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# World Institute for Science, Religion and Culture

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- [Intelligence Was Never the Point: Interiority in the Age of AI](https://wisrinstitute.org/intelligence-was-never-the-point-interiority-in-the-age-of-ai/) - From where I stand, we are having the wrong argument about artificial intelligence.The debate almost always runs along one axis. Can machines think? And if they can, what is left that belongs to us alone? For a long time, we did not have to ask the deeper question, because we had a comfortable answer to
- [What the Machine Cannot Know: Reclaiming Education as Spiritual Formation in an Age of AI](https://wisrinstitute.org/what-the-machine-cannot-know-reclaiming-education-as-spiritual-formation-in-an-age-of-ai/) - Education is not what it once was. The centers of learning that gave rise to the university were, from their beginnings, centers of intellectual and spiritual formation—places where to learn something true about the world was simultaneously to become someone different. That unity has dissolved. Today the university functions largely as a machine for the
- [Introducing The World Institute for Science, Religion, and Culture (WISR)](https://wisrinstitute.org/introducing-the-world-institute-for-science-religion-and-culture-wisr/) - Watch this introduction with Ilia Delio about our new name, The World Institute for Science, Religion, and Culture (WISR).
- [A Letter From Ilia Delio](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-letter-from-ilia-delio/) - The Center for Christogenesis is a living testimony to evolution, a developmental process whereby lifeseeks more life. As the late John Henry Cardinal Newman wrote: “To live is to change, and to be perfectis to change often.” As we work toward building the World Institute for Science, Religion and Culture, itmay seem that we are
- [Educating for Love](https://wisrinstitute.org/educating-for-love/) - The information age has done something remarkable: it has accelerated the generation of ideasand concepts beyond anything our ancestors could have imagined. Whatever your taste, whateveryour question, there is a concept ready to meet it. We can find the thinkers who speak ourlanguage, the frameworks that confirm our instincts, the communities that share our angle
- [Evolution, Technology, and the Divine Ground: Teilhard de Chardin as a Resource for Responding to Magnifica Humanitas](https://wisrinstitute.org/evolution-technology-and-the-divine-ground-teilhard-de-chardin-as-a-resource-for-responding-to-magnigica-humanitas/) - Pope Leo XIV's encyclical Magnifica Humanitas arrives at a moment of genuine civilizational urgency. Its concern for human dignity, its alarm at the displacement of labor, its refusal to treat artificial intelligence as a neutral instrument — all of these are worthy moral interventions. The encyclical asks the right questions. Yet a careful reading alongside
- [Support our Summer Fundraiser](https://wisrinstitute.org/support-our-summer-fundraiser/) - Teilhard de Chardin saw what so many in our time are only beginning to sense: that the universe is not a static container of things, but a cosmogenesis: a vast, irreversible movement toward ever-greater complexity, consciousness, and love. What so many experience as dread—the disorientation of rapid change, the feeling that the ground is shifting
- [A Body in Transition: From Center to Institute](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-body-in-transition-from-center-to-institute/) - We are living through a hinge moment in the human story. Artificial intelligence, planetary crisis, and the steady erosion of shared meaning are not three separate emergencies; they are the same emergency seen from different sides. Each is asking the same question: who, in this century, do we intend to become? It is in the
- [Plenamente humano en un mundo parcialmente humano](https://wisrinstitute.org/plenamente-humano-en-un-mundo-parcialmente-humano/) - Traducido por Fernando Cidoncha ¿Qué significa ser verdaderamente humano? Sin recurrir a abstracciones filosóficas ni a terminología compleja, me siento impulsada a reflexionar sobre esta pregunta mientras celebramos la pasión, muerte y resurrección de Jesús. La historia de Jesús es una historia de luz y oscuridad, bien y mal, esperanza y temor; una existencia de
- [IA, Sabiduría y el Despertar de la Noosfera](https://wisrinstitute.org/ia-sabiduria-y-el-despertar-de-la-noosfera/) - Traducido por Fernando Cidoncha Hace quince años, cuando empecé a escribir sobre tecnología y lo que significa ser persona, muy pocos académicos prestaban atención a los signos de los tiempos. Hoy, los debates y libros sobre la inteligencia artificial ocupan el centro de nuestra atención, con posturas que van desde el miedo hasta la duda
- [AI, Wisdom, and the Awakening Noosphere](https://wisrinstitute.org/ai-wisdom-and-the-awakening-noosphere/) - When I first started writing on technology and personhood fifteen years ago, very few scholars were reading the signs of the times. Today, discussions and books on AI dominate our attention, ranging across a spectrum from fear to hesitation to cautious integration. Within the Catholic Church, Pope Francis raised early concerns about a technocratic paradigm
- [Holy Family University to Honor Theologian Ilia Delio](https://wisrinstitute.org/holy-family-university-to-honor-theologian-ilia-delio/) - Read Holy Family University's full announcement here. Holy Family University will grant two honorary Doctors of Humane Letters at its 2026 commencement ceremony on May 16. Sister Ilia Delio, OSF, Ph.D., a Franciscan Sister of Washington, D.C. and a professor of theology at Villanova University, will be recognized at the undergraduate ceremony and will serve as
- [A New Name, Our Next Horizon](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-new-name-our-next-horizon/) - Dear Friends, In 2016, I launched the Omega Center as an online forum for promoting the vision of Teilhard de Chardin. My aim was simple: write a monthly blog to share Teilhard’s ideas and host occasional webinars to spark public conversation. Within a few years, the Center grew from a handful of followers to several
- [Curated Science Videos for Christophany Groups](https://wisrinstitute.org/curated-science-videos-for-christophany-groups/) - Below are several short science videos curated to support your Christophany Groups. Each selection provides a visual entry point into core Christophany themes, including cosmology, the wave/particle duality, quantum entanglement, The Higgs Boson ("God particle"), and more. These videos are intended to complement your group’s contemplative practice by grounding cosmic concepts in clear and accessible
- [Truly Human in a Partially Human World](https://wisrinstitute.org/truly-human-in-a-partially-human-world/) - What does it mean to be truly human? Without using philosophical abstractions or complex terminology, I am impelled to reflect on this question, as we celebrate the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. The story of Jesus is one of light and darkness, good and evil, hope and fear, an ambiguous existence of living within
- [The Logic of Separation: Genocide, War, and the Modern Mind](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-logic-of-separation-genocide-war-and-the-modern-mind/) - In my last blog, I discussed the consequences of monotheism with its emphasis on divine ontology and transcendence, the belief that is God is a divine being distinct from us. Here I want to briefly discuss the consequences of an externalized deity that becomes replaced by ideological absolutes. The twentieth century did not merely
- [Ilia Delio on The Sacred Everywhere with Dr. Sheri Kling](https://wisrinstitute.org/ilia-delio-on-the-sacred-everywhere-with-dr-sheri-kling/) - Ilia Delio joins friend of the center and Hunger for Wholeness guest Dr. Sheri Kling on The Sacred Everywhere for a rich conversation on science, spirituality, and the evolving meaning of God. Drawing on her own journey from neuroscience to theology, she reflects on matter, consciousness, Teilhard de Chardin, Carl Jung, and the spiritual questions
- [Ilia Delio on Sacred Synergy with Andrew Del Rossi](https://wisrinstitute.org/56012-2/) - Ilia Delio joined Andrew Del Rossi on his podcast Sacred Synergy to talk about her forthcoming book, The Christian Mutation. Plus, how we can cultivate hope and fight for a love that matters in a time of crisis. Watch on YouTube here, or stream on Spotify for Apple.
- [The Unraveling: How Monotheism Severed Humanity from Its Cosmic Roots](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-unraveling-how-monotheism-severed-humanity-from-its-cosmic-roots/) - Although countless commentators analyze the crises of our age, I am haunted by a more fundamental question: What conditions have made possible the election of manifestly unfit political leaders across the democratic world? How is it that we—a society with unprecedented access to education, information, and scientific knowledge—find ourselves living under increasingly barbaric conditions? We
- [The Image Of The Unseen God](https://wisrinstitute.org/image-of-the-unseen-god/) - In an Omega Center interview Brie Stoner engaged in conversation with theologian and writer Fr. Thomas Hosinski, discussing topics from his recently published book The Image of the Unseen God: Catholicity, Science, and Our Evolving Understanding of God (Catholicity in an Evolving Universe). As Fr. Hosinski explains there are four primary themes he offers for
- [Ilia Delio on the Culture, Religion and Technology Podcast](https://wisrinstitute.org/ilia-delio-on-the-culture-religion-and-technology-podcast/) - Sr. Ilia Delio joins the Culture, Religion & Technology podcast for a wide-ranging conversation on evolution, the cosmic Christ, and the spiritual questions emerging around AI. Ilia engages thoughtfully with questions many Christians, especially in America, are asking right now. (Please note: Ilia's appearance on a third-party channel doesn’t imply endorsement of its views or
- [Discussion Questions: Ilia Delio’s “The Great Work of Love”](https://wisrinstitute.org/discussion-questions-ilia-delios-the-great-work-of-love/) - Dear Christophany Group Facilitators, Recent events in the United States and around the world have become central points of conversation in the Christophany Groups I facilitate. I imagine the same may be true in your groups. As we have reflected on U.S. threats toward Greenland and the unfolding situation in Minnesota, a few participants from
- [Thank you for starting our 10th year strong!](https://wisrinstitute.org/thank-you-for-starting-our-10th-year-strong/) - Because of your generosity and commitment to the mission of the Center for Christogenesis, we not only met our goal but exceeded it, surpassing $75,000. This remarkable response speaks to the vitality of this community and to the hope that animates what we are building together. As Teilhard de Chardin understood, nothing meaningful grows in
- [The Great Work of Love: Chaos, Justice, and Divine Evolution](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-great-work-of-love-chaos-justice-and-divine-evolution/) - The images emerging from Minnesota—multitudes converging in defiance of bitter winter winds, voices rising in collective lament and resistance—continue to command our attention. These are not merely protests; they are manifestations of a deeper truth struggling toward articulation. Thousands brave the elements not simply to mourn Renee Good’s tragic death or to challenge ICE’s authority,
- [Our Birth in Unity (The Lord’s Prayer)](https://wisrinstitute.org/our-birth-in-unity-the-lords-prayer/) - From Prayers of the Cosmos, Translated by Neil Douglas-Klotz O Birther! Father-Mother of the Cosmos, You create all that moves In light. O Thou! The Breathing Life of all, Creator of the Shimmering Sound that Touches us. Respiration of all worlds, We hear you breathing – in and out – In silence. Source of Sound:
- [A Winter Solstice Blessing, by David Bolton, Europe 2 Christophany Group](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-winter-solstice-blessing/) - May the returning Light rise first in your heart before it rises in the sky. May the Christ-Light that has walked beside you before you knew His name rise within you again with quiet strength. May the long night become your teacher, and the first spark of your anointing. May your path open before you
- [Rewiring Our Lives Together, the Franciscan Way](https://wisrinstitute.org/rewiring-our-lives-together-the-franciscan-way/) - The Season of Incarnation We are in the season of Incarnation—God becoming flesh. It is a beautiful time of the year that brings out the best of humanity, even in the worst of situations. During this season more than any other, we see the deeper meaning of our reality: love is our true nature, and
- [Building a Church of the Planet](https://wisrinstitute.org/building-a-church-of-the-planet/) - We’re helping build a Church of the Planet—a community of faith attuned to the second axial age, where humanity’s deep interdependence can no longer be ignored. In this 3-minute video, Sr. Ilia Delio and Executive Director Robert Nicastro name the moment and the mission: form consciousness for communion so love becomes a public force. This
- [InCarnation: God’s Life is Our Life](https://wisrinstitute.org/incarnation-gods-life-is-our-life/) - Yesterday, I stopped by a local Starbucks for a hot coffee. Outside the store sat a homeless man asking for money and food. I was struck by his appearance—his sad eyes and shivering body, his look of quiet desperation. I went inside to order and, while waiting, noticed three young Dominican friars outside approach the
- [Seeing in the Dark with Advent Eyes](https://wisrinstitute.org/seeing-in-the-dark-with-advent-eyes/) - On Sunday, as the season of Advent began, I found myself singing Bob Hurt's hymn, O How I Long to See: "O, how I long to see your day of glory dawning, when you will wash away every tear. O how long, how long will it take 'til the lion lies down with the lamb?
- [Ilia Delio on The New Garden, "Transhumanism: Where Is the Line?"](https://wisrinstitute.org/ilia-delio-on-the-new-garden-transhumanism-where-is-the-line/) - In this conversation with The New Garden podcast, Sr. Ilia Delio explores how an evolutionary vision of love can guide us through a century being reshaped by biotechnology, AI, and networked life. Rather than framing technology as enemy or savior, Ilia asks: What forms of innovation help heal persons and communities, and what forms fragment
- [Love and Political Order: The Evolutionary Path to Unity](https://wisrinstitute.org/love-and-political-order-the-evolutionary-path-to-unity/) - We live in an age of fragmentation. Politically, we witness the hardening of tribal identities and nationalist divisions. Ecologically, we confront a world torn between exploitation and preservation. Socially, we experience the paradox of unprecedented connectivity coupled with profound isolation. Spiritually, many have lost confidence in transcendent meaning or are unsure anymore of what this
- [Your support advances this work into the next 10 years and beyond.](https://wisrinstitute.org/your-gift-powers-our-next-10-years-and-beyond/) - As we celebrate a decade of transformative work and look toward our next chapter, we invite you to join us in answering the urgent call of our times. Your gift to the Center for Christogenesis helps bridge ancient wisdom and contemporary challenges, nurturing leaders who carry love’s transformative power into a world fractured by division.
- [Ilia Delio on Radio Evolve](https://wisrinstitute.org/ilia-delio-on-radio-evolve/) - Ilia Delio joined Radio evolve for a far-reaching conversation on divine becoming, the noosphere, and how love can orient a tech-shaped future. Drawing on Teilhard de Chardin and contemporary science, the discussion explores the “Not-Yet God,” relational personhood, and the spiritual imagination needed to guide AI and global networks toward human flourishing.
- [Undress Your Heart by Dorothy Hunt](https://wisrinstitute.org/undress-your-heart-by-dorothy-hunt/) - Remove the bulletproof vest that has been covering your heart. Rather than protecting you, it is the cause of pain. Undress your heart! You have imprisoned Love. No wonder it aches! Its longing is a message. Let Love's tiny stirrings become an explosion that shatters Separation. Love needs no protector. Its ocean is your body.
- [Tribute to Joseph (“Joe”) Burke, November 4, 1941 — September 29, 2025](https://wisrinstitute.org/tribute-to-joseph-joe-burke-november-4-1941-september-29-2025/) - Obituary Joseph Burke, Joe, was born Nov. 4, 1941, and was called home to eternal life on September 29, 2025. Mary (nee Schoultz) and Joe were married on April 12, 1969, and shared over 56 years of love and caring. He was the proud father of Tom (Kathy) and David (Jordan) and grandfather of precious Lola. Joe was a lover
- [Mission for an Evolutionary Christianity](https://wisrinstitute.org/mission-for-an-evolutionary-christianity/) - We are living through tumultuous times. Political polarization intensifies, violence against vulnerable populations escalates, and the foundational principles of human dignity face erosion. For many, the cognitive dissonance between professed values and lived reality has become unbearable. How do we reconcile claims of "In God we trust" with systematic abandonment of the most vulnerable? How
- [Let Us Create Something New](https://wisrinstitute.org/let-us-create-something-new/) - Dear Friends, At the Center for Christogenesis, we are keenly aware of our fragile world, but we see things from a new perspective. We see the power of divine love at work, pushing through the limits of the world to shape us into something more beautiful and whole. We see a new role for religion to
- [Beyond Violence: The Path Through Grief to Spiritual Evolution](https://wisrinstitute.org/beyond-violence-the-path-through-grief-to-spiritual-evolution/) - The recent shooting at Annunciation School in Minneapolis continues to haunt our collective consciousness. While the news cycle moves forward—with yet more senseless acts of political violence—the Annunication tragedy leaves deep scars and pressing questions for our religious community: How does a young person educated in a Catholic school become capable of such violence? There
- [Embodied Communion Online](https://wisrinstitute.org/embodied-communion-online/) - I recently attended an online Mass being celebrated on the other side of the world. I arrived and noticed the Zoom camera in speaker view, focused on a woman who appeared profoundly present and prayerful. Her countenance quickly drew me into prayer. Later, I had the opportunity to meet with her and shared this experience.
- [Why Christianity Is Uncomfortable](https://wisrinstitute.org/why-christianity-is-uncomfortable/) - In a recent conversation with a colleague, I was made aware that children born from 2023 onward will be AI children. They will never have known a world without being embedded in networks of artificial intelligence. They are the vanguard of what is now called “Generation AI.” Because they are entering a digitized world, they
- [Grief Has Arrived by Priscar Njeri](https://wisrinstitute.org/grief-has-arrived-by-priscar-njeri/) - (Poetry can be heard spoken by original author on Instagram.) Grief has arrivedShe has found me openI am not surprised this timeI look at the door with half a smile Hello, old friendWelcome I have kept your cup in the door under the kitchen sinkYou can join me and have this teaI don’t know why
- [Closing Prayer (Christophany Group Facilitators Gathering)](https://wisrinstitute.org/closing-prayer-christophany-group-facilitators-gathering/) - Loving God,You who dwell at the heart of every particle,in every longing, in every breath,we thank you for this sacred time of gathering.We have come together not merely as facilitators,but as catalysts of transformation,bearing witness to the birth of Christ in evolution,Christ in community, Christ in cosmos. In this moment of reflection,we gather up the
- [Is Christianity in Crisis or Transition? ](https://wisrinstitute.org/is-christianity-in-crisis-or-transition/) - We are facing an unprecedented convergence of crises: global warming, climate change, mass migration, and systemic ecological collapse. Our planetary systems are exhausted and no longer able to sustain human life as we know it. While countless non-profit organizations work tirelessly on sustainability and integral ecology, and Christian communities engage in vital works of social
- [Thank you for your generosity this summer.](https://wisrinstitute.org/thank-you-for-your-generosity-this-summer/) - We write with heartfelt gratitude for your remarkable generosity during our June fundraiser. Your support is more than an offering: it is a profound gesture of solidarity, a sign that you share in the deeper call that gives life to our mission. At a time when the world is shifting beneath our feet, your response
- [The Earth Groans, AI Grows: Who Guides the Flame?](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-earth-groans-ai-grows-who-guides-the-flame/) - In this critical moment of planetary history, where ecosystems collapse, artificial intelligence proliferates, and human meaning trembles on the edge of uncertainty, we are faced with a profound question: What kind of world is emerging through us? The answer is not one we can outsource to technology, legislation, or even traditional religious authorities. It is a
- [Why Your Gift Matters](https://wisrinstitute.org/why-your-gift-matters/) - A prophetic vision of the depth and scope of integral ecology in an age of AI cannot unfold through ideas alone, it calls for a community. The emergence of a new planetary consciousness is not the work of any one voice or institution, but of many hearts and minds moving together with intention. It is
- [Integral Ecology in an Age of AI](https://wisrinstitute.org/integral-ecology-in-an-age-of-ai/) - In 1972, the Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess proposed a new paradigm based on the holistic view of interconnected nature. He coined the term “deep ecology” to challenge humanity to ask fundamental questions about our place in nature. Rejecting anthropocentrism (human-centeredness) in favor of ecocentrism, Naess argued that all living beings have inherent value regardless of
- [Lessons for Our Time](https://wisrinstitute.org/lessons-for-our-time/) - We recently concluded our annual conference on the theme “Religion in an Age of Science,” in which all the speakers agreed that religion can no longer remain credible without the insights of science. The new cosmic story redefines religion as a temporal process, an awakening to more conscious life and deeper connectedness, thus abandoning religion
- [Battered yet Unbroken? Tending to the Ethereal, the Visceral, and the Extraterrestrial in Christology](https://wisrinstitute.org/battered-yet-unbroken-tending-to-the-ethereal-the-visceral-and-the-extraterrestrial-in-christology/) - An essay by William Kuncken (a graduate student of Sr. Ilia Delio's) Introduction A few Lents ago, I attended a parish talk titled “Unveiling the Truth of Christ’s Passion according to the Shroud of Turin.” The speaker, an enthusiastic devotee of the much-publicized artifact, provided a vibrant lay presentation of the medical research that had
- [An Easter Reflection from Sr. Ilia](https://wisrinstitute.org/easter-reflection-from-sr-ilia-2025/) - Easter is a beautiful season, bursting with renewal and wonder. It reminds us of the extraordinary power of God's love—the power to raise what is dead into new life. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is not just a past event; it reveals our very purpose: to live renewed lives in God. Yet the path to
- [A Prayer by Pearse McDonah](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-prayer-by-pearse-mcdonah/) - Eternal unfolding divine wisdom; evolutionary breath of life, guide our discerning hearts and minds to grasp with certitude, the ever-present light which is at the core of our being, and at the core of all creation and all people. Guide our hearts, minds and wills to converge towards a greater sense of unity and wholeness; with
- [Congratulations—Robert Nicastro, Ph.D.](https://wisrinstitute.org/congratulations-robert-nicastro-ph-d/) - Please join us in congratulating Robert Nicastro on earning his Ph.D. Robert’s scholarship continues to deepen the Center’s work, and we are honored to have him on our team. To get an idea of Robert's work, one of his committee members, Dr. Ted Peters, a leading authority in Science and Religion, wrote a synopsis of
- [From Original Sin to Original Love](https://wisrinstitute.org/from-original-sin-to-original-love/) - Christians worldwide observe Lent as a season of fasting, prayer, and spiritual return to God. These six weeks create space for self-reflection, good works, and renewed appreciation of God’s grace. Beginning with the ritual of ashes—reminding us that we are dust and to dust we shall return—Lent invites spiritual renewal as we lament our transgressions.
- [Crisis and Hope](https://wisrinstitute.org/crisis-and-hope/) - Myths are compelling stories that shape our lives. Our complex world is a mixture of myths—stories of how we got here, what governs our lives, and what determines good and evil. These narratives shape our meaning-making worlds. Myths are neither factual nor correct in a scientific sense, but they are profoundly influential and formative. The
- [Cosmic Convergence: Teilhard’s Vision and the 2024 Olympics ](https://wisrinstitute.org/cosmic-convergence-teilhards-vision-and-the-2024-olympics/) - The Paris Olympics, unfolding over the past two weeks, have showcased not only athletic prowess but also the remarkable spirit of human support. In an era dominated by technology and anxieties about machine replacement, the sheer intensity and determination of these athletes serve as a powerful reminder of our unique human qualities. Observing the focused
- [Watch Ilia Delio's Old God, New God Presentation](https://wisrinstitute.org/watch-ilia-delios-old-god-new-god-presentation/) - In February 2025, Sr. Ilia offered a two-session online webinar series for our partner the Spiritual Life Center. Both sessions are available on Youtube below. Session 1 In this Part 1 of "Old God, New God" Dr. Delio discusses the effect that philosophers such as Aristotle, and Descartes, scientists such as Newton, and Theologians such
- [Listen to Ilia Delio on WCAT Radio's I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too](https://wisrinstitute.org/listen-to-ilia-delio-on-i-thought-youd-like-to-know-this-too/) - In this 60-minute interview with Sr. Carla Mae Streeter, OP, on I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, Sr. Ilia Delio shares about her journey through science, theology and more. Watch the interview on Youtube (below), listen to the podcast and read the transcript here, or find WCAT Radio's I Thought You'd Like to
- [The Acceleration of Change: From Future Shock to Present Reality](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-acceleration-of-change-from-future-shock-to-present-reality/) - In 1970, Alvin and Heidi Toffler introduced the concept of "future shock"—a psychological state affecting both individuals and societies, characterized by "too much change in too short a period of time." Writing before the advent of the internet and mobile phones, their prophetic work anticipated the disorientation that would come to define our modern era.
