced poverty and transformed poachers into caring conservationists.
Bringing with her the traditional Aboriginal practices of dadirri—a sacred practice of deep listening, reflection, stillness and connection to the land—and yarning—a conversational practice used by indigenous Australians to share knowledge, stories, and culture, Dr. Catherine Olweny offers another pathway to Mastering the Art of Being. Cultivating this presence is a gift she found in her own life, one she shares with other clinicians, and one we can learn from as well. Follow along with Commonweal New School’s Summer 2026 Visiting Scholar Catherine Olweny journey as resident through her writings, podcasts, and exercises gathered during her visit.

One of our most beloved voices, Rachel Naomi Remen, died August 8, 2026. We offer this course in honor of her presence, which will be greatly missed. Rachel spent a lifetime at the threshold between medicine and mystery. This course gathers recordings from her decades at Commonweal New School, inviting you to sit with her not as a distant authority but as a companion—someone who spent her life listening closely to what it means to be human.
Jeanine M. Canty is a visionary scholar whose groundbreaking work illuminates the profound connections between consciousness, thought, and our relationship with the natural world. Her teaching weaves together social justice, ecological wisdom, and transformation. By reading her writings and watching or listening to recordings of her time in residence, you can explore how mind and spirit intersect with ecological healing in your own life.
As a founder of terrapsychology—the study of how the things of the world live in us—The New School’s Spring 2025 Visiting Scholar Craig Chalquist is interested in how imagination, story, and creativity let us tune in on the Greater Conversation unfolding continually around and within us. With the podcasts, videos, writings, and exercises gathered during Craig’s visit, you can join the exploration: growing a more resilient and earth-honoring worldview.
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