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SUMMARY:The Future Belongs to Hope: Scripture\, Science\, and the Direction of the Universe
DESCRIPTION:Join us Tuesday\, May 19\, 2026\, at 1 p.m. ET for a Center for Christogenesis webinar with Robert Nicastro. \nMany of us were taught to think of hope as a feeling\, something we muster when times are hard. But what if hope is actually written into the structure of reality itself? Ancient scripture and cutting-edge science point toward a remarkable idea: that the universe is not wandering aimlessly but converging\, through ever-deepening complexity and consciousness\, toward a greater wholeness still ahead. The great biblical traditions were never simply predicting the end of things. They were describing the shape of time: open\, unfinished\, and charged with possibility.  \nIn this webinar\, we bring that ancient wisdom into conversation with some of the most visionary theological thinking of the modern era\, and ask what it means for us today\, in a world gripped by fear\, exhausted by uncertainty\, and aching for a credible future. \nAll registrants will receive a copy of the recording within a week of the event.
URL:https://wisrinstitute.org/event/the-future-belongs-to-hope/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Monthly Webinars
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SUMMARY:Cosmos\, Chaos and the Complexities of Consciousness
DESCRIPTION:A Live Conversation with Ilia Delio and Cynthia Bourgeault \nWe are living through a moment of profound fracture. Politics\, war\, the rise of AI\, racism\, colonialism\, immigration\, climate collapse — beneath every headline lies a deeper crisis: a fragmented consciousness struggling to comprehend itself in a rapidly changing world. \nWhat if these are not separate emergencies\, but symptoms of the same evolutionary threshold? What if chaos itself is part of how a new consciousness is being born? \nJoin two of today’s most visionary voices — theologian Ilia Delio and mystic teacher Cynthia Bourgeault — for a bold\, hope-filled conversation about the spiritual story unfolding inside our global unraveling. Together\, they will explore how the cosmos\, chaos\, and consciousness are deeply intertwined — and what it means to live awake\, whole\, and engaged in a world crying out for transformation. \nAll registrants will receive the recording.
URL:https://wisrinstitute.org/event/cosmos-chaos-and-the-complexities-of-consciousness/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Monthly Webinars
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SUMMARY:AI and the Pope: Who Has the Last Word?
DESCRIPTION:Pope Leo’s Magnifica humanitas:  Who has the last word on AI?     \nAI is here to stay and how we navigate our human future in an AI world is the most pressing question of our day.  Please join us on July 30th for a panel discussion on Pope Leo’s recent encyclical which calls for constraints and ethical norms for the use and development of AI.  Four experts in artificial intelligence and religion will join us to ask what the Pope gets right and wrong in this important work.  This is an event you won’t want to miss!
URL:https://wisrinstitute.org/event/ai-and-the-pope-who-has-the-last-word/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Monthly Webinars
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SUMMARY:Scripture\, Mystery\, and Embracing Uncertainty - With Pete Enns
DESCRIPTION:We live in a world that rewards certainty\, yet the deepest questions of life resist easy answers. The Bible itself bears witness to people who encounter God not through clarity and control but through mystery\, paradox\, and transformation. In this webinar\, we will look into a fresh exploration of Scripture as a guide not to certainty but a pathway to a different kind of knowing where faith can flourish amid ambiguity and change. Rather than seeing uncertainty as a spiritual failure\, we will explore how it can become a doorway to deeper trust\, greater openness\, and a richer experience of the sacred presence that permeates all things. \nPeter Enns (Ph.D. Harvard University) is Abram S. Clemens professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University (St. Davids\, PA). He has written several books including The Bible Tells Me So\, The Sin of Certainty\, How the Bible Actually Works\, and his latest Curveball: When Your Faith Takes Turns You Never Saw Coming. Pete is also cohost of the popular podcast The Bible for Normal People. The focus of his work centers on understanding the Bible as an ancient text and thinking through what it means to read that ancient text well today.
URL:https://wisrinstitute.org/event/scripture-mystery-and-embracing-uncertainty-with-pete-enns/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Monthly Webinars
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SUMMARY:Human Flourishing in a World of Trauma and Stress - With Heidi Ann Russell
DESCRIPTION:How do we build communities of healing in a world shaped by trauma and stress? \nViolence\, war\, displacement\, and a global pandemic don’t only wound individuals; they mark whole communities\, and their effects ripple across generations. Meanwhile\, research into the brain and nervous system continues to reshape what we know about how harm lodges in the body and how healing actually happens. Our theology has to be able to meet those findings honestly. \nIn this webinar\, pastoral theologian Heidi Ann Russell draws on her book Human Flourishing in a World of Trauma and Stress to offer a theological anthropology built for this moment that puts long-standing questions of freedom\, sin\, and grace into genuine conversation with contemporary trauma science. What does human freedom mean when the nervous system is doing much of the deciding? How do we talk about sin without adding shame to injury? Where does grace show up in a body that has learned to brace? \nEqual parts theological and practical\, this conversation is for pastors\, chaplains\, spiritual directors\, lay leaders\, caregivers\, and anyone asking what flourishing can mean on the other side of harm. \nAbout our Presenter:\nHeidi Ann Russell\, PhD\, is an associate professor at the Institute of Pastoral Studies of Loyola University Chicago. She holds a PhD in religious studies from Marquette University and an MDiv/MA from Washington Theological Union. Her books include The Source of All Love: Catholicity and the Trinity (Orbis Books\, 2017) and Quantum Shift: Theological and Pastoral Implications of Contemporary Developments in Science (Liturgical Press\, 2015).
URL:https://wisrinstitute.org/event/human-flourishing-in-a-world-of-trauma-and-stress-with-heidi-ann-russell/
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SUMMARY:Is Love Indestructible? - With Thomas Jay Oord
DESCRIPTION:If God is love and love is uncontrolling\, how should we think about God’s power? How could a God of love create a world with so much suffering? Many theologians have proposed different accounts of God’s love\, God’s power\, and the reality of suffering over the centuries. In this webinar\, we’ll focus on perspectives in Open and Relational Theology\, particularly Process Theology. Thomas Jay Oord and Jacob Given discuss common objections to Process Theology as well as their reasons for embracing an Open and Relational worldview. \nAbout our Presenter:\nThomas Jay Oord\, Ph.D.\, is a theologian\, philosopher\, and scholar of multi-disciplinary studies. Oord is a best-selling and award-winning author\, having written or edited more than forty books. Academic Influence ranks him among the most influential theologians in the 21st century. Oord directs doctoral programs at Northwind Theological Seminary and directs the Center for Open and Relational Theology. He is known for his research and writing on love\, open and relational theology\, science and religion\, evil and power\, and the implications of freedom and relationships for transformation.
URL:https://wisrinstitute.org/event/is-love-indestructible-with-thomas-jay-oord/
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