- [Prayer of Trust by Thomas Merton](https://wisrinstitute.org/prayer-of-trust-by-thomas-merton/) - My Lord God,I have no idea where I am going.I do not see the road ahead of me.I cannot know for certain where it will end.nor do I really know myself,and the fact that I think I am following your willdoes not mean that I am actually doing so.But I believe that the desire to please
- [Beginnings, Endings, and Transformations](https://wisrinstitute.org/beginnings-endings-and-transformations/) - The Center for Christogenesis website tells us that Christophany Groups are building a world ready for the future! This statement implies vision and change. In Facilitating for Growth Barbara Fleischer points out that although change can be stressful, it lies at the center of conversion and growth. Transitions can be pivotal moments for any group
- [Welcome Our New Director of Operations and Programming](https://wisrinstitute.org/welcome-c4c-new-director-of-operations-and-programming/) - Center for Christogenesis Community, Greetings! I am honored to begin my new position at the Center for Christogenesis as the Director of Operations and Programming. While my position is new, my relationship to the theology of Ilia Delio, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and the C4C is not. I know many of you through my work
- [God Within Us, Around Us, Before Us: Hope in the Divine Milieu](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-within-us-around-us-before-us-hope-in-the-divine-milieu/) - Dear Friends, The twentieth-century theologian, Karl Rahner, was once asked by a colleague:“Wouldn’t it be better to keep quiet about God? After all, the word has been so misused, so tainted, so violated. It is the most loaded of all human words.” To which he replied: “Precisely for that reason, I may not dispense with
- [Thank you for your transformative support!](https://wisrinstitute.org/2024-fundraiser-update/) - Dear Friends, We are profoundly grateful for your generous support during our December fundraiser. Because of your commitment and care, we exceeded our goal of $50,000, affirming the strength and vitality of our shared mission. Your contributions are more than financial—they are a testament to the collective hope and vision we hold for a world
- [Wealth, Power and the Cry of the Earth](https://wisrinstitute.org/wealth-power-and-the-cry-of-the-earth/) - Wealth and power are inextricably linked in today's world. When Donald Trump attended the National Cathedral service in Washington DC, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde delivered an unexpected message of truth to power. She advocated for vulnerable populations, particularly LGBTQ individuals and undocumented immigrants, urging Trump to show mercy. Bishop Budde's prophetic words stemmed from her
- [Watch Ilia Delio discuss the 2025 Inauguration](https://wisrinstitute.org/ilia-delio-on-the-2025-inauguration/) - In this short 10-minute conversation with Nicholas Vesey from Aspen Chapel, Ilia Delio shares her reflections on the 2025 United States inauguration.
- [Prayerful Meditation for Christophany Group Facilitators](https://wisrinstitute.org/prayerful-meditation-for-christophany-facilitators/) - Beloved Source of all Being and becoming, we gather during times of great uncertainty in the world,a world fractured by turbulence and pain.Yet, even in the shadowed corners where we find despair,You are present – birthing new life through the cracks of our brokenness.As we come into this space together, sharing our work,attune our hearts
- [Taking the Pulse of our Christophany Groups](https://wisrinstitute.org/taking-the-pulse-of-our-christophany-groups/) - Dear Facilitators, In her New Year’s Eve blog, “Celebrating a New Year: On the Cusp of the New,” Ilia Delio writes, “As we celebrate the New Year, we turn the concept of time into action – making resolutions that will initiate personal and collective transformation." Our Christophany Groups are important cites of transformation at the
- [The Humility of God](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-humility-of-god/) - This month I returned to my roots in Franciscan theology in order to write a book chapter on Early Franciscan mysticism. I revisited the world of Francis of Assisi who was a simple man, “unlettered,” and, in a sense, “uncluttered,” by soundbites and lofty ideas. In his youth he was a lover of fine things, a
- [Watch "Why Evolution and Religion Belong Together," Ilia Delio at the 2024 N2 Conference](https://wisrinstitute.org/watch-why-evolution-and-religion-belong-together-ilia-delio-at-the-2024-n2-conference/) - From N2: In this insightful talk, theologian and Teilhardian scholar Ilia Delio explores the profound connections between science, religion, and the noosphere. Drawing on Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's groundbreaking ideas, she discusses the intrinsic relationship between matter, consciousness, and the spiritual energy driving evolution. Delio emphasizes the need for a holistic understanding of science and
- [Celebrating a New Year:  On the Cusp of the New](https://wisrinstitute.org/celebrating-a-new-year-on-the-cusp-of-the-new/) - We are on the cusp of a New Year. Our earth has made a complete revolution around the sun. While we mark the New Year as a temporal milestone, it fundamentally reflects a physical event - Earth completing its solar orbit. Time itself emerges from our perception of such change and movement. While the Earth’s orbital
- [Mindfulness And Deep Relationality](https://wisrinstitute.org/mindfulness-and-deep-relationality/) - In this blog Ilia Delio shares some thoughts on this critical point in history and evolution, and the major paradigm shift we are now in the midst of. She refers to the relevance of the recent Women's March, and to our Omega Center interview with mindfulness teacher and classroom innovator Amy Edelstein. In her work with
- [The Birth of God Is Our Future](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-birth-of-god-is-our-future/) - The Feast of Christmas holds a mystical quality - it stands as a Kairos moment, a divine interruption in our hurried world. In this sacred pause, we're called to still ourselves and listen deeply to the whispers of the human heart. My recent visit to a Berber village in Morocco brought the Nativity scene into
- [Overcoming Existential Dread: Teilhard de Chardin’s Spirituality of Zest](https://wisrinstitute.org/overcoming-existential-dread-teilhard-de-chardins-spirituality-of-zest/) - In an era marked by confusion, divisiveness, and existential anxiety, the notion of zest for life may feel distant or even unattainable. Nevertheless, the writings of scientist and mystic Pierre Teilhard de Chardin offer a vision that seeks to renew this zest by linking it fundamentally to spirituality, science, and human evolution. Teilhard’s work invites us to
- [Understanding the Christic in an Open Universe](https://wisrinstitute.org/understanding-the-christic-in-an-open-universe/) - Let me begin this essay with an anecdote. The other day I was listening to Catholic Mass online – there was nothing wrong with it but there was nothing right about it either. The cross of Jesus Christ hung in the center of the Church; to the right of the altar was a large picture
- [Listen to "Cyborg Catholicism, Quantum Physics & Aristotle, and God's Evolving Love" on The Culture of Life Podcast](https://wisrinstitute.org/listen-to-cyborg-catholicism-quantum-physics-aristotle-and-gods-evolving-love-on-the-culture-of-life-podcast/) - An interview with Ilia Delio on the intersection of new scientific discoveries and their impact on Church teachings, the nature of God as love and the future of both Catholicism as well as religion in general.
- [Integrating Our Diversity](https://wisrinstitute.org/integrating-our-diversity/) - Christophany Groups seek to transform lives and heal our world in community, but the work of community, as you know, can be challenging due to our diversity. Thus, the work we do at the small group level might be seen as preparation for transforming the larger world. Rather than seeking to tolerate or overcome our
- [Healing the Whole through the Sacred Heart](https://wisrinstitute.org/healing-the-whole-through-the-sacred-heart/) - In his recent encyclical, “He Loved Us” (“Dilexit nos”), Pope Francis speaks of the importance of the heart, which shapes our spiritual identity and puts us in communion with others, uniting the fragments of a fractured world. Francis calls us to return to the heart, for the heart is our inmost core; “the part of us
- [Navigating Transitional Spaces of Evolutionary Consciousness](https://wisrinstitute.org/navigating-transitional-spaces-of-evolutionary-consciousness/) - I recently had the good fortune to be able to take a Viking Danube River cruise from Passau, Germany to Budapest, Hungary with some members of my family. During our voyage, we passed through 13 locks, which increasingly fascinated me. The Gabčíkovo lock in the Slovak part of the Danube River near the border of Hungary
- [The Universe as Sacred Story: Bridging Science and Spirit](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-universe-as-sacred-story-bridging-science-and-spirit/) - Teaching undergraduate students this semester has revealed their deepest concerns about technology’s growing influence on human identity. While they grapple with immediate challenges like social media addiction and its effects on attention and authenticity, their greatest fear centers on the approaching frontier of human-technology fusion. These students are watching the rapid advance of transhumanist technologies
- [Unitive and Eternal Katholikos](https://wisrinstitute.org/unitive-and-eternal-katholikos/) - Eternal source of love and being, draw me into your presence, draw me, love me, fill me and lead me there, where your divinity fills the entire expanse of my eternal soul and consciousness, one with all creative universe unfolding, embracing. Fill and caress my being, all my being with immortal creative light. O fill
- [The Christic](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-christic/) - I am looking at a tree, but I see such astounding beauty and graciousness, the tree must be You, O God, I look at the wild weeds playing across the fields, and their wild joyful freedom speaks to me of You, O God. Yesterday, I saw a child crying alone on a busy corner, and
- [Endowed with Wonder: Heschel on Science and Religion](https://wisrinstitute.org/endowed-with-wonder-heschel-on-science-and-religion/) - According to Hebrew Bible scholar Abraham Heschel, there is embedded within each of us a natural proclivity to wonder, a sense of “unmitigated innate surprise.”[1] A sense of wonder is constitutive of who we are as humans. Wonder, for Heschel, is not merely an emotion, but an existential experience, a fundamental orientation to the world. All religious
- [St. Francis Prayer for Peace](https://wisrinstitute.org/st-francis-prayer-for-peace/) - Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.Where there is hatred, let me bring love.Where there is offence, let me bring pardon.Where there is discord, let me bring union.Where there is error, let me bring truth.Where there is doubt, let me bring faith.Where there is despair, let me bring hope.Where there is darkness, let me
- [Where y'at?/ Right Here!](https://wisrinstitute.org/where-yat-right-here/) - Dear Christophany Group facilitators, It was such a joy to be with you on September 12! Thank you to all who were able to come. I look forward to being with you again sometime in mid-December. I will poll you to determine a date and time that accommodates the largest number of people. “Where y’at?” is
- [To Be Free: Imaginations by Ilia Delio](https://wisrinstitute.org/to-be-free-imaginations-by-ilia-delio/) - Every present moment is a chance to be free. May we take a step forward to a greater understanding of our connection to each other, resurrecting a new future, a new beginning.
- [It Is Love That Matters](https://wisrinstitute.org/it-is-love-that-matters-video/) - Watch this curated video created in friendship with Ilia Delio and 'Work of the People' by Travis Reed. "A more being in love. Divine love can do none other than make whole." ~ Ilia Delio + What is being asked? What is being felt? What do you see? + Please share this video across your socials.
- [Returning Religion to Evolution](https://wisrinstitute.org/returning-religion-to-evolution/) - During my recent webinar on "Returning Religion to the Prophetic," a participant raised a question about prophetic action: Should we not stand with the marginalized and oppressed, calling out injustices in the name of true justice? While this concern is undoubtedly important, I believe that focusing solely on social justice might cause us to overlook
- [How to Make Eye Contact in a Virtual Group?](https://wisrinstitute.org/how-to-make-eye-contact-in-a-virtual-group/) - In Facilitating for Growth Barbara Fleischer points out that in the early stages of group formation the participants rely heavily on the facilitator for leadership and direction. The key role of the facilitator is to assist members in getting to know each other and to both establish and model norms that are clear and comfortable for the
- [New Wine Needs New Wineskins](https://wisrinstitute.org/new-wine-needs-new-wineskins/) - The United States Catholic Conference of Bishops recently concluded their annual meeting by advancing a document on reception of the Eucharist for pro-choice Catholic politicians. The decision to produce such a document revealed the deep fissure of theological positions among U.S. Bishops. There are many dimensions to this discussion; however, for the purpose of my
- [Mysticism: The Bridge Between Religion and Evolution](https://wisrinstitute.org/mysticism-the-bridge-between-religion-and-evolution/) - I have always been attracted to mystical theology. God is simply an inexhaustible mystery of love who draws me into the wonder of life. I feel at home among the mystics. Many of the psalmists and prophets were mystics who spoke of God’s deep relationship with us: “O God, You search me and You know
- [Teilhard de Chardin and the Three Faces of God](https://wisrinstitute.org/teilhard-three-faces-of-god/) - I have been invited to reflect here on my experience at Ilia Delio’s Omega Center Conference in Kansas City in July of 2018. I arrived there eager to thank Ilia again for her endorsement of my most recent book. When I saw her I also thanked her for her brand-new, beautiful, and concise little book,
- [Thank Goodness, God is Not in Control!](https://wisrinstitute.org/thank-goodness-god-is-not-in-control/) - It’s common for people who believe in God to respond to suffering, confusion, or evil by saying, “All I know is that God is in control!” To the ears of survivors, victims, hurting people, this phrase is rarely reassuring. It leads many to wonder if God is punishing them, has abandoned them, or just doesn’t
- [Heart of Matter: "The Divine Entanglement"](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-the-divine-entanglement/) - “While panentheism is a helpful concept, the language of pantheism and panentheism is based on concepts of ‘being’ and ‘nature’ that can lead to misguided images of distinct beings in relation to one another. A more useful concept to describe the inextricable relationship of God and matter is ‘divine entanglement,’ because it points to a mutual, reciprocal, and interactive
- [Facilitating Rather than Leading](https://wisrinstitute.org/facilitating-rather-than-leading/) - How did your most recent Christophany Group session go? In the first chapter of her book Facilitating for Growth: A Guide for Scripture Study Groups and Small Christian Communities, Barbara Fleischer asks us to recall a highly effective or satisfying small-group discussion in which we participated. She then asks three questions: "What did group members do that
- [Heart of Matter: "The Universe Completes God"](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-the-universe-completes-god/) - August 20, 2024 “Teilhard indicates that the universe completes God. That is, God does not depend on the universe to be God; rather, the universe depends on God to be itself, and to be itself is to fulfill its God potential. In fulfilling this potential, God is completed in God’s own relational life.” Ilia Delio,
- [Introducing Barbara Fleischer on Facilitation](https://wisrinstitute.org/introducing-barbara-fleischer-on-facilitation/) - Hello facilitators, In the coming weeks, I will be sharing some passages from Barbara Fleischer’s book Facilitating for Growth: A Guide for Scripture Study Groups and Small Christian Communities (Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 1993). Although the book was published a few decades ago, it is still highly regarded and used by many study groups throughout the world in
- [Heart of Matter: "Becoming More Than Human"](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-becoming-more-than-human/) - "As we awaken to the God-depth of our life, we become more than human; we become "ultra-human" or "Christic," which impels us to move beyond the "ego" toward the "super-ego" the "hyperpersonal," which is the completion of the self as God-self."Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, and the Relational Whole + "Cuando
- [Heart of Matter: "One Seamless World"](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-one-seamless-world/) - “When the outer world and the inner world form one seamless world, the unus mundus, then we are fully alive in the All. As Teilhard wrote: “If I am to be All. I must be fused with All.” Teilhard de Chardin, The Heart of Matter + "Cuando el mundo exterior y el interior formen un solo mundo sin
- [Your thoughts matter to us!](https://wisrinstitute.org/your-thoughts-matter-to-us/) - As we aim to offer new educational programs and an excellent and affordable conference, we invite you to complete this 3-minute survey which will help us to do so. Thank you in advance for taking the time to complete our events survey! Your feedback will help us enhance our offerings.
- [This is You, by Francisco Burgos](https://wisrinstitute.org/this-is-you-by-francisco-burgos/) - My stillness in turbulent timesmy loaf of breadmy warm beverage on cold morningsmy shelter and dry towel. The sustaining physics behind my clay vesselthe note that defines my musicmy Gabriel’s Oboemy Leaves of Grass. This is Youin the breath of those that cannot breathe.Youmy restorative landmy unrecognizable neighboralways near and, yet, so far from my
- [The Lord’s Prayer (An interpretation from the Aramaic)](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-lords-prayer-an-interpretation-from-the-aramaic/) - O Creative breath, ebbing and flowing through all forms, soften the ground of our being and hollow a place for the planting of your presence. Moving to the heartbeat of your purpose, make us the embodiment of your compassion. Fill us with your creativity that we might bear the fruit of your vision. Give us
- [St. Teresa of Avila](https://wisrinstitute.org/st-teresa-of-avila/) - Christ has no body now but yours, no hands, no feet on Earth but yours. Yours are the only eyes with which his compassion can still look out on a troubled world. Yours are the only feet with which he can go about doing good. Yours are the only hands with which he can bring
- [Reflections from The Hours of the Universe, by Ilia Delio](https://wisrinstitute.org/reflections-from-the-hours-of-the-universe-by-ilia-delio/) - Matins Awaken! Our universe is grand and wide It stretches like gum ready To blow a bubble. A universe indifferent to life Yet the mother of all life. It doesn’t know that it knows Until we arrive. The We Universe Is the Me Universe and You UniverseWe are the conscious voiceOf the universeBut we are
- [Psalms for Praying, An Invitation to Wholeness, by Nan C. Merrill](https://wisrinstitute.org/psalms-for-praying-an-invitation-to-wholeness-by-nan-c-merrill/) - Psalm 1 Blessed are those who walk hand in hand with goodness, who stand beside virtue, who sit in the seat of truth; For their delight is in the Spirit of Love, and in Love's heart they dwell day and night. They are like trees planted by streams of water, that yield fruit in
- [Prime by Ilia Delio, Hours of the Universe](https://wisrinstitute.org/prime-by-ilia-delio-hours-of-the-universe/) - Creation flows from the fountain fullness Of creative energy, Springing from a creative and dynamic Source of Love. Relational, personal, generative, communicative Love Spilling over on the canvass of space-time; Creation is like a song That flows in the most beautiful of harmonies. What could possibly account for such Creative beauty bubbling up Into life? Could
- [Prayer, from Hymn of the Universe, by Teilhard de Chardin](https://wisrinstitute.org/prayer-from-hymn-of-the-universe-by-teilhard-de-chardin/) - Glorious Lord Christ: The divine influence secretly diffused and active in the depths of matter, And the dazzling center where all the innumerable fibres of the manifold meet; Power as implacable as the world and as warm as life; You whose forehead is of snow, Whose eyes are of fire, and whose feet are brighter
- [Prayer for My New Shoes, by Juan V. Fernández de la Gala](https://wisrinstitute.org/prayer-for-my-new-shoes/) - Good Father God, I thank you for my new shoes and also for my old ones. You, who look with a Father’s loving indulgence on each of my steps on Earth, make me value this privilege that is to have them in a world where so many go barefoot. Keep my shoes on the happy course of
- [Prayer by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin ](https://wisrinstitute.org/prayer-by-pierre-teilhard-de-chardin/) - Lord, by every innate impulse and through all the hazards of my life, I have been driven ceaselessly to search for you and to set you in the heart of the universe of matter. Thus, I shall have the joy, when death comes, of closing my eyes amidst the splendor of a universal transparency aglow
- [Patient Trust, by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin](https://wisrinstitute.org/patient-trust-by-pierre-teilhard-de-chardin/) - Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new. And yet it is the law of all progress that it is
- [Meditation by St. Symeon the New Theologian](https://wisrinstitute.org/meditation-by-st-symeon-the-new-theologian/) - We awaken in Christ’s body as Christ awakens our bodies, and my poor hand is Christ. He enters my foot, and is infinitely me. I move my hand, and wonderfully My hand becomes Christ, becomes all of Him (for God is indivisibly Whole, seamless in His Godhood). I move my foot, and at once He
- [It Takes a Universe, by Thomas Berry](https://wisrinstitute.org/it-takes-a-universe-by-thomas-berry/) - The child awakens to a universe. The mind of the child to a world of wonder. Imagination to a world of beauty. Emotions to a world of intimacy. It takes a universe to make a child both in outer form and inner spirit. It takesa universe to educatea child. A universeto fulfill a child.Each generation
- [Embers, One Ojibway’s Meditations, by Richard Wagamese (Excerpted)](https://wisrinstitute.org/embers-one-ojibways-meditations-by-richard-wagamese-excerpted/) - I am my silence. I am not the business of my thoughts or the daily rhythm of my actions. I am not the stuff that constitutes my world. I am not my talk. I am not my actions. I am my silence. I am the consciousness that perceives all these things. When I go to
- [Canticle of Brother Sun, by St. Francis of Assisi](https://wisrinstitute.org/canticle-of-brother-sun-by-st-francis-of-assisi/) - Most high, all-powerful, all good, Lord All praise is yours, all glory, all honor And all blessing. To you, alone, Most High, do they belong. No mortal lips are worthy To pronounce your name. All praise be yours, my Lord, through all that you have made, And first my lord Brother Sun, Who brings the
- [A Thanksgiving Prayer](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-thanksgiving-pray/) - O God, You who are source and center of all life, We thank you for Yourself, for without You we would not be. We thank you for the elements which sustain our lives, for air, water, earth and sun —awaken us to their precious livingness; We thank you for the beauty of the earth, for
- [A Prayer for Peace, by Frank Sasinowski](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-prayer-for-peace/) - I believe in the unity of all— peoples, animals, plants & planets. All the cosmos is of one Spirit. All is of one consciousness. All are of one Being-“I am who am”. It is process, not product. It is the doing, not what is done. It is the seeing, not what is seen. It is
- [A Christmas Prayer](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-christmas-prayer/) - O God, during this Christmas season, help us see Your light–radiating in the tiniest grain of sand,In the fungi that grows beneath our feet, in the wildflowers and trees,–and in every living creature.For You are love, and love is the energy that ignites and enkindles.To live in Your love is to realize that darkness is
- [ “Hymn to Matter,” from Hymn of the Universe, by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin](https://wisrinstitute.org/hymn-to-matter-from-hymn-of-the-universe-by-pierre-teilhard-de-chardin/) - Blessed be you, harsh matter, barren soil, stubborn rock: you who yield only to violence, you who force us to work if we would eat. Blessed be you, perilous matter, violent sea, untamable passion: you who unless we fetter you will devour us. Blessed be you, mighty matter, irresistible march of evolution, reality ever newborn;
- [Welcome to our Facilitators’ page!  ](https://wisrinstitute.org/welcome-to-the-for-facilitators-page/) - First of all, thank you for all you do! You are an integral part of our work at the Center for Christogenesis! On this part of our website you will find regular messages from me or other C4C staff. I encourage you to check it at least once a week, if you are able. You can also
- [Heart of Matter: "Christianity is a Non-Dual Religion"](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-christianity-is-a-non-dual-religion/) - “Writing from an intercultural perspective, Raimon Panikkar’s view was that Christianity is essentially a non-dual religion. What has distorted this awareness has been the attempt to process Jesus’s experience through a rigid Western interpretation of Abrahamic monotheism that sees creator and creature as separated by an unbridgeable abyss. But Jesus himself neither taught nor experienced
- [Heart of Matter: "God Lives in the World"](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-god-lives-in-the-world/) - “The world lives in God and God lives in the world, and the mutual influence between God and the world is similar to the way the cells of our body influence us.” Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God, Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole “El mundo vive en Dios y Dios vive en
- [Listen to "An Audience with Ilia Delio" from the Aspen Chapel Retreat.](https://wisrinstitute.org/listen-to-an-audience-with-ilia-delio-from-the-aspen-chapel-retreat/) - "An Audience with Ilia Delio" at Aspen Chapel Retreat. Ilia argues that quantum physics and neuroscience are key elements informing our understanding of spirituality and the future of both the human race and our planet.
- [Heart of Matter: "Center of Love"](https://wisrinstitute.org/center-of-love/) - “For Teilhard, Omega is the most intensely personal center that makes beings personal and centered because it is the attractive center of love that empowers every center to love.” Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, and the Relational Whole, (referenced from Teilhard’s, Activation of Energy, pg. 112) + "Para Teilhard, Omega
- [Heart of Matter: "Ideas of the Sacred"](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-ideas-of-the-sacred/) - “Teilhard understood that our idea of nature has changed along with our ideas of the sacred largely because science and technology have redefined our world. The scientific and technological transformation of nature belongs to the new story of religion." Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole + "Teilhard
- [Heart of Matter: "Adapt to the Evolving World"](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-adapt-to-the-evolving-world/) - “Unless religion changes and adapts to the evolving world, it cannot do what it has the capacity to do: enkindle a zest for life.” Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole + "A no ser que la religión cambie y se adapte al mundo en evolución, no podrá
- [Video Message with Ilia Delio on Building a New Earth](https://wisrinstitute.org/ilia-delio-on-building-a-new-earth/) - A special video message from Ilia Delio.Please consider a donation to the Center for Christogenesis at https://wisrinstitute.org/donate/
- [Heart of Matter: "Preaching a Sky God"](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-preaching-a-sky-god/) - July 2 “If religion is a cosmic and personal phenomenon and God symbolizes the interior depth of consciousness, then how do we still preach and teach a sky God?” Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God, Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole 2 de julio "Si la religión es un fenómeno cósmico y personal
- [Heart of Matter: "Transcendence of the Psyche"](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-transcendence-of-the-psyche/) - “God is the name of the Whole of the whole, the transcendence of the psyche. God is within, as archetype, yet more than the collective unconsciousness.” Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God, Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole “Dios es el nombre de la plenitud y la trascendencia de la psique. Es cierto
- [Listen to "Why AI Needs Religion" on Tech Innovations](https://wisrinstitute.org/why-ai-needs-religion/) - AI Meets Religion: Dr Ilia Delio on AI and Human Evolution: Listen to Dr. T from Tech Innovations interview Dr. Ilia Delio.
- [Listen to Ilia Delio on "Off the Page" a podcast presented by Franciscan Media](https://wisrinstitute.org/listen-to-ilia-delio-on-franciscan-media-podcast-off-the-page/) - Ilia Delio — A Theology of the Future"Off the Page" a podcast presented by Franciscan Media
- [Heart of Matter: "The Question Is?"](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-the-question-is/) - “The question we have to face, theologically, is this: If divinity is transcendent, personal being, what does this mean in terms of consciousness and the psyche? Is God a shorthand term for the infinite wholeness of potential life, the collective unconsciousness, or is God the transcendence of consciousness itself?” Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God, Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the
- [Claiming Our Divine Potential](https://wisrinstitute.org/claiming-our-divine-potential/) - American psychotherapist, Ira Progoff, was fascinated by the relationship between depth psychology and spirituality. As a neo-Jungian, he took seriously the presence and power of the collective unconscious and the need to “individuate” the self—to search for the principle of cosmic potential at the depths of the person and free it to reach its fullest
- ["Tabernacles" by Graziano Marchesi](https://wisrinstitute.org/tabernacles-by-graziano-marchesi/) - It happened fast. A feeble-brained innocent, refugee from half-way spaces, moving at the wrong time: the Bread raised high, the Cup engaged in mystery, and he chooses this time to change his seat from one church side to the other. For a moment his head blocks the view of bread yielding to miracle. For a
- [Relaunch of Hunger for Wholeness](https://wisrinstitute.org/relaunch-of-hunger-for-wholeness/) - A profound truth streams its way through the sacred texts and traditions of all religions: there is a transcendent power of love operating within us that, if understood and accessed properly, can help us foster the collective wisdom, compassion, and resilience necessary to save ourselves and our planet. Following the insights of Jesuit scientist Pierre
- [Heart of Matter: Reality of Evolution](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-reality-of-evolution/) - “The more we can be in touch with the reality of evolution, the greater we can align ourselves with its fundamental forces so that we can flow peacefully into the new dynamic wholeness that is taking shape.” Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole +"Mientras más podamos
- [Heart of Matter: The Key to Wholeness](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-key-to-wholeness/) - “The key to wholeness lies in consciousness. As we come into contact with one another, consciousness shifts and relationships change. And the relationships change us, so that we are further shaped as individuals rather than being dissolved in a featureless collectivity.” Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational
- [Announcing New Executive Director, Robert Nicastro](https://wisrinstitute.org/announcing-new-executive-director-robert-nicastro/) - Dear Friends, On behalf of the Center for Christogenesis, I want to extend a warm welcome to our new Executive Director, Robert Nicastro. Robert has been on the Center’s team for the last few years, as manager of the Hunger for Wholeness Podcast, as well as Course facilitator. He has offered several excellent online workshops
- [Heart of Matter: Conscious Evolution](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-conscious-evolution/) - "Given the new reality of conscious evolution, it is not unusual that the fastest evolver today is computer technology. We need new ways of making sense of human meaning and purpose in a world of complexity." Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole + "Dada la nueva realidad de la
- [Podcast Alert: Robert Wright interviews Ilia Delio on "The Cosmic Pierre Teilhard de Chardin"](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast-alert-robin-wright-interviews-ilia-delio-on-the-cosmic-pierre-teilhard-de-chardin/) - Robert Wright interviews Ilia Delio on podcast, NonZero. Ilia answers question surrounding the Teilhard solution to the mind-body problem and does AI suggest "nature to nature?"
- [Heart of Matter: "Converge"](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-converge/) - “As consciousness grows through shared information, we humans will converge by coming together, as persons, communities, and nation-states.” Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole + "Conforme los individuos entran en contacto con el poder unificador que recorre la evolución, pasan de ser meros individuos a ser
- [Trinity and Personhood](https://wisrinstitute.org/trinity-and-personhood/) - I have been teaching a graduate course on the Trinity this semester and it has impelled me to think anew about the Trinity and what the implications of the Trinity might mean for future planetary life. As I wrote in my last blog, I do not think that we have a functioning trinitarian theology. We have a
- [Heart of Matter: A Discovery](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-discovery/) - Quote from (Writings in the Time of War) Teilhard recounts his inner journey into All: "I allowed my consciousness to sweep back to the farthest limit of my body, to ascertain whether I might not expand outside myself. I stepped down into the most hidden depths of my being, lamp in hand and ears alert, to
- [Looking Forward to Journeying With You](https://wisrinstitute.org/looking-forward-to-journeying-with-you/) - Dear Friends, The fourteenth-century mystic Meister Eckhart put it best: “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” He knew well that gratitude comes from the awareness of the generative love of God in our lives. For the gift of your thoughtful words of confidence,
- [Death Anxiety and the Cross](https://wisrinstitute.org/death-anxiety-and-the-cross/) - This week Christians around the world celebrate the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The death of Jesus was simply horrific, the worst of what humans can do to one another, retold as a story that we have ritualized, memorialized and reenacted. But what have we learned from it? Human violence has not only
- [Heart of Matter: "Everything is Enfolded Into Everything"](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-everything-is-enfolded-into-everything/) - "The implicate order means everything is enfolded into everything, and the question of distinguishing what is hidden and what is apparent is a challenging one." Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole + "El orden implicado significa que todo está envuelto en todo, y la cuestión de
- [The Unemployed Trinity and a Fragile Earth: Refocusing the Christian God](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-unemployed-trinity-and-a-fragile-earth-refocusing-the-christian-god/) - The Christian understanding of God is upside down. For some odd reason, we emphasize a God of power and might when the God of Jesus Christ was hidden and humble. Christians profess belief in the consubstantiality of Father and Son, but Jesus experienced a deep parental love at the heart of his life, by which
- [When Did Jesus Become God?](https://wisrinstitute.org/when-did-jesus-become-god/) - In an article on “The Emergence of Devotion to Jesus in the Early Church,” Australian theologian Anne Hunt writes: "Our familiarity as Christians with Christian faith’s conviction that Jesus is divine..."
- [Heart of Matter: Relationality](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-relationality/) - "Because reality is marked by relationality and movement, it has endless depth." Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole + "La realidad está marcada por la relacionalidad y el movimiento, y eso le confiere una profundidad infinita." Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de
- [Heart of Matter: The Language of Mathematics](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-everything-exists/) - "The new insights of quantum physics bear a resemblance to early Greek science. What the Greeks realized is what physicists now realize, that the language of mathematical relationship is perhaps the primordial word of everything exists." Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole + "Las nuevas intuiciones
- [Heart of Matter: Infinite Potential](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-infinite-potential/) - "As we travel into the world of quantum physics, we enter a misty sea of infinite potential." Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole, Ch. 1 + "A medida que viajamos al mundo de la física cuántica, nos introducimos en un mar brumoso con un potencial infinito."
- [Heart of Matter: Energy Moving Slowly](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-energy-moving-slowly/) - "Matter is energy moving slowly enough to be seen." Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole + "La materia es la energía moviéndose con suficientemente lentitud como para que pueda ser vista." Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole,
- [Heart of Matter: Quantum Physics](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-quantum-physics/) - "Quantum physics is a branch of science that focuses on quantum mechanics, where the term "mechanics" refers to the set of principles used to describe the behaviour of matter and energy at the most fundamental levels." Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole Ch.1 "La física cuántica
- [Heart of Matter: Nature is Not Merely the Stuff](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-nature-is-not-merely-the-stuff/) - "The weirdness of nature is that nature is not merely the stuff of material things but also the elusiveness of energy." Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole + "Lo desconcertante de la naturaleza es que la naturaleza no es meramente la materia de las cosas materiales
- [The Heart of Matter: The Map Is Not The Territory](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-the-map-is-not-the-territory/) - "Physics is an abstract description of nature, although there are no abstractions in nature. What you see is not necessarily what is there. The map is not the territory." Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole + "La física es una descripción abstracta de la naturaleza, sin
- [Our Team Is Growing!](https://wisrinstitute.org/our-team-is-growing/) - Welcome Rebecca Mays and Kate Kristiansen to the C4C team! Rebecca is the new Christophany Groups Coordinator. Rebecca is currently Managing Editor for the Dialogue Institute ‘s Journal of Ecumenical Studies, and a Consultant for the State Department programs on religious freedom for scholars and students. Her special interests in developing new curriculum and facilitating dialogue
- [The Heart of Matter: A Mystical Science](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-a-mystical-science/) - Modern physics is, in a sense, a mystical science that stands in opposition to the notion that, "science explains everything" or that "science gives us the truth." Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole, Ch. 1 + La física moderna es, en cierto sentido, una ciencia mística
- [The Heart of Matter: A New Paradigm](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-a-new-paradigm/) - "As new insights arise that no longer fit the prevailing paradigm, they give birth to a new paradigm, which emerges over time. The new paradigm is not just an extension of the old, but a completely new worldview." Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole, Ch. 1
- [The Heart of Matter: Our Everyday Experience](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-our-everyday-experience/) - "The fundamental basis of everything that exists is nothing like our everyday experience of the world." Ilia Delio, The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the Relational Whole, Ch. 1 + "La base fundamental de todo lo que existe, en nada se parece a nuestra experiencia cotidiana del mundo." Ilia Delio, The
- [Welcome to the new christogenesis.org!](https://wisrinstitute.org/welcome-to-the-new-christogenesis-org/) - As a community connected largely through the internet, we set out last year to create an online experience that is both clear and inspiring. Throughout the process, we’ve had the opportunity to design solutions for our most cherished programs while leaving intentional room for growth. While nothing here is revolutionary, we expect our new site
- [Thank You for Your Support](https://wisrinstitute.org/thank-you-for-your-support/) - Dear Friends of the Center, Before this New Year races down the runway of time, I want to take a moment to thank you for your generous support of our December fundraiser. Your generosity was exceptional and I am happy to report that we exceeded our goal of 40K for the Center for Christogenesis. We
- [Leaning Into the Future](https://wisrinstitute.org/leaning-into-the-future/) - A Reflection by Board of Director, Sister Libby Osgood, CND As I sit before a picture-window overlooking a New York City street, I see a man knelt on the sidewalk next to his car, pointed towards Mecca and praying on one of the fuzzy, Corolla floor-mats. He is an embodiment of the universal call to
- [The Future is Now](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-future-is-now/) - “At the heart of every being lies creation’s dream of a principle that will one day give organic form to its fragmented treasures. God is unity.” (Teilhard de Chardin) The following is a tribute and thank you to the work and influence of three Franciscans and a Jesuit. The first Franciscan is Sr Marise May,
- [Dancing Into the Future](https://wisrinstitute.org/dancing-into-the-future/) - I had the pleasure of meeting up with my grown son on New Year’s Day, and we talked about our approaches to the New Year. My son shared that he begins his day with a meditation by Thích Nhất Hạnh regarding how to approach a new day, breaking out of old patterns and establishing new
- [Towards the Metahuman in 2024](https://wisrinstitute.org/towards-the-metahuman-in-2024/) - We are on the cusp of a New Year and the crystal ball in New York City, marking the new year, will soon be released in Times Square. While we anticipate crossing the threshold into 2024, we are anxious about what the New Year may hold for us. The world has become vastly complex, and
- [Art Disrupts the Senses](https://wisrinstitute.org/art-disrupts-the-senses/) - "I am always optimistic concerning things that most people think can't be done." Albert Barnes Dear Friends, We just presented our recent Annual Conference, this year titled “God 2.0: Pantheism and Quantum Reality”. This meant a trip for me to Philadelphia to collaborate with our Center for Christogenesis team and to create in
- [Lean On The Future](https://wisrinstitute.org/lean-on-the-future/) - Dear Friends, We are entering a season of Thanksgiving and grace in a world besieged by war and violence. There are wars within and wars without. Anxiety and fear are palpable, as the destabilized human community struggles to remain upright. Systems no longer work for the good of the whole and are conflicted within, rendering
- [The World Will Change by Creating a New One](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-world-will-change-by-creating-a-new-one/) - There is a lot of uncertainty at present with the war in the Middle East, the devastation of Ukraine, the mass shooting in Maine and the lack of political leadership in the U.S. The Catholic Church concluded its month-long synod with no clear outcome or direction. The feeling of a destabilized world is creating global
- [Science Without Religion is Like an Ocean Without Water](https://wisrinstitute.org/science-without-religion-is-like-an-ocean-without-water/) - Teilhard de Chardin was a scientist who thought of science as a process; he found joy in exploring the unknown mysteries of matter. In a small essay on the “The Spiritual Power of Matter,” he tells the story of two travelers in the desert, one seeks spiritual truth by leaving the world, the other is lured by matter as the realm of the Absolute. To survive, he must wrestle with Matter and see what it reveals.
- [Rebirthing Religion](https://wisrinstitute.org/rebirthing-religion/) - In his most recent book, What to believe? Twelve Brief Lessons in Radical Theology, Villanova philosopher, John Caputo, lays out one of the most accessible (and witty) descriptions of radical theology. Robin Meyers writes of Caputo’s book: “Tired of living in the shallow end of the theological pool, Caputo invites us all to push out
- [Heart of Matter: Meaningful Technology](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-meaningful-technology/) - "Whereas in the past religion fulfilled the need for transcendence by harnessing the powers of the spirit, now technology is supplanting the role of religion to connect us in a way that is meaningful for us." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "En el pasado la religión satisfacía la necesidad de trascendencia, aprovechando los
- [Heart of Matter: Transhumanism](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-transhumanism/) - Tuesday, July 11, 2023 "Although there are a wide range of technologies today to enhance human life, the term transhumanism refers to technologies that can improve mental and physical aspects of the human condition such as suffering, disease, aging, and death." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "Aunque hoy en día existe una amplia gama de
- [Heart of Matter: The Stuff of Life](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-the-stuff-of-life/) - Tuesday, July 25, 2023 To love God is to love the cosmos, the earth, the body, materiality—the stuff of life—which is one with God without being identical to God. Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "Amar a Dios es amar al cosmos, amar la tierra, amar el cuerpo, amar la materialidad –base de la
- [Heart of Matter: What is the Noosphere?](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-what-is-the-noosphere/) - "The noosphere is a new stage for the renewal of life and not a radical break with biological life." Based on works by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin & Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "La noosfera es una nueva etapa hacia la renovación de la vida y no una ruptura radical con la vida
- [Heart of Matter: Super-Consciousness](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-super-consciousness/) - "Teilhard saw the insufficiency of science alone to affect the transition to super-consciousness, that is, to effectively usher in the next stage of life." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "Teilhard percibió la insuficiencia de la ciencia por sí sola para permitir la transición a la súper-conciencia, es decir, para marcar adecuadamente el comienzo
- [Heart of Matter: The Noosphere](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-the-noosphere/) - "The noosphere is a level of shared consciousness that transcends boundaries of religion, culture, or ethnicity." Based on works by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin & Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "La noosfera es un nivel de conciencia compartida que trasciende las fronteras religiosas, culturales o étnicas." Based on works by Pierre Teilhard
- [Heart of Matter: Human Activity Matters](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-human-activity-matters/) - Computer technology extends the outreach of human activity, but it depends on a broader use of human activity and how humans will control psychic, spiritual energy needs, and powers. Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + La informática amplía el alcance de la actividad humana, pero eso dependerá del uso general de la actividad humana
- [Heart of Matter: Create New Meaning Together](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-create-new-meaning-together/) - "As evolution continues and technology advances humankind, religions have to create new meaning together in the creation of a new global society of world citizens." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "A medida que prosigue la evolución y que la tecnología hace avanzar a la humanidad, las religiones tendrán que crear, juntas, un nuevo
- [Heart of Matter: A Mysterious Beginning of Wholeness](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-a-mysterious-beginning-of-wholeness/) - "Life and consciousness emerge from a mysterious beginning of wholeness and are moving toward greater wholeness, more consciousness, and life." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New "La vida y la conciencia emergen de un misterioso comienzo de plenitud y van avanzando hacia una mayor plenitud, mayor conciencia y mayor vida." Ilia Delio, Making All Things
- [Heart of Matter: What God Does in Jesus](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-what-god-does-in-jesus/) - "If we proclaim that Jesus is truly God and truly human, then we are also saying that what God does in Jesus is what God has been doing since the Big Bang." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New "Si proclamamos que Jesús es verdadero Dios y verdadero hombre, entonces también estamos diciendo que lo que
- [Heart of Matter: A Process of Faith](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-a-process-of-faith/) - "What appears to the sciences as a process of cosmogenesis is seen from the perspective of faith to be a process of Christogenesis." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New "Lo que ante las ciencias se presenta como un proceso de cosmogénesis, desde la perspectiva de la fe lo vemos como un proceso de cristogénesis." Ilia
- [Let's Raise Consciousness Through Ethical Technology](https://wisrinstitute.org/lets-raise-consciousness-through-ethical-technology/) - My name is Kate Kristiansen and I work at the Center for Christogenesis. As a marketer, I am full of enthusiasm for the direction of our work. It is with a deep sense of care and responsibility that we use technology. Humans and technology working together, is here. Our choice of introducing AI art for
- [Together We Can Change the Direction of the World](https://wisrinstitute.org/together-we-can-change-the-direction-of-the-world/) - Dear Friends of the Center, Our 2022 December fundraiser was an immense success, thanks to your generosity and support. We were delighted to surpass our goal of $40,000 and will continue to develop programs and webinars to feed the mind and nourish the soul. Thank you for trusting the work of divine energy in our
- [A New Way of Being](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-new-way-of-being/) - A video with S. Ilia Delio titled "A New Way of Being."
- [The Beautiful Wholeness of Nature](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-beautiful-wholeness-of-nature/) - Nature is an interlocking network of systems, an “unbearable wholeness of beings,” Steven Talbott wrote.[i] Nature is more flow than fixed. “The body,” he states, “is a formed”[ii] Structures, once stable formed, do not necessarily stay that way. The cell, event, for example an undividing cell such as a neuron, may experience a complete replacement
- [Religion in Transition: Living Between the Worlds of God](https://wisrinstitute.org/religion-in-transition-living-between-the-worlds-of-god/) - This summer I had the privilege of attending two very different spiritual events, the first, a gathering of spiritual seekers at Princeton Theological Seminary and, the second, a Catholic Sisters’ retreat at San Alfonso retreat house in New Jersey. These events were contiguous, and I found myself moving between worlds. We are living through one
- [The Love of Christ Impels Us](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-love-of-christ-impels-us/) - This past July my husband Jim, my son, and some extended family members traveled to Alaska for a long-awaited and joyfully anticipated vacation. While in Homer, however, Jim had a heart attack and had to be airlifted to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, where he had two surgeries to have stents put into his
- [Transformation or Self-Inflation? The Challenge of Spirituality Today](https://wisrinstitute.org/transformation-or-self-inflation-the-challenge-of-spirituality-today/) - Spirituality has exploded in the twenty-first century and spiritual paths are everywhere. Contemplative practices, spirituality groups, Eastern and Western paths of mysticism, all abound across the infinite terrain of cyberspace. Basically, one can find whatever group that fits one’s spirit: “We have the spirituality for you!” If there was a shopping mall dedicated to spirituality,
- [Politics and the Power of Love](https://wisrinstitute.org/politics-and-the-power-of-love/) - Politics shape human community. Our political decisions reflect our sense of who we are and what we want. We vote as citizens of a common household, members of a society governed by law. The question is, do we elect candidates who have vision? Vision is everything. How we see is how we love, and how
- [A Deep Dive into Cosmotheandrism](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-deep-dive-into-cosmotheandrism/) - In a previous post, I explored the idea of a cosmotheandric language of belonging and resolved that “without the wild energy of Ruach our religious endeavors are cut off from their very source and destination.”[1] In this piece I would like to take a deeper dive into cosmotheandrism by putting Loren Eiseley’s story “The Dance
- [Thick Skins and Brilliant Light](https://wisrinstitute.org/thick-skins-and-brilliant-light/) - Darkness can be a terrifying and disorienting thing, where objects seem to blend into a field of nothingness, leaving one feeling powerless. Physical darkness is one thing, but psychological darkness is another. Darkness of the mind is like a storm cloud that covers the field of experience. Such darkness can engulf a person, convincing the
- [Who is in the Manger?](https://wisrinstitute.org/who-is-in-the-manger/) - Christmas is a beautiful time of the year when we are reminded that the heavens could not contain God, but a simple manger could contain the mystery of divine love. We are reminded that love is stronger than death and that hope is the constancy of light shining through darkness. We are amazed by this
- [Webinar: Will Christianity Survive?](https://wisrinstitute.org/webinar-will-christianity-survive/) - The German philosopher Frederick Nietzsche once said, we must become gods ourselves if we are to live in this world without God. Is this blasphemy or the deeper truth of the Christian message–God becoming flesh? Today, the highest levels of theological reflection fail to grasp the import of evolution for the unfolding of the God-world
- [Webinar: Scripture Meets Science](https://wisrinstitute.org/webinar-scripture-meets-science/) - The greatest obstacle to religion today does not come so much from atheists but from the neo-foundationalists whose fundamental tenets of religion claim ontological certainty. These are the religious fundamentalists whose certainty of divine truths based on the inerrancy of scripture creates division. Their grip on God strips the world of the divine mystery. -Ilia
- [The Wisdom of the Cross](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-wisdom-of-the-cross/) - The paschal mystery is the center of Christian theology. The re-enactment of the last supper and the betrayal of Jesus, followed by his sentence of crucifixion, speak to us of human sorrow, violence and abandonment. An innocent man, driven by his prophetic mission of God’s in-breaking reign, despised by many and led to the slaughter
- [God of the Im/Possible](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-of-the-im-possible/) - With the resurrection of Jesus Christ, time is interrupted and we are startled by a deeper reality: God is doing new things. Underneath a world racked by war, racial hatred, gender discrimination and global warming, the power of divine love is swelling with new life, symbolized by the risen Christ. The resurrection does not mean
- [Building an Internet of Love](https://wisrinstitute.org/we-need-creative-technology-coupled-with-wisdom/) - Dear Friends of the Center, Our June fundraiser has drawn to a close and I am happy to report that we met our anticipated goal thanks to your generous support. The Center for Christogenesis is reaching minds and hearts around the globe, building an “amornet” or an internet of love. Our systems have become overly
- [Whitehead & Teilhard: Convergences, Divergences, Integrations](https://wisrinstitute.org/whitehead-teilhard-convergences-divergences-integrations/) - Read more about Whitehead & Teilhard: Convergences, Divergences, Integrations. A conference in September co-sponsored by C4C.
- [Workshop Series: Revelation in an Emerging Universe: Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry](https://wisrinstitute.org/workshop-series-revelation-in-an-emerging-universe/) - If someone were to ask, "where is God?" Could you respond? Would you raise your finger in the air and point to the sky? Or would you turn the finger on yourself and claim that your heart is the seat of the divine? Or perhaps as a third alternative, would you simply argue that God
- [Webinar: Breaking Down or Breaking Through?](https://wisrinstitute.org/webinar-breaking-down-or-breaking-through/) - The rapid development of artificial intelligence, including the new chat GPT software, has created deep fear in a world already facing a dire future due to global warming. The influx of bad news is creating conditions of global depression and global anxiety disorder. We seem to be working against ourselves, aiming for our own extinction.
- [Faith Under-Reconstruction](https://wisrinstitute.org/faith-under-reconstruction/) - I imagine my faith surrounded with “Under Reconstruction” roadsigns. I am among multitudes of “Former Christians.” We move along a broad spectrum including “new atheists,” “nones” (no religious affiliation checking the “none” box on certain forms), “spiritual but not religious,” to a number of people like me who find meaning in the ancient journey of
- [Soul Brothers? St. Paul and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: Apostle to the 'Gentiles' of Modernity](https://wisrinstitute.org/soul-brothers-st-paul-and-pierre-teilhard-de-chardin/) - THE TENSIONS OF CHRISTIAN HUMANISM It is the problem of Christian humanism, of how to balance the interests of God and those of human beings. When correctly interpreted, Teilhard would say, their interests are one and the same. Because for Christian faith, God is now and forever a human being, and the human being, Christ,
- [Seeing Our Way Forward Through the Unifying Lens of Love](https://wisrinstitute.org/seeing-our-way-forward-through-the-unifying-lens-of-love/) - It’s a cold and foggy morning in western Kentucky. The colors are muted, and outlines of shapes and forms are increasingly blurred as you look towards the distance to a point where they seem to be only suggestions of forms; half-remembered dreams of identity and wholeness. The sky is a dull, monotonous glow, without differentiation,
- [Seeing with Two Pairs of Eyes](https://wisrinstitute.org/seeing-with-two-pairs-of-eyes/) - "Our life is a faint tracing on the surface of mystery, like the idle, curved tunnels of leaf miners on the face of a leaf," writes Annie Dillard.[1] This simple but eloquent reflection is grounded in empirical knowledge of a particular phenomenon and couched in the language of place, yet also speaks to the soul,
- [Does God Suffer?](https://wisrinstitute.org/does-god-suffer/) - The name “God” reflects the incomprehensible wellspring of love at the heart of an expanding universe. The Christian understanding of God’s relational nature begins with the first divine person, the Father, the fountain fullness of love, who vitalizes and engenders all that is, including the personal center and expression of God, who is Son and
- [God 2.0 and Techno Sapien Life](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-2-0-and-techno-sapien-life/) - The introduction of ChatGPT in November 2022 created quite a stir, as artificial intelligence can now mimic human intelligence. The ability of a machine to write an essay of complex ideas in response to a human question or create art or music has transformed science fiction into reality. We are now beginning to see that
- [The Heart of Matter: Evolution Shows us That Change is Integral to New Life.](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-evolution-shows-us-that-change-is-integral-to-new-life/) - Welcome to our first The Heart of Matter, a new contemplative email series from the Center for Christogenesis. Every Tuesday you will receive an email with a passage from one of Ilia’s books to ponder. Our invitation to you will be to read those passages every day to give them time to reveal their deeper
- [The Heart of Matter: The Key to Evolution is Openness to the Environment.](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-key-to-evolution-is-openness-to-the-environment/) - Welcome to The Heart of Matter, a new contemplative email series from the Center for Christogenesis. Our invitation to you is to read those passages every day to give them time to expand and use an incarnational practice to deepen their understanding. Knowledge without practice can remain “heady” and far from becoming transformative. The practices
- [Christophany Groups Update: Vancouver](https://wisrinstitute.org/christophany-groups-vancouver-2/) - The concepts of Christogenesis can be hard to grasp. Ilia Delio and other contributors to the website write in simple, and sometimes eloquent, prose, but those of us without a science or theological background can still struggle with what it all means. One way to deal with this through a Christophany Group is to have
- [The Heart of Matter: Emergence](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-emergence/) - Tuesday, January 25th 2022 "Emergence points to the appearance of novel structures or forms in evolution. New things happen, and they are different from what already exists or has existed." —Ilia Delio, The Emergent Christ * A special thank you to Lynda Cameron who graciously compiled the quotes used in those emails. In Spanish: "La
- [The Heart of Matter: Spirit Incarnating Matter is Energy for a New Future.](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-spirit-incarnating-matter-is-energy-for-a-new-future/) - Welcome to The Heart of Matter, a new contemplative email series from the Center for Christogenesis. Our invitation to you is to read those passages every day to give them time to expand in your heart and to use an incarnational practice to deepen their understanding. Eventually you will have at your disposal a whole
- [The Heart of Matter: Divine Relationship](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-divine-relationship/) - Tuesday, February 1st "The dynamic life of the Trinity as ever newness in love means that every divine relationship is a new beginning because every divine person is a transcendent horizon of love. Being is transcendence in love, and God's Being in love is eternally free." —Ilia Delio, The Emergent Christ "La vida dinámica de
- [The Heart of Matter: Creation](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-creation/) - Tuesday, February 8th "Creation as incarnation is the process of making whole; evolution itself can be described as the process of making wholes over long periods of time. The incarnation is the explicit making whole of divinity and humanity in the unity of person, without change, division, separation, or confusion. " —Ilia Delio, The Emergent Christ
- [Christophany Groups Update: Iowa](https://wisrinstitute.org/christophany-groups-iowa/) - Quest: A New Christophany but Longtime Group Our group began nine years ago when a handful of friends joined for coffee and sharing their concerns about a church no longer fulfilling their need for deeper spiritual growth and a frustration with exclusionary practices and dogmatic demands. These few were moved to invite other like-concerned friends
- [Open and Relational Theism: A Challenge for Catholic Theology](https://wisrinstitute.org/open-and-relational-theism-a-challenge-for-catholic-theology/) - Raimon Panikkar, one of the great but hidden lights of the twentieth century, wrote that cosmology and theology are intertwined: there is no cosmology without theology, and no theology without cosmology. The great Thomas Aquinas said something similar: a mistake about creation is a mistake about God. To put this in our contemporary idiom, I
- [The Heart of Matter: Love](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-love/) - Tuesday, February 15th "We can help heal this world and unify it in love, or we can destroy its inner unity by our resistance to evolve in love." —Ilia Delio, The Emergent Christ "Podemos ayudar a sanar este mundo y a unificarlo en el amor, o podemos destruir su unidad íntima con nuestra resistencia a
- [The Heart of Matter: Change](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-change/) - Tuesday, February 22nd "We have yet to grasp the reality that God is love, and love is dynamic; the fidelity of God's love lies in love's nature to change, grow, admonish, and yield." —Ilia Delio, The Emergent Christ "Todavía no alcanzamos e entender la realidad de que Dios es amor, y el amor es dinámico;
- [The Heart of Matter: Love and Incarnation](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-love-and-incarnation/) - Tuesday, March 1st " Love always seeks the best for the beloved. Until we grow into this God, who is love, a divine love that draws us from the future into fullness of life, we can never accept the incarnation as the very purpose and goal of this creation." —Ilia Delio, The Emergent Christ "El
- [The Heart of Matter: A Lenten Call](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-lenten-call/) - Tuesday, March 8th "Lent is a time for living on the edge, poised for the next moment of life. We are invited to get out of our comfortable centers of security and live on the brink of the incomplete, the not-knowing, the open future, and to find comfort in the chaotic flow of life.." —Ilia
- [The Heart of Matter: Waking up](https://wisrinstitute.org/waking-up/) - Tuesday, March 15th "This Lent we are called into a new consciousness of love. It is time to move beyond Plato’s cave, of returning to God with some type of detached spirit, and to wake up to the reality that we have cut God out of physical evolution and taken the reins of godly power
- [Integrating the World Views of Science and Religion: Today’s Urgent Theological Challenge](https://wisrinstitute.org/integrating-the-world-views-of-science-and-religion-todays-urgent-theological-challenge/) - Some of you may have seen Brian Cox’s magnificent recent series Universe, broadcast on BBC 4. The program on black holes was mind-bending, as Cox explained how all the workings of space-time cease completely at the event horizon of these “monsters,” which swallow up all neighboring stars and even smaller black holes. Located at the
- [About Rebecca Mays (New Christophany Groups Coordinator)](https://wisrinstitute.org/rebecca-mays/) - Dear Christophany groups, Hi! My name is Rebecca Mays and I am joyfully taking on the job of Christophany group coordinator. I have been getting to know some of you since April 1 and am now wanting to know more of you and your interests. The hope for these groups is that they can
- [La Misa Sobre El Mundo (Mass On The World)](https://wisrinstitute.org/la-misa-sobre-el-mundo-mass-on-the-world/) - La Misa Sobre El Mundo - Mass On The World A Video adaptation of a Teilhard de Chardin text in Spanish with English subtitles Presented by Juan V. Fernández de la Gala
- [The Heart of Matter: Birthing](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-birthing/) - Tuesday, March 22nd "We have 'de-incarnated' God and are now left with a planet stripped of spiritual soul. Is there hope? Yes, where there is God, there is hope and future, but the Gospel message is clear: hope is what dawns when new wine is put into new wineskins. The old must die for the
- [The Heart of Matter: Unlearning](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-unlearning/) - Tuesday, March 29th "The Christian journey is by definition a Lenten journey. Following Jesus through the cross should not be a special effort six weeks of the year; rather, it is the path into God. It is a path of conversion, a realization that we are unfinished, insecure and a bit broken. 'Conversion' is based
- [The Heart of Matter: Waking up](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-waking-up/) - Tuesday, April 5th "Conversion is awakening to the interior desire for God and the need for God. One becomes liberated from the selfish ego, the desire to possess and control, by letting go and trusting the power of divine life at the heart of life. In this respect, conversion is a means of becoming more
- [The Heart of Matter: Resting](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-resting/) - Tuesday, April 12th "The events of Holy Week should not be reduced to a re-enacted drama but must be embraced as our deepest reality. Each of us is called to undergo death if we seek the fullness of life. The death we are called to endure is the death to separation [or the separated self]
- [About Kate Kristiansen](https://wisrinstitute.org/about-kate-kristiansen/) - Kate Kristiansen has more than twenty years of experience in digital marketing, publicity, and brand sponsorship development. She has managed marketing for arts and community organizations, institutional banking, major live entertainment touring shows across North America for Cirque du Soleil, and Dreamworks Live. Kate is also a part-time Professor of Marketing at St. Lawrence College
- [Christophany Group Update: Australia and New Zealand](https://wisrinstitute.org/christophany-groups-australia-and-new-zealand/) - In our recent meetings we have been focusing on time at commencement of our meetings for some silent reflection in the style of Lectio Divina, choosing readings that relate to the reflection/discussion material for the evening for example an excerpt from Thomas Berry’s writings or a piece from the Gospel of Thomas, followed by a
- [The Heart of Matter: Opening Doors](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-opening-doors/) - Tuesday, April 19th "God is a beggar of love who waits at the soul's door without daring to force it open; God does not violate our freedom to create ourselves because divine love has imparted to us the freedom to be." —Ilia Delio, "The Emergent Christ" “Dios es un mendigo de amor que espera a
- [The Heart of Matter: Relating](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-relating/) - Tuesday, April 26th "Every moment is eternity in time. What do we want as members of the human species and as Christians? Do we want a world of unity, peace, and justice, or do we want another world, a world of heaven or artificial intelligence or a constructed world of religious life? Do we reject
- [The Heart of Matter: Natura Divina](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-nature-divina/) - Tuesday, May 3rd "Where there is Christ there is complementarity of opposites and thus unity in love; hence, where there is Christ, there is peace. Evolution toward unity in love is evolution toward peace." —Ilia Delio, "The Emergent Christ" “Allí donde está Cristo hay complementariedad de opuestos y, por tanto, unidad en el amor; por
- [The Heart of Matter: Yielding](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-yielding/) - Tuesday, May 10th "We have yet to grasp the reality that God is love, and love is dynamic; the fidelity of God's love lies in love's nature to change, grow, admonish, and yield. " —Ilia Delio, "The Emergent Christ" “Todavía tenemos que aprehender la realidad de que Dios es amor y de que el amor
- [The Heart of Matter: Noticing](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-noticing/) - Tuesday, May 17th "It is important to return to the book of creation as the book of God because creation expresses God. Creation is not a backdrop for human drama but the disclosure of God's identity." —Ilia Delio, "The Emergent Christ" “Es importante que volvamos al libro de la creación como libro de Dios, porque
- [The Heart of Matter: Sky Gazing](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-sky-gazing/) - Tuesday, May 24th "Today we know our universe to be ancient, large, dynamic, and interconnected. The universe is about 13.7 billion years old, with a future of billions of years before it....Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is one among billions of galaxies in the observable universe, consisting of 100 billion stars, and stretching about
- [The Heart of Matter: Evolution](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-evolution/) - Tuesday, May 31th "The epic of evolution may be the greatest story ever told because it speaks of the world's struggle toward an expansive freedom in the presence of self-giving grace. What Darwin showed is that change in the biological world is not due to outside forces or purposeful function of an organism but to
- [Seeing with the Body](https://wisrinstitute.org/seeingwiththebody/) - Center for Christogenesis June Fundraiser Seeing Anew Seeing with the body Seeing with the body. Recently our board member, Brian Graham, attended an art exhibit in Los Angeles, entitled, “Your body is a space that sees.” (https://liahalloran.com/your-body-is-a-space-that-sees). What a fascinating insight that corresponds to our new understanding of personhood informed by science. A famous prayer
- [Seeing Anew: Seeing with the Heart](https://wisrinstitute.org/seeing-with-the-heart/) - Center for Christogenesis June Fundraiser Seeing Anew + Seeing with the heart In this video, the late theologian Ramion Panikkar uses the idea of seeing through a window as a metaphor for seeing the world. He describes that the cleaner our window is, the more clearly we can see our own world. However, what
- [June Reflection](https://wisrinstitute.org/june-reflection/) - June is a special month at the Center for Christogenesis. Each year, our staff takes time to reflect on our mission and vision. We take time to revisit our goals for engaging with our community and bringing the Teilhardian vision of Ilia Delio to life in our world. This month our staff took time to
- [For All That Has Been, Thanks, For All That Will Be, Yes!](https://wisrinstitute.org/for-all-that-has-been-thanks-for-all-that-will-be-yes/) - The month of June is quickly moving toward July, and before time escapes the velocity of light, I want to take a moment to extend a heartfelt “thank you” to Isabelle Robinson, who will be leaving the Center at the end of the month. Isabelle has been the Communications Manager for the last four years
- [Christophany Groups Update](https://wisrinstitute.org/christophany-groups-update/) - Dear Christophany Groups and others interested in the C4C vision for wholeness and a constructive future! We have started Coffee Hours for you to appreciate C4C's work and vision. The next one is June 26 at 1:00 p.m. The theme for this month is "Seeing Anew." The opportunity for changing perceptions is one of
- [Visio Divina by Carl Madigan](https://wisrinstitute.org/community-sharing-visio-divina-by-carl-madigan/) - Painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1898 While in prayer with this painting I was deeply captivated by her eyes and drawn to write the following: Your eyes are my eyes My eyes are your eyes You see — I see — we see. Free to see the Presence of the Other Sharing our intimate space
- [The Heart of Matter: Complex Life Forms](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-complex-life-forms/) - Tuesday, July 5th "The whole history of the universe, and particularly the history of biological life on earth, has been characterized by the steady emergence of complexity, a movement toward more complex life forms, which, at critical points in the evolutionary process, qualitative differences emerge." —Ilia Delio, "The Emergent Christ" "Toda la historia del universo,
- [Gun Violence and Technology](https://wisrinstitute.org/gun-violence-and-technology/) - The killing of seven innocent people at a fourth of July celebration has now been added to the growing list of gun violence in this country. We are momentarily shocked by the news, tragic and frightening as it is, but it is another news item sandwiched between Jalen Brunson’s $104 million dollar contract with the
- [The Heart of Matter: Balance](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-balance/) - Tuesday, July 12th "The term evolution can be extended beyond its biological meaning and applied to the whole cosmic process. This progressive evolutionary movement, according to Teilhard, is one in which the consistency of the elements and their stability of balance lie in the direction not of matter but of spirit." —Ilia Delio, "The Emergent
- [The Heart of Matter: Evolution is the way God is present](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-evolution-is-the-way-god-is-present/) - [et_pb_section fb_built="1" _builder_version="3.22" da_is_popup="off" da_exit_intent="off" da_has_close="on" da_alt_close="off" da_dark_close="off" da_not_modal="on" da_is_singular="off" da_with_loader="off" da_has_shadow="on" da_disable_devices="off|off|off"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.25" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"][et_pb_column type="4_4" _builder_version="3.25" custom_padding="|||" custom_padding__hover="|||"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.27.4" background_size="initial" background_position="top_left" background_repeat="repeat"]Tuesday, July 19th Teilhard de Chardin believed that evolution is the way God is present to creation and said that Christians should love evolution because of its God-centeredness. —Ilia Delio, "The
- [A July Reflection](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-july-reflection/) - By Jillian Langford I am the daughter of a newspaper copy editor. Growing up with a father whose job it was to literally read the newspaper front to back everyday meant that my own childhood was filled with conversations about current events, politics, and news about the world. It was not uncommon to find articles
- [The Heart of Matter: Science of Evolution](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-science-of-evolution/) - Tuesday, July 26th 'Despite the remarkable achievements in research science in the twentieth century, the majority of Americans do not know much about the science of evolution, nor do they know the difference between evolution, intelligent design and creationism." —Ilia Delio, "The Emergent Christ" + "A pesar de los avances extraordinarios de la investigación científica
- [The Heart of Matter: Believe in a New Power](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-believe-in-a-new-power/) - Tuesday, August 2nd "Only if we believe in a new power in our midst can we let go of the old reins of control and allow the Spirit to draw us toward a new future." Ilia Delio, Hours of the Universe + "Solo si creemos que un nuevo poder vive entre nosotros, podremos soltar las
- [The Heart of Matter: The Cultural Winds of Change](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-the-cultural-winds-of-change/) - Tuesday, August 9th "...the most unchristian position we can assume is to block the new creation from taking place. And that is exactly where the institutional church finds itself today, internally divided and defending itself against the cultural winds of change." Ilia Delio, Hours of the Universe + "…la postura menos cristiana que podríamos asumir
- [Hunger for Wholeness Podcast Launches!](https://wisrinstitute.org/new-podcast-hunger-for-wholeness-launches/) - Story matters. Our lives are shaped around immersive, powerful stories that thrive at the heart of our religious traditions, scientific inquiries, and cultural landscapes. All stories – big and small – point toward our fundamental hunger for wholeness, understanding, and love. Behind all these stories is a unity of love. Not a unity that is
- [The Heart of Matter: We Are Not Meant To Control Nature](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-we-are-not-meant-to-control-nature/) - Tuesday, August 16th "...the fact is, earth is the primary reality and we are derivative of earthly life. God was creating long before we arrived on the scene. We are not meant to control nature, but instead to be its mind and heart as it seeks its ultimate fulfillment. If we seek to manipulate nature,
- [August Reflection: Pursuing Truth in an Evolving Universe](https://wisrinstitute.org/august-reflection-pursuing-truth-in-an-evolving-universe/) - By Jillian Langford Earlier this month Ilia Delio and I grabbed lunch to discuss all things Center for Christogenesis. At lunch we dreamed of the far-reaching impact of the C4C and how we can get there, together. Although our lunch primarily focused on the mission and vision of the C4C, Ilia and I took
- [The Heart of Matter: The Mysteries of Christian Faith](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-the-mysteries-of-christian-faith/) - Tuesday, August 23rd "Although science has undergone three major paradigm shifts since the Middle Ages, the church still relies on medieval theology to explain the mysteries of Christian faith." Ilia Delio, Hours of the Universe + "Desde la Edad Media la ciencia ha sufrido tres grandes cambios de paradigma, sin embargo, la Iglesia sigue basándose
- [The Heart of Matter: The World of Matter Is Our Home.](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-the-world-of-matter-is-our-home/) - Tuesday, September 6 "The world of matter, energy, space and time is our home. There is an organic unity, a dynamic process, where every part of the whole participates in or mirrors the whole, including God. These realities are ultimate and irreducible." Ilia Delio, Hours of the Universe + "Nuestro hogar es el mundo de
- [The Heart of Matter: God is the Wholeness of Reality](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-god-is-the-wholeness-of-reality/) - Tuesday, September 13, 2022 "God is not an idea but the living wholeness of reality, seen not by the physical eye of the scientist but by the gaze of the mystic, the inner eye of love." Paul Tillich, Theology of Culture Excerpt from Ilia Delio's book, The Unbearable Wholeness of Being + "Dios no es una idea, sino
- [September Reflection: An Open Universe](https://wisrinstitute.org/september-reflection-an-open-universe/) - By Jillian Langford As summer draws to a close, I am already counting down the days to October. And no, not just because I am excited about the changing leaves and hot beverages (hello, Pumpkin Spice Lattes!) that I get to enjoy as the weather changes on the East Coast of the United States. I
- [The Heart of Matter: Theology is a Function of Cosmology](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-theology-is-a-function-of-cosmology/) - Tuesday, September 20, 2022 "Theology is a function of cosmology; knowledge of the sciences is fundamental to the task of theology." Ilia Delio's, The Unbearable Wholeness of Being + "La teología está en función de la cosmología; conocer las ciencias es fundamental para el trabajo teológico." Ilia Delio's, The Unbearable Wholeness of Being What is being moved?
- [The Heart of Matter: The Stuff of the Universe](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-the-stuff-of-the-universe/) - Tuesday, September 27, 2022 "The human experience of consciousness means that the stuff of the universe is mysteriously held together by something more than mere materiality" Ilia Delio's, The Unbearable Wholeness of Being + "La conciencia, como experiencia humana, nos indica que si la materia del universo se mantiene unida misteriosamente es por algo más que la
- [The Heart of Matter: God-Cosmic Energy](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-god-cosmic-energy/) - Tuesday, October 4, 2022 "Being comes together and is deepened in the human person as he or she evolves in and with "God-cosmic" energy." Ilia Delio's, The Unbearable Wholeness of Being + “La existencia afluye y penetra en la persona humana a medida que esta evoluciona en y con la energía cósmica de Dios”. Ilia Delio's, The
- [The Heart of Matter: Know Ourselves as Loved](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-know-ourselves-as-loved/) - Tuesday, October 11, 2022 "We must know ourselves as loved and as being-in-love; in this love is our freedom, our hope, and our zest for life." Ilia Delio's, The Unbearable Wholeness of Being + "Debemos sentirnos amados y enamorados; en este amor reside nuestra libertad, nuestra esperanza y nuestras ganas de vivir". Ilia Delio, The Unbearable Wholeness
- [Coastal Abstractions](https://wisrinstitute.org/coastal-abstractions/) - Recently, we caught up with Artist, Isabelle Robinson on her recent piece Home, as part of her 'Coastal Reflections' art exhibition. When broken objects lose their function and are discarded as being useless, they lose their very reason for being. By uniting them into a new wholeness, Isabelle aims at rediscovering their innate beauty, giving
- [The Heart Matter: The Convergence of Divine Love](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-matter-the-convergence-of-divine-love/) - Tuesday, October 25, 2022 "Not to include death and resurrection is to miss out on what is thoroughly universal, the power of divine Love to converge; humanity, cosmos, and God are united in a single personal center of love, that is the risen Christ." Ilia Delio's, The Unbearable Wholeness of Being + “Prescindir de la muerte y la
- [The Heart of Matter: We are in Movement](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-matter-we-are-in-movement/) - Tuesday, November 1, 2022 "Teilhard was convinced that the total material universe is in movement toward a greater unified convergence." Ilia Delio's, The Hours of the Universe + "Teilhard estaba convencido de que la totalidad del universo material camina hacia una mayor convergencia unificada.” Ilia Delio, The Hours of the Universe What is being moved?
- [Special Event: Merton and Delio](https://wisrinstitute.org/special-event-merton-and-delio_november-8/) - Alan Kolp, from the Thomas Merton Center hosts Partners in the General Dance of the Spirit: Thomas Merton and Ilia Delio Evolving into Grandeur of God November 8, 2022 at 8:00 pm EST Merton and Delio are restless in spirit. They embraced the ongoing work of the Spirit in their lives as the evolutionary reality
- [The Heart of Matter: We Are Part of a Larger Process](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-we-are-part-of-a-larger-process/) - Tuesday, November 8, 2022 "To realize that humans are part of a larger process, which involves long spans of developmental time, brings a massive change to all of our knowledge and beliefs." Ilia Delio's, The Hours of the Universe “Ser conscientes de que los seres humanos formamos parte de un proceso mayor que implica grandes
- [The Heart of Matter: Interconnecting Pathways](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-interconnecting-pathways/) - Tuesday, November 15, 2022 "The computer, according to Teilhard, has evoked a new level of shared consciousness, a level of cybernetic mind giving rise to a field of global mind through interconnecting pathways." Ilia Delio's, The Hours of the Universe “Según Teilhard, la computadora ha concitado un nuevo nivel de conciencia compartida, un nivel de
- [The Heart of Matter: Cosmic Life as a Whole](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-cosmic-life-as-a-whole/) - Tuesday, November 22, 2022 "To separate theology from science and philosophy is to destroy the cosmic genetic code. By keeping these disciplines distinct and apart, life cannot develop coherently, as a whole." Ilia Delio's, The Hours of the Universe "Separar la teología de la ciencia y la filosofía es destruir el código genético cósmico. Si mantenemos
- [The Heart of Matter: A Divine Kiss](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-heart-of-matter-a-divine-kiss/) - Tuesday, November 29, 2022 "The name God points to the mystery of an unspeakable source of eternal love that flows endlessly from the divine kiss that is, at once, a deep intimate presence toward ultimate transcendence and fulfillment." Ilia Delio's, The Hours of the Universe “El nombre de Dios apunta al misterio de una fuente
- [Heart of Matter: God is Doing New Things](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-god-is-doing-new-things/) - Tuesday, January 3, 2023 "God is doing new things, and our response in fidelity and love can bring forth a new communion of planetary life." Ilia Delio's, The Hours of the Universe + “Dios está haciendo cosas nuevas y nuestra respuesta de fidelidad y amor puede suscitar una nueva comunión de vida planetaria.” Ilia Delio, The Hours
- [Heart of Matter: We Are Storytellers](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-we-are-storytellers/) - "We are meaning makers and storytellers. The stories we tell one another shape the meaning of our lives". Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "Somos creadores de significado y narradores de historias. Las historias que nos contamos unos a otros dan forma al significado de nuestras vidas". Ilia Delio, Making All Things New What is being
- [Heart of Matter: Religion is a Deep-Rooted Energy](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-religion-is-a-deep-rooted-energy/) - Tuesday, January 17, 2023 "Despite the modern privatization of religion or the outright dismissal of it, religion won't go away—ever—because religion is about the deep-rooted energies of the spirit yearning for ultimate meaning and fulfillment." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "A pesar de la moderna privatización de la religión o del rechazo total de
- [Season 2 of Hunger for Wholeness Podcast is Live](https://wisrinstitute.org/hunger-for-wholeness-returns-this-february/) - Since the time of Aristotle, philosophers have reminded us that ideas shape actions, so it matters how we think about reality, the world, and ourselves. If reality is interconnected, relational, and dynamic, as physicists assure us, then thinking in terms of isolation and unchanging Being is not only unhelpful but dangerous. In a world tormented
- [Heart of Matter: A Sense of the Whole](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-a-sense-of-the-whole/) - Tuesday, January 24, 2023 "My understanding of catholicity, therefore, is a "sense of the whole" or "according to the whole." The whole, however, is not a given; rather, it flows from my human consciousness and attention. Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + “Entiendo la catolicidad como un “sentido de la totalidad” o un “estar
- [Heart of Matter: The New Universe Story is Complex](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-the-new-universe-story-is-complex/) - Tuesday, January 31, 2023 "What is entirely amazing about this story is that we are here to tell it. Although the new universe story is complex, there are certain features to be noted. First, the "what" of the universe appears like a quantum leap into existence." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + “Lo que
- [Heart of Matter: The Universe is in Motion](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-the-universe-is-in-motion/) - Tuesday, February 7, 2023 "The universe from the beginning has been in constant motion, a constant, "workaholic" bundle of energy in which vast fields of energy connecting across cosmic spaces continuously form, a hyper-energetic mass of bursting mind-like stuff, spewing molecules into the atmosphere with the creativity of an artist." Ilia Delio, Making All Things
- [Heart of Matter: The Mind of Christ](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-the-mind-of-christ/) - Tuesday, February 14, 2023 "A higher consciousness of love, putting on the mind of Christ, is not a trapeze act for saints; it is how we deal with human misunderstandings, conflicts, and death." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "Un amor más consciente, desde la mentalidad de Cristo, no es arte de trapecio apto solo
- [Heart of Matter: Relativity Theory](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-relativity-theory/) - Tuesday, February 21, 2023 "Relativity theory states that matter and energy are really different forms of the same thing—but what is the thing they are forms of?" Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + “La teoría de la relatividad sostiene que materia y energía son en realidad aspectos diferentes de una misma cosa. ¿Pero de
- [Heart of Matter: We Are Here](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-we-are-here/) - Tuesday, March 7 "The question of evolution is not simply one of existence, of why are we here; rather, it is the startling fact that, after 13.8 billion years, we are here—and we know we are here!" Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "La cuestión de la evolución no atañe solo a nuestra existencia, a por
- [Heart of Matter: Biological Ascent](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-biological-ascent/) - March 14 "Teilhard de Chardin described evolution as a "biological ascent," a movement toward more complexified life forms in which, at critical points in the evolutionary process, qualitative differences emerge." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "Teilhard de Chardin describió la evolución como un "ascenso biológico", un movimiento hacia formas de vida más complejas
- [Heart of Matter: Stability of Balance](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-stability-of-balance/) - "The progressive evolutionary movement, according to Teilhard, is one in which the consistence of the elements and their stability of balance lie in the direction not of matter but of spirit." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "Según Teilhard, la progresión del movimiento evolutivo es de tal modo que la consistencia de los elementos
- [Heart of Matter: A Cosmic Mass](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-a-cosmic-mass/) - March 28, 2023 "This movement from matter to spirit marks "the fundamental property of the cosmic mass to concentrate upon itself...as a result of attraction of synthesis." Thus, "there is only one real evolution, the evolution of convergence, because it alone is positive and creative." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "Este movimiento de
- [Heart of Matter: The Human Person](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-the-human-person/) - Tuesday, April 4, 2023 "Teilhard saw evolution of the human person as part of the whole natural process of creativity and generativity." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "Teilhard veía la evolución de la persona como parte de la totalidad del proceso natural de creatividad y generatividad." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New What
- [Heart of Matter: All Potentialities are Present](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-all-potentialities-are-present/) - Tuesday, April 11, 2023 "According to the principle of plenitude we live in a "filled world" in which all potentialities are presented." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "De acuerdo con el principio de plenitud vivimos en un "mundo pletórico" en el que se presentan todas las potencialidades." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New
- [Heart of Matter: What is Emergence?](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-what-is-emergence/) - Tuesday, April 18, 2023 "Emergence is a combination of holism with novelty in a way that contrasts with both physical reductionism and dualism." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "La emergencia es una combinación de holismo con novedad, de modo que se diferencia tanto del reduccionismo físico como del dualismo." Ilia Delio, Making All
- [Heart of Matter: Cosmic and Biological Life](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-cosmic-and-biological-life/) - Tuesday, April 25, 2023 "Looking at evolution through the lens of emergence helps us to realize that cosmic and biological life are marked by the development of increasing wholeness in nature, from the beginning of the Big Bang universe." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "Mirar la evolución a través del prisma de lo
- [Heart of Matter: Nature Reveals Wholeness](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-nature-reveals-wholeness/) - "Nature reveals intrinsic wholeness, but the whole is not constrained by biological life; rather on the level of the human person the whole is open to becoming more whole, orientated to transcend itself, as life stretches toward absolute unity." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "La naturaleza nos revela la totalidad intrínseca, pero ese todo
- [Heart of Matter: We Belong to the Whole](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-we-belong-to-the-whole/) - "We emerge from the whole; we belong to the whole; and we are endowed with the capacity to evolve to higher levels of complexity and consciousness." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + “Emergemos del todo; pertenecemos al todo; y estamos dotados de la capacidad de evolucionar a niveles superiores de complejidad y consciencia." What
- [Heart of Matter: Science and the Arts](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-science-and-the-arts/) - Tuesday May 23, 2023 "From the sixth to the fourth centuries BC, there was an almost unparalleled flowering of science and the arts based on the best of what both right and left hemispheres in conjunction could offer." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "Entre los siglos VI al IV a.C. hubo un florecimiento
- [Heart of Matter: The Human Arrow](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-the-human-arrow/) - Tuesday, May 30, 2023 "Teilhard de Chardin did not see the human person lost or insignificant in light of evolution; rather, he saw the human person as the arrow of evolution, the self-conscious "mind" of evolution, one who influences the direction of evolution." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "Teilhard de Chardin no veía a la persona
- [Technology Has Added Layers of Complexity](https://wisrinstitute.org/technology-has-added-layers-of-complexity/) - Dear Friends, My name is Dustin Kuhns, I serve as the Director of Creative Content at C4C. In practice—although we all wear many hats—I oversee the editorial process of our podcast and lead our web development team. In contemplation, I spend substantial time reflecting on the relationship of art and design to the vision of
- [Heart of Matter: "The Notion of Mind"](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-the-notion-of-mind/) - "The notion of mind, on the human level, includes the brain as well as the body, the senses and emotions, as well as the environment of interaction." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "A nivel humano, la noción de mente abarca tanto el cerebro como el cuerpo, los sentidos y las emociones, así como
- [Christophany Groups Create a World of Deep Relationality](https://wisrinstitute.org/christophany-groups-create-a-world-of-deep-relationality/) - Dear Friends, My name is Emily DeMoor and I am the Director of Christophany Groups at C4C. I also belong to the Omega Café Christophany Group and speak from this rich experience here. Christophany groups are about who we are together, as we share in the joys, sorrows and questions of the world. In Hours
- [Heart of Matter: "Connecting to the Whole"](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-connecting-to-the-whole/) - "When the whole brain is enabling the whole person to connect to the whole environment, catholicity is alive." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "Cuando la totalidad del cerebro permite a la totalidad de la persona conectarse con la totalidad del entorno, la catolicidad está viva." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New
- [Heart of Matter: Conscious Connectivity](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-conscious-connectivity/) - "The passionate right brain, with its magical world of creative visionary thinking, has been mostly sidelined. We have reduced mind to the mental analytical work of the left brain, depriving the world of conscious connectivity." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + “El apasionado cerebro derecho, con su mundo mágico de pensamiento creativo y visionario,
- [Heart of Matter: To Co-Create with God](https://wisrinstitute.org/heart-of-matter-to-co-create-with-god/) - Tuesday, June 27, 2023 "To co-create with God is to gather the many fields of the mind into a consciousness of love." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New + "Co-crear con Dios es reunir los diversos campos de la mente en una sola conciencia de amor." Ilia Delio, Making All Things New What is being
- [A New World is Dawning in our Midst](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-new-world-is-dawning-in-our-midst/) - Dear Friends, I just finished teaching two classes of fifty students, between eighteen and twenty-one years old, on many of the ideas we discuss at the Center for Christogenesis. The younger generations get it. They are eager to build a world where religion is the vitalizing energy of all aspects of life. We can help
- [Why Tradition Matters](https://wisrinstitute.org/why-tradition-matters/) - by Ilia Delio The death of Pope Benedict XVI was a significant turning point in the Catholic Church. The Vatican’s watchdog of the magisterium was a medieval scholar, a noteworthy theologian who, in the 1960s, was considered a theological vanguard. In his later years, however, Benedict established walls that did not allow the aims of
- [Soul Brothers?](https://wisrinstitute.org/soul-brothers/) - By Hilda Geraghty Soul Brothers: St. Paul, Apostle to the Gentiles and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin SJ, Apostle to the 'Gentiles' of Modernity Why would one dare to put a name beside that of St. Paul? - Other than that of St. Peter, of course. But that is what I am daring to do, if
- [A Cosmotheandric Language of Belonging](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-cosmotheandric-language-of-belonging/) - It is no secret that I love England and greatly look forward to my next visit, whenever that may be. I am often charmed by the names of English towns and civil parishes such as Abingdon-on-Thames, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Appleby-in-Westmorland, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Ashton-under-Lyne, Barton-upon-Humber, Elstree and Borehamwood, Grange-over-Sands, Henley-in-Arden,[1] and Stow-on-the-Wold,[2] for example, whose names identify relationships of
- [The Death of God and the Rebirth of God](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-death-of-god-and-the-rebirth-of-god/) - On June 12, 1946, Teilhard jotted down a short sentence in a diary that read: “The death of God (Nietzsche) and the rebirth of God (Omega).” Ursula King writes: “He had just returned to Paris after a long stay in China and was impacted by the prevalence of existentialist thought in a postwar milieu. The
- [Tomatillos, Radical Openness and Love](https://wisrinstitute.org/tomatillos-radical-openness-and-love/) - This summer we decided to grow tomatillos in our garden; something we had not done before, although I had seen volunteer tomatillos growing by a riverbank years ago and was intrigued by them. In the beginning of their development their thin husks look like tiny, paper lanterns. As they progress, you can feel a small
- [Becoming Whole](https://wisrinstitute.org/becoming-whole/) - By Rebecca Mays Many of us have heard the maxim that “the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.” There is a flow, a stream of connections in the natural world around us that informs our environment and our inner lives. We as human beings are not separate from the ongoing flow in
- [Celebrating Interdependence](https://wisrinstitute.org/celebrating-interdependence/) - Question: What does a celebration of interdependence look like to you? What stories might you tell? The idea of independence is a strong aspect of American cultural identity, and yet, in reality, it is an abstraction. During the month of July in the U.S. we celebrate the colonists’ independence from England with fireworks displays that
- [A Whiteheadian Response: The God of Persuasion](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-whiteheadian-response-the-god-of-persuasion/) - Question: “Please help me to further understand, I thought that God did not direct our lives. We made choices, those choices CREATED—God’s presence is in the creation of the choice which WE made. Is this correct?" In his seminal work Process and Reality, British mathematician Alfred North Whitehead speaks of God as the ground of
- [Seeds of a New Eden](https://wisrinstitute.org/seeds-of-a-new-eden/) - I invite you to take a seed and quietly behold it in your hand. It might be a ‘helicopter’ seed, a garden seed, a pinecone, or another seed that crosses your daily path. Now imagine the journey of this seed. How does it travel and how is that related to its design? From what ancestral
- [2022 Gold Nautilus Book Award](https://wisrinstitute.org/2022-gold-nautilus-book-award/) - "The Hours of the Universe" by Ilia Delio has won a 2022 Gold Nautilus Book Award. "In a traditional monastery the recitation of the Hours calls to mind the work of God in our lives, from the gift of creation to the sufferings we bear. According to scientist, theologian, and author Ilia Delio, the universe
- [C4C June Fundraiser](https://wisrinstitute.org/c4c-june-fundraiser/) - Dear Friends, We seem to have survived a deadly global pandemic, but we find ourselves in a violent world where random killing is happening more frequently. Our world is out of control, like a speeding train with no conductor, heading into a break wall. Studies over the last decade have disclosed the harmful effects of
- [Coming Home to the Sacred Heart of Jesus](https://wisrinstitute.org/coming-home-to-the-sacred-heart-of-jesus/) - In her recent blog, “The Risen Christ and the Power of Love” (April 10, 2022) Ilia Delio wrote with great appreciation for her high school experiences of Ukrainian culture, as well as the deep faith of the Ukrainian people, despite their displacement under Stalin, and the life-giving practice of centering one’s heart in the
- [Goodness Will Prevail, Even Among the Ruins](https://wisrinstitute.org/goodness-will-prevail-even-among-the-ruins/) - It is now more than two months since Russia invaded Ukraine, and the scenes and screams of war have now become familiar news. We in the comfortable West sit in our comfortable living rooms and lament the horror of war, while nursing a glass of wine or munching on after-dinner snacks. This is not to
- ["Soul Seeing for Lent" with Franciscan Sr. Ilia Delio](https://wisrinstitute.org/soul-seeing-for-lent-with-franciscan-sr-ilia-delio/) - Soul Seeing for Lent with Franciscan Sr. Ilia Delio + For the second year, NCR is bringing our readers a four-part series of conversations on spirituality during the Lenten season. In the final conversation, "Soul Seeing for Lent" host Michael Leach speaks with Franciscan Sr. Ilia Delio about finding God in everything and balancing spirituality
- [Looking at a Buttercup Through Easter Eyes](https://wisrinstitute.org/looking-at-a-buttercup-through-easter-eyes/) - One of the most remarkable people I have met along this journey of life is the late John Haughey, SJ. His keen mind was matched by his amusing sense of humor. As Senior Fellows at Woodstock Theological Center, John and I spent many hours talking about the mystery of matter and the presence of God.
- [What Is Open Theism?](https://wisrinstitute.org/open-theism/) - By way of brief overview, open theism is a contemporary mode of theological discourse that is more consonant with our present scientific descriptions of reality, as well as the central theme of divine love that permeates both the Hebrew and Christian scriptures. Open theism, in other words, offers a logical and coherent metaphysical system that
- [The Risen Christ and the Power of Love](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-risen-christ-and-the-power-of-love/) - Image: Pysanky (Easter eggs), Kiev, Ukraine It is day 45 of the Russian War against Ukraine. This evening I am reflecting on the atrocities inflicted upon the Ukrainian people in a particular way, a personal way, because Ukrainian culture is part of my background. I was taught by Ukrainian Sisters in High School and
- [Fe en tiempos de guerra](https://wisrinstitute.org/fe-en-tiempos-de-guerra/) - "Fe en tiempos de guerra" "Faith in Time of War" by Ilia Delio translated by Juan V. Fernandez de la Gala En 1953, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin escribió un ensayo titulado, "La agonía de nuestra era: un mundo que se asfixia”, en el que señalaba que, después de muchos eones de lenta expansión, la especie
- [Faith in Time of War](https://wisrinstitute.org/faith-in-time-of-war/) - In 1953, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin wrote an essay entitled, "The Agony of Our Age: A World That Is Asphyxiating," in which he pointed out that after eons of slow expansion, the human species has entered a phase of compression. Every part of the globe is now inhabited by the human species, and we are
- [Lent: Poised for Action](https://wisrinstitute.org/lent-poised-for-action/) - Today we begin the season of Lent which has, traditionally, been a time of personal fasting, prayer and conversion. While these three activities are good, they also reinforce the old religious paradigm of individual salvation. The “I” must be purified so that one may return to God. As I reflect on our current events, the
- [Process, Prophecy, and the Theme of Justice: An Overlooked Relationship](https://wisrinstitute.org/process-prophecy-and-the-theme-of-justice-an-overlooked-relationship/) - In recent past, the prophetic corpus has gained renewed appreciation among Jews and Christians. Recognized as God’s messengers of justice, many scour the prophetic literature in search of rich and rhetorical statements that might be helpful to confront the rising tide of social and economic injustice that plagues our own time. Not incidentally, this emphasis
- [Our Eternal Roots](https://wisrinstitute.org/our-eternal-roots/) - "Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush aflame with God. But only he who sees takes off his shoes; The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries." ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning While it may look like there are individual trees in the picture above, quaking aspens grow in colonies of tens of thousands of
- ["When I Am Open" by Vonda Drees](https://wisrinstitute.org/when-i-am-open-by-vonda-drees/) - + When I am open, in rushes the whole lit point. I am free again Vonda Drees
- ["Earth Body" by Sherry Robertson](https://wisrinstitute.org/earth-body/) - Earth Body This Earth Body of mountains and valleys, Of caverns and streams of light filled blood, Stretches across the planet Weaving me deeply into the majesty of life. I am forever held, Part yet whole, Belonging to the Mystery Woven at the beginning of time. I live in the Earth. My cells dance with
- [Franciscan Wisdom in an Age of Science by Dr. Delio](https://wisrinstitute.org/franciscan-wisdom-in-an-age-of-science-by-dr-delio/) - The incarnational spirituality of Francis of Assisi revealed the world of matter as the place of divine diaphony. His fraternal relationships with all of creation revealed his embeddedness in the cosmos, joining with all creation in the glory of God. This talk explores how Francis's spirituality resonates with key aspects of modern science and resonates
- [The Legacy of Martin Luther King](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-legacy-of-martin-luther-king/) - This week we celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, a visionary leader, who helped break the chains of oppression and renew the dignity and giftedness of the black person. King was a powerful and brilliant orator, a rhetorician in the true sense of the word, whose powerful words created new horizons of hope, the
- [What is a Closed System?](https://wisrinstitute.org/what-is-a-closed-system/) - Austrian biologist Ludwig von Bertalanffy was among the first in his guild to develop the concept of an “open system,” an idea that transcended the traditional methods of the physical sciences. He recognized that all living organisms are open systems in that they continually feed on the dynamic interplay of matter and energy from the
- [Community Sharing - "Reality Ever New" Notes](https://wisrinstitute.org/community-sharing-reality-ever-new-notes/) - Notes on the "Reality Ever New" Conversation by Emily A. DeMoor, Ph.D. https://wisrinstitute.org/recording-of-ilia-and-gregs-conversation-reality-ever-new/ Emily graciously shared with us her notes from the conversation "Reality Ever New" between Ilia Delio and Greg Hansell which took place in December. In addition to quotes, she also adds their timestamps which make them for a great resource for deeper
- [Why I Need A C4C Conference](https://wisrinstitute.org/why-i-need-a-c4c-conference/) - As I surf the web and skim through a myriad of podcasts, conferences and ecological forums, I am reminded of the Great Shift we are in. We long for a new world, a healthier world, a sustainable earth, an equitable planet, a world of justice and peace. The path forward, however, seems to be cruciform
- ["Become Conscious of Wholeness" by Edwin E. Olson](https://wisrinstitute.org/become-conscious-of-wholenes-by-edwin-e-olson/) - Become Conscious of Wholeness: Humanity's Only Future by Edwin E. Olson (Author), Ilia Delio (Contributor) How can we transcend our tribal, philosophical, and religious differences? Is it possible to develop a global consciousness to resolve the peril to our biosphere and other human-made existential crises? Become Conscious of Wholeness: Humanity’s Only Future explores how connecting
- [Epiphany:  What Do We See?](https://wisrinstitute.org/epiphany-what-do-we-see/) - The name Epiphany comes from the Greek, epiphaneia, and means “appearance” or “manifestation.” The birth of Jesus is a theophany; God has appeared in the flesh, in the person of Jesus Christ. The Gospel of John begins: “And the Word was made flesh and dwells among us” (Jn 1:1); and the first Letter of John
- [New Year’s Blog:  Love, Hope and Future Life](https://wisrinstitute.org/new-years-blog-love-hope-and-future-life/) - What a year this has been! A raging virus which continues to mutate, a volatile economy, the rise of the metaverse, the tornados of Kentucky, the wildfires of California, one might think we are on the brink of the Apocalypse. Yet, a new year dawns, like the rising sun over the infinite horizon of life’s
- [Emmanuel](https://wisrinstitute.org/49532-2/) - “Look, I shall send my messenger to clear a way before me. And suddenly the Lord whom you seek will come to his Temple; yes, the angel of the covenant, for whom you long, is on his way…” - Mal 3:1 + Image Credit: "Emmanuel", Julie Ann Stevens
- [Christmas: God Dawning in the Tenderness of the Flesh of the World.](https://wisrinstitute.org/christmas-god-dawning-in-the-tenderness-of-the-flesh-of-the-world/) - CHRISTMAS 2021 Isaiah 52:7-10; Hebrews 1:1-6; John 1:1-18 Christmas ecstasy of senses. God, dawning in the flesh, shattering the illusion of sovereignty, weakening our pretension of separation, slipping through the fingers of comprehension, intensifying the pangs of matter. Every moment a wonder, a crack, a birth, a threshold to broader, wilder love. Unfettered,
- ["Convergence": C4C New Bi-Annual Publication](https://wisrinstitute.org/convergence-c4c-new-bi-annual-publication/) - Convergence is a new teaching/educational publication which aims to deepen the understanding of the C4C’s vision at both the theological, sacramental/practical, and communal levels. There will be sections on theology, on sacrament/practice, and on the C4C community (e.g. Q&A’s, General community and Christophany Groups). This publication is designed to deepen knowledge that forms insights, situate
- [Christophany Groups: Pennsylvania](https://wisrinstitute.org/christophany-groups-pennsylvania/) - Our local Philly area Christophany group has been meeting since the spring of 2020. Early in 2021, we decided to meet on a monthly basis (we had been meeting twice a month). Although the majority of our ZOOMING Christics are from SE Pa, we are blessed to have participants from as far away as South
- [Harnessing the Forces of Unification:  Come Together, Stay Together](https://wisrinstitute.org/harnessing-the-forces-of-unification-come-together-stay-together/) - Question: “Can you explain the concept of "oneness"?” As one who passionately participated in the mysterious matrix of materiality, Jesuit scientist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin recognized—in a personal and mystical way—the absolute interconnectedness that characterizes the heart of our reality. As a critical realist, however, he was not naïve to the entropic pressures of
- [Community Sharing - The Omega Tree](https://wisrinstitute.org/community-sharing-the-omega-tree/) - “Do you see what I see? A star, a star, dancing in the night with a tail as big as a kite, with a tail as big as a kite.” -- Noel Rigney (lyrics), Gloria Shayne (music) Inherited language is not adequate for the task of naming the deep experiences of life. Containing high
- [A Short Christmas Reflection](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-short-christmas-reflection/) - Image credit: “Establishment of the Manger at Greccio”, Benozzo Gozzoli, 1452 + We moderns love Christmas with all the lights, gifts and good cheer of friends and family. It has become, in a sense, the “Feast of Relational Holism.” To celebrate Christmas is to share life with another, for that is what God has done,
- [Recording of Ilia and Greg's Conversation: Reality Ever New](https://wisrinstitute.org/recording-of-ilia-and-gregs-conversation-reality-ever-new/) - Watch Ilia & Greg Discuss Our December 2021 Theme: Reality Ever New “Blessed be you, mighty matter, irresistible march of evolution, reality ever newborn; you who, by constantly shattering our mental categories, force us to go ever further and further in our pursuit of the truth.” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
- [Transhumanism: Transformation or Transfiguration? The Perspective of Ilia Delio](https://wisrinstitute.org/transhumanism-transformation-or-transfiguration-the-perspective-of-ilia-delio-sister-carla-mae-streeter/) - Transhumanism: Transformation or Transfiguration? The Perspective of Ilia Delio by Sister Carla Mae Streeter1 Articles on transhumanism abound in recent literature. Perspectives vary, from the naturalistic view that genetic manipulation is the answer to extending the future of the human species, to the marvel of the cyborg, a technical /mechanical enhancement of the human. The
- ["Reality Ever New" Fundraiser](https://wisrinstitute.org/reality-ever-new-fundraiser/) - Dear Friends of the Center, Today is the last Sunday before Advent. Soon we shall sing of waiting and longing for Christ’s coming, stretching our hearts into God’s promise of a Messiah, a Savior. Are we waiting for something that does not yet exist or are we waiting for something that already exists, albeit in
- [C4C Special Announcement](https://wisrinstitute.org/c4c-special-announcement/) - November 16, 2021 Dear Friends of C4C, Life is a spontaneous flow of events, and one can never quite predict the critical points of transition or the factors that enkindle them. Last week our beloved Executive Director, Greg Hansell, informed me that he accepted a new position at a financial firm, where he has
- [Community Sharing - St Vincent de Paul Parish Albany, NY](https://wisrinstitute.org/community-sharing-st-vincent-de-paul-parish-albany-ny/) - "The Adult Faith Formation Committee of St Vincent de Paul Parish in Albany, NY, is sponsoring a Zoom eight session discussion of Hours of the Universe. We discuss one Hour every Thursday for an hour and about 20 people participate. On Thursday we will be discussing Terce. We use the poem for gathering prayer. A
- [Christophany Groups - St. Scholastica Monastery, MN](https://wisrinstitute.org/community-sharing-st-scholastica-monastery-mn/) - When the pandemic closed our doors at the Center to in-person gatherings in March of 2020, one of the first things we did was to start a Christophany group which meets via Zoom. We have been going strong since then, and it has become a place of safety and refuge for us all. In each
- [Session 6: Common Ground and Social Change](https://wisrinstitute.org/session-6-common-ground-and-social-change/) - Hello again, Course Participants. This week we will share our final live seminar session for this Howard Thurman course with the Center for Christogenesis. One book, even Thurman’s Search for Common Ground which we have focused on, could never be sufficient, in and of itself, to appropriately introduce the newcomer--or substantially deepen the learning of
- [Now is the Time to Change](https://wisrinstitute.org/now-is-the-time-to-change/) - The rapid changes of our modern world, kindled by the meteoric rise of computer technology, has created a needed space for spirituality. The fast-paced, breathless amount of information coming across our screens and into our lives has created anxiety and fatigue, among other things. It is not surprising that spiritual seekers have returned to the
- [Session 5: At-One-Ment?](https://wisrinstitute.org/session-5-at-one-ment/) - Hello again, everyone, Thanks to each of you who participated in our most recent class session. This past week we focused on Thurman’s concern for the “U” and “R” words (Utopia and Religion), and also how two related “S” words (Society and Science) influence how we understand and interact with the formal and informal hypothetical
- [Session 4: Enter Religion - Visions, Dreams, and Wounds](https://wisrinstitute.org/session-4-enter-religion-visions-dreams-and-wounds/) - Greetings again, everyone. This week we moved into--and through--the third chapter of Howard Thurman’s Search for Common Ground book. During our live seminar session we reviewed Thurman’s reflection on and interpretation of particular elements of “living structures.” We thought and talked about what it meant to be “alive,” particularly naming the places and times in
- [Session 3: Life's "Aliveness"](https://wisrinstitute.org/session-3-lifes-aliveness/) - Hello again, course participants. And welcome to Week 3 of our Thurman course! We spent most of our first week together “getting to know”-- one another, the course structure and content, and, of course, Howard Thurman. This past week we began to dig more deeply into Thurman’s concept of “community” as he began laying it
- [Session 2: Concerning the Search—Spirituality and Science](https://wisrinstitute.org/session-2-concerning-the-search-spirituality-and-science/) - Hello again, course participants. And welcome to Week 2 of our course! It was a pleasure to see and meet all of you during our initial live seminar session. Thank you for your presence to each other during our participant introductions. The diverse personal and professional backgrounds and interest in and engagement with Howard Thurman
- [Love as the Energetic Power of Union](https://wisrinstitute.org/love-as-the-energetic-power-of-union/) - Q: “I read/hear much 'about' love, especially from C4C...but I have yet to hear/understand exactly what love 'is' other than an overwhelming affectation. Is it "not this, not that"? Robert: The static and stable cosmology that contextualized the theological development of the early and medieval church is no longer a viable cosmology. Enamored of the
- [From the Christophany Groups - Australia and New Zealand](https://wisrinstitute.org/from-the-christophany-groups-australia-and-new-zealand/) - Our reflections on writings from Teilhard and those also who have written about his writings, has steadily opened my mind and heart to a new way of being. Most important has been a growing understanding that evolution does not exist outside of us but that we are evolution and in that we are co-creators with ‘God’ in
- [Community Sharing: Seeing the World from Another Center](https://wisrinstitute.org/community-sharing-seeing-the-world-from-another-center/) - "I am glad you pointed out the difference between Teilhard’s mystical cosmological based on our new understanding of a dynamic and evolving universe and that of the early mystics who’s insights were grounded in a static universe. I believe Teilhard was the first catholic theologian to attempt to articulate the unity of all being in
- [Session 1: Concerning the Search—Spirituality and Science](https://wisrinstitute.org/session-1-concerning-the-search-spirituality-and-science/) - Greetings, course participants—and Welcome! I have not met any of you yet. But I have been thinking about you and praying for you ever since I began creating this Howard Thurman course for the Center for Christogenesis. I am so excited for our first week together during which we will read and think, talk and
- [Change is Costly: The Power of Sanctity](https://wisrinstitute.org/change-is-costly-the-power-of-sanctity/) - Yesterday we celebrated the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi. The world knows him as the patron saint of ecology, the lover of birds and bees, and friend of the poor. Pope Francis took the name “Francis” because he was committed to the poor. Francis shunned his family’s wealth and spent his life among lepers
- [The Evolution of Consciousness and Modern Worship](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-evolution-of-consciousness-and-modern-worship/) - The sound of a thousand people singing filled the room in perfect sync with the driving sound of the band. As we sang and played, my eyes looked around the room. These were people whose stories I knew. As a worship leader, I always wanted to know our people well enough to be able to
- ["The Primacy of Love" by Ilia Delio](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-primacy-of-love-by-ilia-delio/) - You can now order Ilia's new book: The Primacy of Love Part of the My Theology series Given the primacy of love, if we have only one choice to make today, let us choose to love, let us seek love in all aspects of our lives "What do we live for? This is the
- [The Sinister Situation of Evil: Problem or Necessity?](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-sinister-situation-of-evil-problem-or-necessity/) - Q: I try to understand evil itself - what is it? Brokenness from the biology of the human being, brokenness from the things that have happened sometimes before and sometimes after birth? I'm not finding the right words as I struggle to understand the essence of evil which may inform one's response but not in
- [Community Sharing: The Art of Un-Doing](https://wisrinstitute.org/community-sharing-the-art-of-un-doing/) - From Jim B. "A few things struck me after I read your post: 1) YES, we need “enduring vacations”–I try to have a “mini vacation” every day–some call it prayer, some meditation, some relaxation, some un-doing, whatever the name, we all need some thread of “enduring vacation” that connects our days in loving ways. 2)
- [Christophany Groups: Who Me?  Why...Yes!](https://wisrinstitute.org/christophany-groups-who-me-why-yes/) - Who Me? Why...Yes! Who should facilitate a Christophany group? You. Why? by Marilyn from an online Christophany group in Duluth, MN Let's start with why any of us might have chosen to be in a Christophany group. The answer is probably because we are curious, conscious, caring people, who enjoy connecting with others to have
- [Out of Control but Vital to God](https://wisrinstitute.org/out-of-control-but-vital-to-god/) - One of my favorite passages of Scripture is the opening lines on Genesis: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Gn 1:1). All translations, except the King James Bible, state that God created “the heavens and earth,” not “heaven and earth” (KJB), that is, God did not create two places, one to
- [Living Our Faith](https://wisrinstitute.org/living-our-faith/) - Most of us have some form of a morning ritual. It could involve prayer or meditation, probably a cup of coffee or tea. Maybe taking the dog for a walk or reading from some sacred texts. After we finish our morning rituals then we are ready to tackle the day and all the challenges that
- [Renewing Biblical Wisdom](https://wisrinstitute.org/renewing-biblical-wisdom/) - Renewing Biblical Wisdom: A Brief Explication of John’s Prologue through the Lens of Evolution Question: “How to read the Gospel in light of evolution?” Robert: Jesuit polymath Pierre Teilhard de Chardin believed that matter progressively evolved into human persons, and that human persons are progressively evolving into Spirit. The writer of John’s Gospel maintained
- [Can the Earth be Healed?  Insights from Teilhard de Chardin, SJ](https://wisrinstitute.org/can-the-earth-be-healed/) - Can the Earth be Healed? Insights from Teilhard de Chardin, SJ Closing address to the Laudato Si' and the U.S. Catholic Church Conference by Ilia Delio This closing address considers Catholic spiritual and theological insights from Teilhard de Chardin, SJ that can enliven a more faithful commitment to care for our common home. + You
- [The Art of Un-Doing](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-art-of-un-doing/) - It is now August, and a new academic year will soon begin across colleges and universities. Summer vacation brought some relief to those who gathered with family and friends. Yet, all is not well. We are walking on a pandemic landmine. The ambiguity around mandatory vaccines, the resistance of pandemic gainsayers, and the constant newsfeeds
- [An Incarnate Universe](https://wisrinstitute.org/an-incarnated-universe/) - Dear Friends of the Center, In June we launched a successful fundraising drive that exceeded our expectations. I want to express a heartfelt “thank you” to all who supported the Center for Christogenesis in some way. Your notes of gratitude, your financial support, and your shared comments offered on our blogs and webinars help us
- [Community Sharing: Econoeisis: A New Contemplative Paradigm](https://wisrinstitute.org/community-sharing-econoeisis-a-new-contemplative-paradigm/) - Community Sharing on Econoeisis: A New Contemplative Paradigm "Sometimes word pictures help in understanding how all things only appear separate, but at root are one in source, essence and unity. Created entities in the cosmos are as inseparable as the Hawaiian Islands are inseparable beneath the ocean’s surface, emerging from one volcanic “hot spot” of
- [Christophany Groups: from Vancouver](https://wisrinstitute.org/christophany-groups-vancouver/) - Testimonial from a Vancouver based group, led by Bart Begalka: Our Christophany group is fairly new. We began this summer. However, we follow a format that I have been using in in-home groups for the past few years, with the participants being “lapsed Catholics” and “post-evangelicals” – those who consider themselves to have a Christian
- [Can the Earth be Healed? Insights from Teilhard de Chardin, SJ](https://wisrinstitute.org/can-the-earth-be-healed-insights-from-teilhard-de-chardin-sj/) - Closing address of the "Laudato Si' and the U.S. Catholic Church" conference by Ilia Delio.This was the second of three co-organized by Catholic Climate Covenant and Creighton University. Ilia Delio considers Catholic spiritual and theological insights from Teilhard de Chardin, SJ that can enliven a more faithful commitment to care for our common home. Watch
- [Econoeisis: A New Contemplative Paradigm](https://wisrinstitute.org/econoeisis-a-new-contemplative-paradigm/) - As we linger through the summer months with a blast of heat waves across the nation and a rise in COVID-related deaths, the question of sustainability looms large. Recently I was part of a conference sponsored by Creighton University and the Catholic Coalition for Climate Change. The conference was entitled “The U.S. Catholic Church: Laudato
- [Ilia Delio - Buddha at the Gas Pump Interview](https://wisrinstitute.org/ilia-delio-buddha-at-the-gas-pump-interview/) - Some of the main points discussed in this conversation. What is God? As we enter the mystery of God, language fails us, and the mystery grasps us all the more. The mystery of God is the same mystery at the heart of physics. There’s nothing outside the existence of God. God is existence itself. God’s
- [Visio Divina at Daylesford Abbey](https://wisrinstitute.org/visio-divina-at-daylesford-abbey/) - Take a contemplative walk with us today on the grounds of Daylesford Abbey and see the Divine unfolding under your steps.
- [Community Sharing: Hope for the Future](https://wisrinstitute.org/community-sharing-hope-for-the-future/) - In reality, there are not two stories, a creation story and an evolution story. There is only one story spoken of from two non-integrated perspectives, one classified as science, the other categorized as spirituality, each generated from a mind that perceives and thinks dualistically (separation-consciousness). Both are universal mortal beliefs that fall short of seeing
- [Eucharist as Entanglement](https://wisrinstitute.org/eucharist-as-entanglement/) - Question: "I would like to understand more clearly the place of the Eucharist in relation to your effort of the relationship between science and faith." Robert: It was the fifth-century philosopher-theologian Augustine who furnished us with a profound connectivity between the church and Eucharist. He called the Eucharist the “sign of unity, the bond of
- [Christophany Divina](https://wisrinstitute.org/christophany-divina/) - Every Friday this month we will offer Lectio Divina and Visio Divina practices, inviting you to ponder a little longer, a little deeper into the depth of your own hearts, and discover what hope you can bring to the future. Take time to read the words and contemplate the image, and hear what God is telling
- [Hope for the Future](https://wisrinstitute.org/hope-for-the-future/) - Dear Friends, As I wind down another semester of teaching, I cannot help but reflect on the potential of Teilhard’s vision for healing our world today. I had the opportunity this semester to teach an undergraduate course called “Christ in a Scientific Age,” in which the latter half of the course was devoted to
- [Mind, Matter, and the Power of Evolution](https://wisrinstitute.org/qa-mind-matter-and-the-power-of-evolution/) - “Consciousness is the mirror that the universe has evolved to reflect upon itself and in which its very existence is revealed” – Peter Todd + Question : "I heard Ilia talk about quantum entanglement on "Bible for normal people" and that all matter has some form of consciousness. Could it be that the consciousness that
- [A Short Reflection on the Feast of the Ascension](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-short-reflection-on-the-feast-of-the-ascension/) - When I was a child, I celebrated the feast of the Ascension by imagining Jesus like a space rocket launched into heaven. To this day there is an operative image of Jesus shooting straight up in the air, as if he took one big jump on the trampoline of earth and catapulted into the glory
- [Finding Our Way into A New World](https://wisrinstitute.org/finding-our-way-into-a-new-world/) - As many of you know by now, my bike accident last summer yielded a very challenging concussion and the persistence of a head injury that just doesn’t want to settle down. This blow to the head was compounded by previous head injuries, all due to the fact that I didn’t make the mind-body connection a
- [Christophany Groups Testimonies](https://wisrinstitute.org/christophany-groups-testimonies/) - "Our Christophany group celebrates its 1st year anniversary in a few months. We have continually grown in our sense of shared ownership and within an empowering, collaborative leadership model, we have unstoppable, energetic, engaged participation which continues to evolve! Thus, an increasing number of members sign up to facilitate one or more sessions. The
- [Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's Birthday](https://wisrinstitute.org/mr-tayer-by-jeanne-houston/) - "Love is the affinity which links and draws together the elements of the world... Love, in fact, is the agent of universal synthesis." Pierre Teilhard de Chardin + Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was born this day, May1st, in1881 at the family estate in Sarcenat, France, to a devout and land holding family. His parents were
- [Pre-Webinar Discussion - Teilhard de Chardin & Carl Jung: A Convergence](https://wisrinstitute.org/pre-webinar-discussion-teilhard-de-chardin-carl-jung-a-convergence/) - In preparation for our upcoming webinar "Teilhard de Chardin & Carl Jung: A Convergence" with Matthew Fox we are inviting you to ponder the following questions and offer your own insights and reflections: What questions or comments does this topic evoke for you? How do you see "constructive convergency” working in your lives? + Junghard
- [Justice for George](https://wisrinstitute.org/justice-for-george/) - Lord, We thank you for bringing justice to light, To know that every life is Your life, Your image. Help us to realize that You love each person with an eternal love, And to know that the death of an innocent person is your death as well. Turn our hearts in a new direction, O
- [Co-Reactors or Co-Creators?  Christic Life in an Unfinished Universe](https://wisrinstitute.org/co-reactors-or-co-creators-christic-life-in-an-unfinished-universe/) - We are now in the third week of Easter and, while joy should fill the air, the persistent COVID pandemic, multiple random gun shootings, and the tragic injustice of racial profiling fill up the news, creating fear and distrust.The good news of the Risen Christ falls on deaf ears in this unstable world that
- [Do Our Lives Matter to God? Does God’s Life Matter to Us?](https://wisrinstitute.org/do-our-lives-matter-to-god-or-does-gods-life-matter-to-us/) - Questions: "What a mystery suffering is! And why does a loving God allow it is a question that I struggle with all the days of my life. I continue to seek on a daily basis for an answer and all I get is a call to trust and believe that God is with us in
- [Anniversary of Teilhard de Chardin’s Death](https://wisrinstitute.org/66th-anniversary-of-teilhard-de-chardins-death/) - Love is a sacred reserve of energy; it is like the blood of spiritual evolution. Teilhard de Chardin Today we commemorate the anniversary of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's death. He died April 10th, 1955, in New York City. It was Easter Sunday. + What Would Teilhard Say Today? Excerpt from "The 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic: What
- [Community Sharing: How to Raise Spiritual Awareness of God’s Love Within](https://wisrinstitute.org/community-sharing-new-tactics-toward-raising-spiritual-awareness-of-gods-love-within/) - This morning on the internet I came across your sweet Easter message. I feel there are many actions both in terms of faith and politics to confront gross inequities and global warming issues. However I feel that new tactics toward raising spiritual awareness of God’s Love Within is paramount. I will as briefly as possible
- [Dust Unto Dust in the Ocean Froth](https://wisrinstitute.org/dust-unto-dust-in-the-ocean-froth/) - A kelp forest, hidden away in the Atlantic waters, boasts a fading form— an octopus, pale and pearled from the wear of her existence. She flutters with the waves, her eyes savoring her last glimpse of the ocean hues. Thus closes My Octopus Teacher, a documentary showcasing the encounters— or perhaps, a pas de deux—
- [Easter and the Power of Love](https://wisrinstitute.org/easter-and-the-power-of-love/) - Christ is Risen! Death and darkness no longer have power over us—but we must make a choice—shall we remain dead and in darkness, or shall we choose life? In Christ, a new humanity, new creation, new life is revealed. Do we believe in this power of God? Do we have faith in this world God
- [Pain and New Creation](https://wisrinstitute.org/pain-and-new-creation/) - Image: Marc Chagall, White Crucifixion,1938 We are entering into Holy Week, the final days of Jesus’ life, filled with darkness, pain, misunderstanding and rejection. We are familiar with the Scripture passages of Jesus who experienced God’s forsakenness (Mark 15:34) and his realization that death would complete his mission. The events of Jesus’ last days
- [Transhumanism or Ultrahumanism?](https://wisrinstitute.org/transhumanism-or-ultrahumanism/) - Transhumanism or Ultrahumanism? Q: Can you explain the problem, as you see it, with the movement towards the transhuman AI vs. the transhuman Christic. I I see this as an important area to reflect upon and to be aware of as we watch the evolution of AI especially as it comes from countries which
- [Return to God and God will Return to You](https://wisrinstitute.org/return-to-god-and-god-will-return-to-you/) - When I was growing up In New Jersey, Lent was a serious time of the year when fasting and acts of penance were required of the faithful. Each year, giving up chocolate for Lent marked the six-week trek of meatless Fridays, special devotions and, when possible, doing acts of charity. It felt like rolling a
- [The Incarnation Is the Meaning and Purpose of Evolution](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-incarnation-is-the-meaning-and-purpose-of-evolution/) - The Incarnation Is the Meaning and Purpose of Evolution Q: “It might be time to stop looking for a perfect God and awaken to an imperfect God, a God who is still becoming God precisely because God emptied Godself into human form (Phi. 2:6). God succumbed to the limits of matter so that matter
- [Zoom Conversation with Ilia Delio: "Re-Enchanting the Earth"](https://wisrinstitute.org/zoom-conversation-with-ilia-delio-re-enchanting-the-earth/) - Zoom Conversation with Ilia Delio, OSF, PhD, a Franciscan Sister and American theologian specializing in the area of science and religion, about her book, Re-Enchanting the Earth: why AI needs religion. (AI=artificial intelligence) Hosted by Episcopal Booksellers Association and its member stores. Moderated by Greg Hansell, Executive Director of the Center for Christogenesis.
- [Love as the Bridge Between Science and Religion](https://wisrinstitute.org/love-as-the-bridge-between-science-and-religion-2/) - For the ancients, the study of nature was essential to knowing the real. We know not simply to navigate but to narrate our lives, to give reason for the hope which lies within us. The ancient psalmist captured the wonder of the cosmos when he wrote, “when I look at the heavens and the stars
- [Return to the Garden](https://wisrinstitute.org/return-to-the-garden/) - In 2020 the United States went through perhaps one of the most divisive presidential campaigns we ever had. It was often described by people on the left as an effort to reclaim the soul of our nation and for people on the right as an effort to continue to restore our Christian values. For people
- [Marshall McLuhan:  A Prophet of Teilhard’s Vision](https://wisrinstitute.org/marshall-mcluhan-a-prophet-of-teilhards-vision/) - The Center for Christogenesis seeks to integrate religion, culture, modern science and evolution in a way that illuminates a divine power of love acting from within toward a future of unified life. Our content can range from theology proper to politics to gene editing or whatever else is impacting human life. Our purpose is to
- [Fiat Voluntas Tua](https://wisrinstitute.org/fiat-voluntas-tua/) - Fiat Voluntas Tua Thy will be done. "To Be Mystery” from the “Deathless Beauty” collection © Julie Ann Stevens 2020.
- [Insurrection or Evolution:  What is Happening in our Midst?](https://wisrinstitute.org/insurrection-or-evolution-what-is-happening-in-our-midst/) - Last week chaos and anarchy erupted in Washington DC, as protestors scaled the walls and stormed the offices of the U.S. Capitol. Opposition to the recent election results, fueled by a beleaguered president, a position quietly held by millions of Americans, sparked the protests. The country was seized with panic, as the seat of the
- [One-on-One with Robert Ellsberg and Ilia Delio](https://wisrinstitute.org/one-on-one-with-robert-ellsberg-and-ilia-delio/) - Click on the image below and watch this One-on-One with Orbis publisher Robert Ellsberg and author Ilia Delio as they discuss Ilia's new book "Re-enchanting the Earth": You can buy "Re-enchanting the Earth" here.
- ["Faith and Doubt: A Love Story" by Brian D. McLaren](https://wisrinstitute.org/faith-and-doubt-a-love-story-by-brian-d-mclaren/) - I revered my maternal grandfather. He was one of the kindest, wisest people I’ve ever met. One spring day when I was about seven or eight, we were driving through central Florida and passed a field full of oil pumpjacks bobbing up and down. I asked Grandpa what they were and he told me about
- [How Shall We Enter Into 2021?](https://wisrinstitute.org/how-shall-we-enter-into-2021/) - Dear Friends, We are on the eve of one of the most turbulent, suffering and deadliest years in history. Many people have lost loved ones to the pandemic, other diseases or accidents in 2020; many have lost jobs or have been displaced due to economic disasters; and millions have suffered social, psychological and emotional earthquakes
- [The Innkeeper](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-innkeeper/) - "There was no room in the inn, but God came anyway." - James Finley + "It is a good thing to make room for the unwelcome, the unexpected, and the vulnerable holy family that is the human race to enter your heart ... and yet, even in our resistance and blindness, God comes anyway. Emmanuel.
- [A Christmas Reflection](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-christmas-reflection/) - A Christmas Reflection Who are you O God? This dark, weary world is searching for you, waiting for your arrival. Will we recognize you when You come? You who made the heavens and the earth and all that is within them. How can the Maker become that which is made, unless the Maker and
- [Divine Love in an Imperfect World](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-christmas-story/) - Dear Friends, A little over a week ago the Center for Christogenesis completed its third annual conference. This year we had over three hundred and fifty participants from around the world, including Canada, Australia, Japan, Europe and Africa. It was an incredible productivity of energy brought together by the Center’s team, led by the polymath
- [The Human Revolution and Christogenesis](https://wisrinstitute.org/peopleonthemove/) - Dear Friends, As we pause to give thanks for the gifts and blessings of our lives, let us recall the many times we have taken life for granted, remembering that each moment is a gift; each breadth is life itself. What do we live for? Who do we live for? These questions are crucial today,
- [An interview with Ilia on "Contemplative Spirituality"](https://wisrinstitute.org/an-interview-with-ilia-and-mike-matteuzzi-contemplative-spirituality/) - Listen to Ilia's interview with Mike Matteuzzi [Contemplative Spirituality - KS] on her book, Birth of a Dancing Star. Regarding this book, Barbara Brown Taylor says the following “Thank God there is nothing linear in the lifeline of this book. Delio tells her rising, spiraling story with such transparent joy that she seizes every change
- [Trust For The Meditation Process Grant](https://wisrinstitute.org/trust-for-the-meditation-process-grant/) - Dear Friends, I am very proud and happy to announce that the Center for Christogenesis has received its very first grant! The Trust for the Meditation Process will be providing funding to create a video series on a unique “Teilhardian Contemplative Practice” to fully harness the paradigm-shifting potential of Christian contemplation in an age
- [Human Potential in an Age of Anxiety](https://wisrinstitute.org/human-potential-in-an-age-of-anxiety/) - Early Christian writers such as Irenaeus of Lyons (2nd c. AD and Gregory of Nyssa (4th c. AD) were cosmic, creative and bold in their thinking. The incarnation of God for them was not narrowly conceived as a remedy for sin but a much more exciting venture of growth, development and new life. Because the
- ['Fratelli Tutti': Papal dreams or Vatican diversion?](https://wisrinstitute.org/fratelli-tutti-papal-dreams-or-vatican-diversion/) - On Oct. 3, the feast of the transitus of St. Francis of Assisi, Pope Francis signed his new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, on social order and universal brotherhood. As in his previous encyclical, "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home," the pope calls attention to the world's problems, the radical disparity between rich and poor,
- [Christogenesis By Any Other Name?](https://wisrinstitute.org/christogenesis-by-any-other-name/) - The new name for our Center has caused some concern among our followers; hence, I thought it best to try to explain why this name is fitting for a world of plurality and movement. Let me begin by saying that religious language carries a lot of baggage. It is so unfortunate because religious language expresses
- [Why the "Center for Christogenesis"?](https://wisrinstitute.org/why-the-center-for-christogenesis/) - The Omega Center has been in search of a new name for several months. Recently, we decided that the best fit is “Christogenesis.” This is a term that Teilhard de Chardin coined to describe the dynamic presence of God in evolution; the creative entanglement of divine and created life in the movement toward wholeness and
- [INFINITE POTENTIAL](https://wisrinstitute.org/infinite-potential/) - INFINITE POTENTIAL tells the story of the man Einstein called his “spiritual son” and the Dalai Lama his “science guru.” A brilliant physicist and explorer of consciousness, Bohm’s profound insights into the underlying nature of reality and the interconnectedness of the universe and our place within it are truly far-reaching. Bohm proposed a theory unifying
- [Christianity, Justice and Ecology in An Age of Crisis](https://wisrinstitute.org/christianity-justice-and-ecology-in-an-age-of-crisis/) - “But ask the animals and they will teach you; the birds of the air and they will tell you; speak to the Earth and it will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you” (Job 12:7-8). Christian Animism This morning I went birding with my friend Dave in the Crum Woods.
- [Social Justice without Cosmic Theology is Blind](https://wisrinstitute.org/social-justice-without-cosmic-theology-is-blind/) - Religious disaffiliation has been on the rise since the late twentieth century. The term “spiritual but not religious” is now increasingly a way for primarily younger generations to define themselves. Last week I was taken aback by an undergraduate response to my question, what is the role of religion in culture? The student answered by
- [Christic Center](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-christic-center/) - Greetings and peace! In my last blog I indicated that a new name for the Omega Center was on the horizon. After reading your comments (thank you very much!) I closed my eyes to rest my concussed brain and the word “Christic” came into view. I knew immediately this was the new name for the
- [An interview with Ilia Delio: Grounding God in Evolution](https://wisrinstitute.org/an-interview-with-ilia-delio-grounding-god-in-evolution/) - An interview with Ilia Delio on the "Bible for Normal People" podcast: Grounding God in Evolution In this episode of The Bible for Normal People Podcast, Pete and Jared talk with Ilia Delio about the relationship between God and science as they explore the following questions: When did science and religion come into conflict with
- [Gratitude and Naming the Future](https://wisrinstitute.org/gratitude-and-naming-the-future/) - Dear Friends of the Omega Center, First, I want to acknowledge those who responded to my last blog and, or, extended their prayers of support through an email or greeting card: a heartfelt “thank you.” Your prayers and words of support have been extremely comforting during this time of healing. I am a firm
- [What Doors Can Open in a State of Concussion?](https://wisrinstitute.org/what-doors-can-open-in-a-state-of-concussion/) - Dear Friends of the Omega Center, Several weeks ago, right before our June ZOOM conference, I had a bike accident. The night of the accident (as I foolishly tried to ride my bike at night after a lovely evening with friends) I wound up in the ER with twelve stitches in my chin. Because of
- [Christ the Evolver](https://wisrinstitute.org/christ-the-evolver/) - "Christ the Evolver" is a piece influenced by the life of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and the concept of the third, and cosmic nature, of Christ. The piece attempts to reimagine one of the oldest Christian icons, the Christ Pantocrator of St. Catherine’s monastery, within the context of the evolutionary mysticism of Pierre Teilhard de
- [Co-Creating a New America: Getting Beyond Racism by Remaking Religion](https://wisrinstitute.org/co-creating-a-new-america-getting-beyond-racism-by-remaking-religion/) - Introduction The death of George Floyd has sparked public outrage at the heartless show of police brutality, causing the untimely death of an innocent man. Derek Chauvin, the white Minnesota police officer who killed Floyd, worked for the police department for eighteen years and had eighteen complaints filed against him, none of which were followed
- [Racism and the American Dream](https://wisrinstitute.org/racism-and-the-american-dream/) - For the past three months we have been quarantined due to a deadly Coronavirus; last week, a new virus was disclosed, the persistent virus of racism. The death of George Floyd by Derek Chauvin, a Minnesota police officer, was the last straw in a volatile political atmosphere. Chauvin worked for the police department for eighteen
- [Church and New Creation](https://wisrinstitute.org/church-and-new-creation/) - Q: “I am not exactly sure as to your meaning of church. Is it as it has been in the past and still now clerical centered; or what it must be in the future, totally reorganized and lay centered; hopefully not a very long way down the road?" Ilia: It may be helpful to
- [Church of the Planet](https://wisrinstitute.org/church-of-the-planet/) - Q: Throughout Scripture its always a remnant which, by grace, “get” what God is up to in any given era. Jesus called them his “little flock” or “the elect.” How, then, does that biblical pattern square with Teilhard’s vision of a large-scale super-humanized collective evolving along planetary lines? Given the natural resistances in human souls
- [The Ineffable Bond of Love](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-ineffable-bond-of-love/) - As I prepare to teach my final classes on Zoom this week, I am grateful for the development of computer technology and its ability to facilitate personal communication. Without the internet and online platforms such as Zoom, we would be completely isolated from one another, and education would be left entirely up to parents. Yet,
- [The 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic:  What Would Teilhard Say?](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-2020-covid-19-pandemic-what-would-teilhard-say/) - By now the world has grown accustomed to the fact that the COVID-19 virus has made its way around the globe. Thanks to the internet and the constant news feeds, we can track the numbers afflicted with the virus and those who have succumbed to its lethal presence. There are all sorts of theories as
- ["Do not be Afraid"](https://wisrinstitute.org/do-not-be-afraid/) - Christ is Risen from the dead! And who did Christ first appear to upon rising from the dead, according to Matthew? Not to Peter or any of the twelve apostles but to two women each with the name of Mary. Imagine that! The greatest event in the history of the cosmos--a miraculous event that defied
- [Internet Easter](https://wisrinstitute.org/internet-easter/) - The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly changed human life around the globe. No matter what country, culture, language, gender or religious tradition, everyone is affected by this crisis. Social distancing and face masks are now routine preventive measures. The internet and Zoom communications are saving us from total isolation and keeping education and businesses on track,
- [Letter from Ilia](https://wisrinstitute.org/letter/) - Dear Friends of the Omega Center, Thank you for reading the New Creation posts on our website and to those who have responded—a big thank you. Some of the responses are extremely insightful and I encourage you to respond to one another. I am not able to respond to your comments because I am teaching
- [The Pandemic Mirror](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-pandemic-mirror/) - The coronavirus has thrown the world into a tailspin. The closure of schools and stores, the dramatic spike in unemployment, the precipitous fall of the stock market and talk of recession has created a global climate of panic, anxiety, fear and depression. It is not unlikely that the rate of suicide will rise, as despair
- [Dear God](https://wisrinstitute.org/dear-god/) - Dear God, These are very strange times, as we hover between a virus pandemic and an economic recession. The scare of COVID-19 has pervaded the entire globe. People fear for their lives and their childrens’ lives. The supermarkets cannot keep up with the demand for essential foods such as water, eggs and milk. Universities have
- [Integrating the Inner World](https://wisrinstitute.org/integrating-the-inner-world/) - “Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakes.” Carl Jung The Omega Center’s second annual conference, “Love at the Heart of the Cosmos: Living in Relational Wholeness,” treated attendees to an expansive experience exploring the radical and dynamic presence of the Divine within an evolving world. Inspired by the thought, work, and life of
- [Hope in a Time of Crisis](https://wisrinstitute.org/hope-in-a-time-of-crisis/) - The events of recent weeks have thrown the world into a heightened state of volatility. Fear of the Coronavirus has created global unrest, while a vaccine for the virus eludes researchers. Environmental warming continues to show its effects, most recently in the devastating tornado in Tennessee. In his new book, Until the End of Time,
- [Ilia Delio Receives Honorary Degree from Sacred Heart University](https://wisrinstitute.org/ilia-delio-receives-an-honorary-degree/) - Ilia Delio receives an honorary degree - Doctor of Theology- from Sacred Heart University in Bridgeport, CT
- [Evolution, Posthumanism and the New Catholicity](https://wisrinstitute.org/evolution-posthumanism-and-the-new-catholicity/) - Sr. Ilia Delio, OSF, Ph.D. presents the annual Bergoglio Lecture. The Curtis Center’s 2019-2020 Contemporary Catholic Conversations Series, the Department of Catholic Studies and the Jorge Bergoglio Lecture Series present Sr. Ilia Delio, OSF, Ph.D., who spoke on “Evolution, Posthumanism and the New Catholicity” on Wednesday, February 5, at 7 p.m. in the Martire Forum
- [A Lenten Invitation](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-lenten-invitation/) - God of Love, open our hearts on this Lenten journey to know that death is part of life, that life seeks more life, and that the fullness of life is ahead. Give us the spiritual energy to be attentive to our hearts, to trust the power within us to become more than what we are.
- [God can emerge in new ways through Teilhard's 'troubled worship'](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-can-emerge-in-new-ways-through-teilhards-troubled-worship/) - It is almost five years since the inception of Pope Francis's encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home" and, unfortunately, nothing has changed with regard to global warming. The statistics continue to show rising temperatures, and this trend is predicted to have dramatic consequences on future Earth life. Even the prophetic voice of
- [Fire Burns, And So Does Love](https://wisrinstitute.org/fire-burns-and-so-does-love/) - Q: With the recent horrendous bushfires in Australia and the ongoing drought, climate change and the influence of humans is on the minds of many people but appears to be missing from the actions of our leaders in government. There is a great need for humans to connect with the natural world seeing God in
- [Omega Center Conference Slides](https://wisrinstitute.org/conference2019-slide-presentations/) - Click on the slides below to view our conference presenters' slides: Does AI Need Religion? Exploring Teilhard’s Noosphere by Ilia Delio + Inside Our Awakening Universe The New Cosmic Story and the Meaning of Faith by John F. Haught + Stations of the Cosmic Christ by Matthew Fox
- [Ritiro Omega Discussion Group: The Cosmic Christ and Revolution](https://wisrinstitute.org/ritiro-omega-discussion-group-the-cosmic-christ-and-revolution/) - The Ritiro Omega Discussion Group met in December, 2019 to reflect on the blog by Sr. Ilia Delio from September 30, 2019 The Cosmic Christ and Revolution and Posted Comments. The sisters’ in the discussion group also found comments very enriching to add to the initial blog reflection. The focus of the group was
- [Praying in Teilhard’s Universe](https://wisrinstitute.org/praying-in-teilhards-universe/) - Thomas of Celano, the first biographer of Saint Francis of Assisi, wrote that Francis did not so much pray as he became a “living prayer.” I think the same could be said of Teilhard de Chardin. What does it mean to be a person of “living prayer?” And how does such a person live in
- [Mystic Hearts Collection: Meister Eckhart](https://wisrinstitute.org/mystic-hearts-meister-eckhart/) - “... we are a manifestation of the divine seeking the divine...” Jim Finley “Meister Eckhart” - Part of the “Mystic Hearts” collection. Image of the painting coming out of the creation process itself.
- [New Year 2020](https://wisrinstitute.org/new-year-2020/) - Dear friends, Today, on the penultimate day of 2019, I saw a rainbow stretched across the sky in a spectrum of light. A rainbow symbolizes a bridge between the present moment and the hope of new life. It inspires us to awaken in the moment to the possibilities of more beauty, justice and compassion so
- [What is God Today? Series Introduction](https://wisrinstitute.org/what-is-god-today-introduction/) - Why do we need a new God? Because we are restless and we are longing and we need to rediscover God in our own age... Are you ready? – Ilia Delio "What is God Today?" is an Omega Center video series featuring interviews with Ilia Delio on the meaning of the divine in the 21st
- [What is God Today? God as Love](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-as-love/) - "Love is always a little tipsy and falling over itself. God is like that. That absolute being in love, always a little tipsy, always falling over God's self to share that love within other". – Ilia Delio Ilia Delio, in this second video of our seven-part series on "What is God Today?", explores God As
- [What is God Today? God as Wholeness](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-as-wholeness/) -  "We can sometimes get a glimpse of wholeness in our own lives, when we come into a moment of solitude or silence - when in that brief moment, there is an awareness of a 'being in love..." – Ilia Delio Ilia Delio, in this third video of our seven-part series on "What is God
- [What is God Today? God as the Power of Evolution](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-as-the-power-of-evolution/) - " Whether or not you want to accept evolution, you are in evolution. There is something deeper that is driving us, and I think at the heart of it, the best name I can give is that mysterious name we call God." Ilia Delio Ilia Delio, in this fourth video of our seven-part series on
- [What is God Today? God: Consciousness and Contemplation](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-consciousness-and-contemplation/) - "We need to retool ourselves in terms of consciousness, inwardly and outwardly." – Ilia Delio Ilia Delio, in this fifth video of our seven-part series on "What is God Today?", explores God, Consciousness, and Contemplation: "Teilhard would see the mystic as the forerunner of evolution. Contemplation and the maximization of consciousness becomes the fastest mover
- [What is God Today? God and Cyborg Life](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-and-cyborg-life/) - "God crosses the boundary of divinity to become human without losing anything of divine nature. We call that the person of Jesus Christ." – Ilia Delio Ilia Delio, in this sixth video of our seven-part series on "What is God Today?", explores God and Cyborg Life: "God is a boundary breaker. If we live into
- [What is God Today? God and the Future](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-and-the-future/) - "God is the future, God is the unlimited horizon of infinite possibilities. That future is now." – Ilia Delio Ilia Delio, in this seventh and final video of our seven-part series on "What is God Today?", explores God and the Future: "God is the hope, God is the promise, and God is the lure that
- [An Interview with Ilia Delio and Gregory Hansell](https://wisrinstitute.org/an-interview-with-ilia-delio-and-gregory-hansell/) - "Everyday is Christmas." Ilia Delio and Gregory Hansell During the Omega conference, Ilia and Greg sat down for an impromptu conversation about the importance of a conference on the Teilhardian vision, the significance of God as love and wholeness, and the deepest meaning of Christmas. This conference, and all our work at Omega Center,
- [Interview: Uncovering New Ideas and Truths by Integrating Science and Religion](https://wisrinstitute.org/interview-uncovering-new-ideas-and-truths-by-integrating-science-and-religion/) - In this wide ranging and fascinating interview with Ira Pastor, ideaXme exponential health ambassador and founder of Bioquark, Ilia first shares her background and how she developed an interest in science and theology. She goes on to discuss the crucial intersection of science and religion in our time, the special role Omega Center plays in
- [Suffering and Pain in an Unfinished Universe](https://wisrinstitute.org/suffering-and-pain-in-an-unfinished-universe/) - Q: How do we make sense of the profound suffering in our world? A woman wrote in to the Omega Center: “My life is consumed with managing basic functions (bathing, eating, etc), while experiencing constant pain and overwhelming weakness. My physical body demands my full attention just to get through the day, and I am
- [The Threshold](https://wisrinstitute.org/threshold/) - Where do you find yourself? On the path, safe within the guard rails? In the wild grasses, wandering? By the door? At the threshold? On the other side? At the edge of the sky? Where are you on your path?
- [Jesus Christ, the New Singularity of Cosmic Evolution](https://wisrinstitute.org/jesus-christ-the-new-singularity-of-cosmic-evolution/) - Q: How can “seeing” Jesus of Nazareth as part of the “New Story” deepen our understanding of Incarnation and increase our experience of the humility and love of God? Ilia: I know I have addressed this question in many other places but it is worth recounting here that Teilhard de Chardin devoted his efforts to
- [Theological Praxis for Posthuman Life](https://wisrinstitute.org/theological-praxis-for-posthuman-life/) - Q: “What are concrete ways we can increase love and consciousness in this posthuman culture?” Ilia: Our question this week seeks to address practical ways we can reflect on our lives in a posthuman culture, so as to increase love and consciousness. This question invites us, first to consider posthuman life, and second, ways to
- [God and the World in Teilhard](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-and-the-world-in-teilhard/) - In April 1934, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin wrote to Henri du Lubac, a fellow Jesuit, “I mistrust metaphysics (in the usual sense of the word), because I smell a geometry in it. But I am ready to recognize another sort of metaphysics which would really be a hyper-Physics,—or a hyper-Biology.”[1] In The Human Phenomenon, the
- [Cyborg Life and Paschal Mystery](https://wisrinstitute.org/cyborg-life-and-paschal-mystery/) - Q: Is cyborgization and technological evolution another process of the paschal mystery, letting the old self die- allowing new birth to take place daily? Ilia: To answer this question, we must understand more clearly the meaning of cyborg, the process of cyborgization, and the role of death in relation to God. The cyborg is an
- [Volunteer with Omega Center](https://wisrinstitute.org/volunteer-with-omega-center/) - Dear Omega Friends, Change is in the air, both with the season of autumn and here at Omega Center. We just held our first ever livestreaming webinar, our annual conference in December is coming up quickly in December, and we are hard at work on some end-of-year surprises and big projects for the new year.
- [Way of posthuman life could revitalize religious communities](https://wisrinstitute.org/way-of-posthuman-life-could-revitalize-religious-communities/) - Research on posthumanism shows that the autonomous liberal subject is giving way to a new hybridized person, the "posthuman." How does this affect religious life? In an earlier column I discussed the age ("first axial consciousness") in which the individual and world religions emerged — and the age in which religious life as we have
- [The Cosmic Christ and Revolution](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-cosmic-christ-and-revolution/) - Q: I want to know more about the Cosmic Christ, of one-ing. Ilia: In March of this year Richard Rohr released his new book on The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Quickly Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe which quickly rose to the top on the list of New York Times
- [Warming, Warming, Gone!   Who Will Survive Climate Change?](https://wisrinstitute.org/warming-warming-gone-who-will-survive-climate-change/) - Last week the prophet of the green movement, Greta Thunberg, landed in the U.S. after traveling by boat on the high seas to avoid the high carbon footprint of air travel. Her simple, direct message to the most powerful in politics and business is to stop the warming repression. Standing before Congress and the U.N.
- [Religious life in a post-human age](https://wisrinstitute.org/religious-life-in-a-post-human-age/) - I recently returned from a retreat at San Alfonso Retreat House in Long Branch, New Jersey, where 110 sisters gathered each day for liturgy, prayer and presentation. The sisters were from different congregations, and the majority were elderly and retired. Were it not for the African, Asian and Hispanic sisters (most in habits), I might
- ["Birth of a Dancing Star" Book Review on NCR](https://wisrinstitute.org/birth-of-a-dancing-star-book-review-on-ncr/) - Sr. Ilia Delio's 'Birth of a Dancing Star' memoir is about discovering God in the chaos of life by Nichole Carrubba for NCR Birth of a Dancing Star, Franciscan Sr. Ilia Delio's memoir that tells of her journey into the heart of God, is first and foremost a love story. "I was seized, so to
- [Contemplation and Vision](https://wisrinstitute.org/contemplation-and-vision/) - Q: What is the relationship between contemplation and action, especially public acts of resistance? Ilia: This is an interesting question and one that I have reflected on over the years. Vatican II opened the windows of the Church to the complexities of history, and the universal call to holiness (Gaudium et spes). A renewed sense
- [Artificial Intelligence and Human Desire: Can a Robot Truly Love?](https://wisrinstitute.org/artificial-intelligence-and-human-desire-can-a-robot-truly-love/) - Ilia Delio, Joseph C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova University, speaks on the topic of: “Artificial Intelligence and Human Desire: Can a Robot Truly Love?” This lecture was given on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, as part of the Killeen Chair of Theology & Philosophy Lecture Series at St. Norbert College.
- [Race and Axial Consciousness](https://wisrinstitute.org/race-and-axial-consciousness/) - Q: How do you address racism in your work? Ilia: Our question this week asks about racism within the evolutionary paradigm. This is an extremely important question that, I must admit from the start, I have not attended to in the way religion scholars J. Kameron Carter, Vincent Lloyd and others have analyzed; hence, my
- [The Narrow Door](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-narrow-door/) - Twenty-First Sunday OT/C 2019 Isaiah 66:18-21; Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13; Luke 13:22-30 Responding to a believer eager for salvation, Jesus answers: “Strive to enter through the narrow door,” choose to actively pursue a direction, a path in accord with the creative Fount of Goodness. Let us consider the wisdom of some other narrow doors inscribed in
- [The Future of Tradition](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-future-of-tradition/) - Q: How do we hold the value of Religion’s past yet create communities of deeper Spirituality. Ilia: Our question for this week is a good one. Many people fear the loss of tradition or core values if they embrace new religious ideas. The conflict of tradition is how we understand and interpret it. Do we
- [Webinar: Seeking Wholeness in an Age of Fragments](https://wisrinstitute.org/webinar-seeking-wholeness-in-an-age-of-fragments/) - Join us for upcoming webinar: Seeking Wholeness in an Age of Fragments September 28th, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm ET The news distracts us from our true reality; yet, nature teaches us that we emerge out of dynamic wholeness and we are created for wholeness. From a religious perspective, the wholeness of nature rising up
- [Parts of the Whole](https://wisrinstitute.org/parts-of-the-whole/) - "Parts of the Whole" was created after attending a symposium with Ilia Delio: "The holysun Rising over the whole earth, Chistifying the world Into a new day. The news is sad and ugly Because we are created For beauty. The world will be saved By beauty." Ilia Delio This painting - part of my "Kata
- [The Omega Challenge: On Sex, Gender and Personhood](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-omega-challenge-on-sex-gender-and-personhood/) - The Omega Challenge: In a recent post, Ilia answers questions about Sex, Gender and Personhood. On your own or as a group we invite you to reflect on the following questions and share your thoughts in the original article‘s comments section: Do you accept LGBTQ persons for who they are, or do you reject
- [On Sex, Gender and Personhood](https://wisrinstitute.org/on-sex-gender-and-personhood/) - Q: A student from St. Dominic’s Priory in Adelaide Australia wrote in last week with the following questions on LGBTQ personhood in light of Catholic teaching. Although I am by no means an expert in this area, I can offer some reflections on personhood in the 21st century. These are some of her questions: -
- [On Teilhard and "Teilhard’s Fire" (a song)](https://wisrinstitute.org/teilhards-fire-a-song/) - Listen to "Teilhard's Fire" by clicking on the player below Few life stories can match that of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881-1955) for drama, passion, and intellectual ferment. The piety of his Catholic upbringing along with an early interest in geology set him on a collision course with the Church of his time but
- [Reconceiving Religious Life in the 21st Century](https://wisrinstitute.org/reconceiving-religious-life-in-the-21st-century/) - Q: What is happening to the Religious Orders ? What part do you see them playing in the next "spiritual generation"? Ilia: Our questions this week focuses on a topic that is near and dear to me. I have been in religious life for over thirty-five years and I am still wondering, what exactly is
- [An Omega Conference Invitation](https://wisrinstitute.org/omega-conference-invitation/) - Dear Friends of the Omega Center, We are in the mist of summer, but time is an arrow that points to the future. Hence, we are now preparing for our second annual Omega Center conference. This year we have a fantastic line-up of speakers, some of the best Teilhard scholars working today, and I want
- [The Omega Challenge: Immigration, Evolution, and Wholeness](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-omega-challenge-immigration-evolution-and-wholeness/) - The Omega Challenge: In a recent post, Ilia answers questions about Teilhard and white nationalism. On your own or as a group we invite you to reflect on the following questions and share your thoughts in the original article's comments section: Social activists challenge the deplorable conditions at the border, the incarceration of children and
- [Immigration, Evolution, and Wholeness](https://wisrinstitute.org/immigration-evolution-and-wholeness/) - Q: What does Ilia think about Teilhard in regard to the emerging and pressing phenomenon of white-nationalism? What does she think about the "send-her-back" mentality of the insurgent movement? Ilia: The questions this week seek my Teilhardian perspective on the current political climate marked by white nationalism, racism, and xenophobia, which is defined as
- [The Omega Challenge: Consciousness and personal identity](https://wisrinstitute.org/omega-challenge-consciousness-and-personal-identity/) - The Omega Challenge: In a recent post Ilia answers a question about consciousness and personal identity in the perspective of human immortality. On your own or as a group we invite you to reflect on the following questions and share your thoughts in the comments section below: How does consciousness of death shape your present
- [Consciousness and Personal Identity](https://wisrinstitute.org/consciousness-and-personal-identity/) - Q: Do you distinguish between consciousness and personal identity in your perspective on human immortality? In other words, could a reasonable conception of continuation beyond our present life involve consciousness without an experience of the identity that we experience in this life? This seems to be the perspective held by some of the buddhist traditions.
- [Evolution is our fundamental reality](https://wisrinstitute.org/evolution-is-our-fundamental-reality/) - We are living in the midst of several major crises, including the environment and the institutional church. Does academic theology play a role here as well? Well, yes. As co-creators, we can begin to resolve some of the problems by better integrating theology and science. Teilhard de Chardin is one the most important thinkers of
- [The Omega Challenge](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-omega-challenge/) - The Omega Challenge: In a recent letter to the Omega community, Ilia challenged us all with questions that center on one big question: Who and What is God? Please read her prompts and share your thoughts, experiences, and musings in the comment area below, as together we explore an understanding of the evolving God emerging anew
- [Thank you and Take the Omega Challenge](https://wisrinstitute.org/thank-you-and-take-the-omega-challenge/) - Dear Friends of the Omega Center I want to extend a deep, heartfelt “thank you” to every person who responded to our June donation drive. Your commitment to the Omega Center through your financial support, whether large or small, speaks to a common desire for a renewed world of life where God is the vital
- [Theology Needs Radical Revisioning](https://wisrinstitute.org/theology-needs-radical-revisioning/) - In August 2018, the young Swedish activist Greta Thunberg boldly went on a school strike to oppose climate change and inspired thousands of youth around the world to do the same. She has gone before parliaments and government officials to speak openly and passionately on behalf of a wounded and dying Earth. Her talks have
- [The Problem of Evil](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-problem-of-evil/) - Q: N.T. Wright in his book "Surprised by Hope" claimed that Teilhard's "myth of progress" cannot deal with evil because it can't stop evil, it doesn't address the moral problem of all the evil that has happened to the world to date and it underestimates the nature and power of evil itself. It seems to
- [What is God?](https://wisrinstitute.org/what-is-god/) - In this fascinating new video from Three Bridges West, Ilia Delio is interviewed along with theologians such as Philip Clayton and scientists such as Dean Radin in discussing the ancient and ever-fresh question: What is God?
- [Relational Wholeness and the Becoming of God](https://wisrinstitute.org/relational-wholeness-and-the-becoming-of-god/) - Ilia Delio introduces "relational wholeness" and discusses the legacy of Teilhard de Chardin and the importance of religion and science for understanding God, Christ, and the future of our world. This video was a live Zoom conference with members of the Omega Center community on April 9, 2019.
- [The Rainbow of Pride](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-rainbow-of-pride/) - This month we celebrate the gift of life in its many colors, which holds great significance for the LGTBQ community. For years, women and men who were not heterosexual had to hide their true identity or live secret lives. I remember when I was growing up in Totowa, New Jersey our next neighbors came over
- [Changes in the Church: Momentary Crises or a New Epoch of Consciousness?](https://wisrinstitute.org/changes-in-the-church-momentary-crises-or-a-new-epoch-of-consciousness/) - Q: Can you help readers/viewers come to an appreciation for just how the institutions, no matter which one, are holding us all back? It is a matter of story--more of Thomas Berry. While I appreciate contemplation, which is most definitely needed, action is a must especially in this planetary crisis in which we live. Thomas
- [The Magnificent Cosmos](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-magnificent-cosmos/) - In the background of this painting is the Hubble deep field that became visible for the first time in a most remarkable photograph taken from outer space by the Hubble telescope. The telescope, with the lens open for an extended period, focused on a part of the sky that is dark to earthbound telescopes. The
- [Ilia Delio Changed My Life and Can Change Yours](https://wisrinstitute.org/ilia-delio-changed-my-life-and-can-change-yours/) - God works in mysterious ways, and as any reader of Teilhard and Ilia Delio knows, that includes the recommendation algorithms of Amazon.com. It was on that website, in the “Books You Might Also Like” section, that I first discovered Ilia’s work and purchased Making All Things New. This was just four years ago—during a period
- [For the Love of Matter: Mind, Matter and God](https://wisrinstitute.org/for-the-love-of-matter-mind-matter-and-god/) - Q: In his book “Life 3.0″ Max Tegmark suggests that subjective consciousness is what computation of information feels like. He also holds the view that consciousness is an emergent property that is substrate independent. Accordingly, consciousness emerges where certain configurations of particles lead to this result. Raimon Panikkar held that our fundamental subjective consciousness was
- [Love Out of Darkness](https://wisrinstitute.org/love-out-of-darknes/) - Question: How do we know if our thinking and doing is coming from the ground of love? I can feel this ground in silence but it is harder in the busyness of daily life. Ilia: Our questions this week focus on the meaning of love: How do we know if our thinking and doing is
- [From the Ritiro Omega Discussion Group](https://wisrinstitute.org/from-the-ritiro-omega-discussion-group/) - Theistic Evolution: A New Religious Story by Sr. Paula Scraba, OSF and the Allegany Franciscan Sisters from the Ritiro Omega Group The discussion opened around the question, “How can the Church be whole if only one part of it had a voice?” Today God forgives, it is hard to be forgiving at times. We are
- [Crum Creek Visitation](https://wisrinstitute.org/crum-creek-visitation/) - I recently encountered a great blue heron while teaching my Swarthmore College class, Religion and Ecology. I was conducting a three-hour class meeting in the Crum Woods, the scenic watershed adjacent to the Swarthmore campus and near my home where I live with my family. The class began with a silent procession into the woods
- [One Eye, One Self, One God](https://wisrinstitute.org/one-eye-one-self-one-god/) - Q: Meister Eckhart and Thomas Merton have talked about how the "eye with which you see God is the eye with which he sees you." In his book "The Experience of God" Raimon Panikkar suggests that our fundamental capacity for awareness, our sentience, equates with the presence of God. Do you understand Eckhart's idea as
- [Repair my house which has fallen into ruins](https://wisrinstitute.org/repair-my-house-which-has-fallen-into-ruins/) - I was enjoying a perfectly lovely quiet time of Holy Week retreat at St. Jane House in Minneapolis when i learned the news of the fire at Notre Dame. Even as my heart was breaking, I started to draw on my iPad. I lead Art and Faith educational tours, and had just visited Notre Dame
- [The Resurrection and the beginning of a new earth](https://wisrinstitute.org/resurrection-and-the-beginning-of-a-new-earth/) - Faith in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ expresses the belief that "Love is strong as death" (Song 8:6). Resurrection is the greater strength of love in the face of death. When someone values love more highly than life, that is, when someone is ready to put life second to love, for the sake of love,
- [Dead and Alive](https://wisrinstitute.org/dead-and-alive/) - He is not here! But we are... Tragedy and Beauty Sorrow and Mystery Innocent lives killed in the midst of God's glory. What kind of God is this Who rises from the dead Amidst the dead? Let us not get too comfortable with the Beauty of the Risen Christ Lest we forget that Christ is
- [An Easter Reflection on Suffering, Death, and Resurrection ](https://wisrinstitute.org/an-easter-reflection-on-suffering-death-and-resurrection/) - There is no compassion without suffering, no transformation without death. No growth without decay, no development without loss, no complexity without danger. Imagine how it feels for a loving God to know there is no other choice for any of it? God maybe saddened when the first stars burned out, or the first solar systems
- [SUFFERING AND DEATH:  A REFLECTION](https://wisrinstitute.org/suffering-and-death-a-reflection/) - Each day we awake to a new world of struggle.The abuse crisis of the Catholic Church continues unabated, children and refugees are held captive in the U.S. borderland camps, racial profiling and inner city violence continue unresolved and the climate is getting warmer while plastics fill the ocean. We are in a serious state of
- [To Die on the Day of Resurrection](https://wisrinstitute.org/to-die-on-the-day-of-resurrection/) - One year before Teilhard de Chardin died, his nephew heard Teilhard say that, “I should like to die on the day of Resurrection.” A year later, on April 10th, 1955 Chardin did die. It was Easter Sunday. That day, Teilhard had attended Easter Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, and later that
- [Second Annual Omega Center Conference](https://wisrinstitute.org/second-annual-omega-center-conference/) - Love at the Heart of the Cosmos: Living in Relational Wholeness Commonwealth Chateau at SugarLoaf Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA December 6th - 8th, 2019 Check-in begins Friday, December 6th, at 5:00pm Conference concludes Sunday, December 8th, at 12:45pm Divine Love, according to Teilhard de Chardin, is the core energy of the cosmos.
- [Authentic religion “Within me and between me and thee”](https://wisrinstitute.org/authentic-religion-within-me-and-between-me-and-thee/) - Ours in the West is largely a secularized society. However, especially after 9/11, we have become much more aware of the influence of religion—mostly bad in many people’s eyes. This, I believe, is a bum rap for authentic religion, which I would describe in a phrase as “Within Me, and Between Me and Thee.” I
- [Catholic to the Core](https://wisrinstitute.org/catholic-to-the-core/) - Q: Is the Omega Center “Catholic.” Is it in line with the institutional Catholic Church. Ilia: Recently, a question was submitted as to whether or not the Omega Center is “Catholic.” The inquirer wanted to know if the Omega Center is in line with the institutional Catholic Church. I want to affirm from the outset
- [Relational Holism](https://wisrinstitute.org/relational-holism/) - Q: “As a member of a Contemplative meditation and education group in our city which includes nuns, parish members and non active members in the rituals of the Church we would like to bring a more comprehensive technologically enabled approach to connecting our members to the Delios, Rohrs, Freemans, Chittisters, Keatings etc of our world
- [Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Thomas Berry:  Interiority and Subjectivity](https://wisrinstitute.org/pierre-teilhard-de-chardin-and-thomas-berry-interiority-and-subjectivity/) - Thomas Berry regarded the influence from Teilhard as integral to his thought. They were both concerned with the value and beauty of the universe as well as a commitment to the deeper implications of matter in understanding the human spiritual journey. This stands in sharp contrast to otherworldly values and forms of redemption out of
- [Petitionary Prayer in Light of God’s Uncontrolling Love](https://wisrinstitute.org/petitionary-prayer-in-light-of-gods-uncontrolling-love/) - What is petitionary prayer? Petitionary prayer is a specific form of prayer aimed at making requests of God. They make requests of God for answers to life’s questions and concerns. They are also pleas for God to be the sole responsible agent to act on behalf of the one who is praying. Petitionary prayers can
- [Being as Love](https://wisrinstitute.org/being-as-love/) - Q: "St. Thomas Aquinas focuses on God as the ground of Being. Is there any similarity with Teilhard’s message with Being at the heart of life? Also I love the Reflection of St. Francis on the baby Jesus and the Crib and to seeing the humble Christ. Pope Francis tries to give us a message
- [Announcing the New Omega Center Website](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-new-omega-center-website/) - Dear Omega Community, It is with great excitement that we are announcing the relaunched Omega Center website. Please come visit! Ilia and I have been working closely together for the last few months “making all things new,” redesigning the website in a way consonant with her vision of the unceasingly creative and unifying love of
- [Are Non-Dual Teachings Deemed Heretical by the Church?](https://wisrinstitute.org/are-non-dual-teachings-deemed-heretical-by-the-church/) - Q: "Do non-dual Christian leaders such as yourself, Richard Rohr and Cynthia Bourgeault have to worry that your non-dual teachings will be deemed heretical by the Church? I have always thought that that fear keeps nonduality Christian teachers from publicly expressing the depth of their nondual beliefs." Ilia: Non-duality is the belief that entities do not
- [Creation](https://wisrinstitute.org/creation/) - This painting is about ultimate connection - or discernible pattern; maybe the same thing, and both sacred. It uses the golden spiral and the flower of life (sacred geometry) to show how they can be seen within a simple forest image (or anywhere.) - or possibly missed but still there. The egg is an expression
- [Jazz, Evolution, and Co-creation with Trinity](https://wisrinstitute.org/jazz-evolution-and-co-creation-with-trinity/) - We are exhorted to participate with God as co-creators. But how does this work? Let’s start here: Science tells us all matter is energy. Teilhard understood energy is infused with consciousness which allows particles to join resulting in increasing complexity. Now imagine the universe as a venue for a jazz trio – the God Trio.
- [Can Prayer Increase Positive Energy in the Universe?](https://wisrinstitute.org/can-prayer-focus-the-positive-energy-of-the-universe/) - Q: "My discussion group ('God for Grownups' in Michigan) has discussed your videos and work --- would like to know more about implications for prayer. Not that we believe God is a 'vending machine' of favors but do you think prayer can focus the positive energy of the universe on a situation? How might we pray?" Ilia: My
- [Quote - Paul Smith - God big enough](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-psmith-god-big-enought/) - "We need a God that is big enough for our minds, close enough for our hearts, and us enough for our deepest identification."
- [Atonement and Evolution](https://wisrinstitute.org/atonement-and-evolution/) - Q: "I first came across your work through your writings on St Bonaventure and have come to know your further writings on Teilhard de Chardin and seeing Christian faith in relation to evolution and conciousness. But what I find missing in your writings and Teilhard de Chardin is the Catholic emphasis on the need of
- [Theistic Evolution:  A New Religious Story](https://wisrinstitute.org/theistic-evolution-a-new-religious-story/) - Q: "... We are the universe becoming conscious of Itself. There is an energy within (God/Agape) drawing us (and everything) forward and upward in a rise in consciousness towards greater and greater being... Jesus is that Energy, drawing the universe forward and upward towards greater and greater consciousness, fully manifest in the human person and because
- [In Support of Teilhard’s Vision](https://wisrinstitute.org/in-support-of-teilhards-vision/) - The great medievalist scholar Etienne Gilson once wrote of Bonaventure: “You can either see the general economy of his doctrine in its totality, or see none of it, nor would a historian be led by the understanding of one of the fragments to desire to understand the whole, for the fragments are quite literally meaningless
- [Trashing Teilhard](https://wisrinstitute.org/trashing-teilhard/) - Was the Jesuit scientist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin really a fascist, racist, genocidal opponent of human dignity? I had thought that, at least among educated Catholics, the question was almost dead. I was even guessing that holdout pockets of hostility might be vanishing for good after several recent Popes favorably cited Teilhard’s cosmic vision for
- [How to let go of regrets?](https://wisrinstitute.org/how-to-let-go-of-regrets/) - Q: What do we do about past regrets and decisions made long ago that we now feel the harm and consequences of? Ilia: Years ago I lived with a Sister in New Jersey who constantly complained about being overlooked in the community. One day she was on a tirade about a position in the nursing home
- [God And The New Science](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-and-the-new-science/) - The striking discoveries of contemporary science are continually telling us new things about how material creation came to be and how it continues to evolve. Although we do not have all the answers, we are clearly going in a direction that transcends the cosmology in which the great world religions came into existence. Our vision,
- [Big News from the Omega Center: Opening our Doors to the Heart of Love](https://wisrinstitute.org/big-news-from-the-omega-center-opening-our-doors-to-the-heart-of-love/) - Dear Friends of the Omega Center As we enter a new year, I want to thank each of you for your support and participation in the Omega Center. Many of you have contributed financially to the Center, whether by subscription or donation, and a number of you have contributed by participating in the Zoom sessions
- [Are We Cyborgs?](https://wisrinstitute.org/are-we-cyborgs/) - One of the distinguishing features of the human person is our capacity to communicate through symbolic language. A symbol is that which both signifies and participates in that which it signifies. For example, the cross both expresses God’s selfless love and is that love shown in Christ crucified. The symbol is part of the reality
- [Conversation With Ilia Delio - December 2018](https://wisrinstitute.org/conversation-with-ilia-delio-recorded-december-2018/) - 
- [A New People for a New World: Further Reflections on Christmas ](https://wisrinstitute.org/new-people-new-world/) - Dear Friends, I like to think of Christmas as a new “big bang,” a “trans-human” event. I follow the movement of Transhumanism with keen interest and while some radical transhumanist ideas can raise eyebrows, the sheer boldness to transcend biological limits reflects our capacity for radical newness. Transhumanists maintain that technology will enable us to
- [Radical Incarnation: A Christmas Appeal](https://wisrinstitute.org/radical-incarnation/) - Dear Friends, We are once again in the season of waiting—patient waiting—a virtue the consumer culture has abandoned. However, we are not waiting for something but for someone; we are waiting for God to arrive in the person of Jesus Christ. But wait—didn’t God already come in the birth of Jesus? Isn’t this the heart
- [Evolution and Radical Love](https://wisrinstitute.org/evolution-and-radical-love/) - Many people ask, why is it necessary to pay attention to science? What does religion have to do with science? Historically, the foundations of modern science are found in the Judeo-Christian tradition, beginning with the Old Testament and its emphasis on an orderly, rational and contingent world. In the New Testament the life, death and
- [Moving Onwards Forward: An Advent Message From Ilia Delio](https://wisrinstitute.org/moving-onwards-forward-an-advent-message-from-ilia-delio/) - "If God has already come to us, what are we waiting for? What you are looking for has already arrived."
- [Can A Thinking Heart Make Us Whole?](https://wisrinstitute.org/can-a-thinking-heart-make-us-whole/) - The volatility of the news is a good indicator of the unstable forces that are impacting our world today. A drop of 850 points on the NASDAQ and it seems like we are treading on a global land mine. Be careful where you walk or what button you push–you may lose everything. The recent sex
- [A Welcome Address From The New Executive Director](https://wisrinstitute.org/greg-hansell-and-the-omega-center/) - Dear Omega Community, Greetings! I am Gregory Hansell, the new and first Executive Director of the Omega Center. I’m honored and thrilled to join you all at this exciting and crucial moment for both the Center and our divisive world. So let me say first “Thank you!” to Ilia, the Omega Center board and team,
- [The Boundless Body Of Christ](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-boundless-body-of-christ/) - Eat and drink my body that began growing since the Big Birth some fourteen billion years ago. Unwinding, dramatic story, shining now in me as all-embracing and self-giving love. I breathe in you my spirit: enticing you to participate in this creative blooming of forms, of meanings, connections and imagination. Listen to the cosmic prayer
- [Church As an evolving life-system: bottom-up as well as top-down organization](https://wisrinstitute.org/church-as-an-evolving-life-system/) - “Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church” (Mt. 18:16). Throughout most of its long institutional history, the Roman Catholic Church has prided itself on the stability of its mode of operation. Decisions by and large have been made from the top-down: from the Pope and Vatican officials to the regional
- [Reconstructing Wholeness](https://wisrinstitute.org/reconstructing-wholeness/) - Transgender experiences are teaching us a great deal when we have learning hearts. I deeply appreciate the reality that our transgender siblings in the human family share about being “assigned” one binary identity that doesn’t match one’s inner reality. That one profound facet of the transgender journey has helped me understand the “trans” nature of
- [Pierre Teilhard de Chardin](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-ilia-inner-spirit-2/) - "What is happening under our eyes within the mass of peoples? What is the cause of this disorder in society, this uneasy agitation, these swelling waves, these whirling and mingling currents and these turbulent and formidable new impulses?"
- [Schism or Evolution?](https://wisrinstitute.org/schism-or-evolution/) - Something momentous is happening in our midst. The concerted efforts to oust Pope Francis are deeply tied to the perverted crisis of abuse embedded in ecclesiastical power structures. While some may spiritually rely on Julian of Norwich’s “all shall be well”, the fact is, all is not well and will not be well unless the
- [Quote - Teilhard - Evolution is general condition](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-teilhard-evo-general-condition/) - "Evolution is a general condition to which all theories, all hypotheses, all systems must submit and satisfy from now on in order to be conceivable and true."
- [Quote - Ilia - Good News of Jesus](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-ilia-good-news-jesus/) - "If the Church is founded on the Good News of Jesus Christ, how did it become so radically disconnected from the itinerant preacher from Nazareth?"
- [Conversation With Ilia Delio - August 2018](https://wisrinstitute.org/conversation-with-ilia-delio-august-2018/) - 
- [Death In The Church: Is New Life Ahead?](https://wisrinstitute.org/death-in-church-new-life-ahead/) - The recent disclosure of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church and the extent of depravity reported in the news is symptomatic of a Church in crisis. It is no longer acceptable for the Pope simply to issue a public apology nor is it sufficient for any group merely to reflect on what has happened by
- [Quote - Paul Smith - God big enough](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-psmith-god-big-enought-2/) - "We need a God that is big enough for our minds, close enough for our hearts, and us enough for our deepest identification."
- [Omega Conference: Towards a planetary faith](https://wisrinstitute.org/oc-conference-towards-a-planetary-faith/) - I just returned from a wonderful five-day retreat at San Alfonso Retreat House in Long Branch New Jersey. It is always a special time of the year because it is a “Sisters Retreat,” that is, a retreat especially designed for religious women, replete with adoration, daily Mass and morning and evening prayer. Basically the retreat
- [Open My Heart: Omega Center Conference – July 2018](https://wisrinstitute.org/open-my-heart-omega-center-conference-july-2018/) - Presenters Matthew Wrigh and Brie Stoner opened our Omega Center conference with this simple chant "Open My Heart" by composer Ana Hernandez. Brie opens by explaining how the vibrational quality of chant can open our hearts, and then Matthew guides the group into the chant and the "gift of your breath, arriving in this place,
- [Towards a renewal of the whole](https://wisrinstitute.org/renewal-of-whole/) - We are living on a fragile planet right now. The forces of resistance are felt all around us as we seek to hold on to our personal wealth, privileged security, political freedom and religious beliefs. But the structures that gave rise to these systems are giving way to something new, a type of interconnectedness that
- [Conversation With Ilia Delio – July 2018](https://wisrinstitute.org/conversation-with-ilia-delio-july-2018/) - 
- [Teilhard de chardin: a big thinker for a big universe](https://wisrinstitute.org/teilhard-big-universe/) - The great medievalist scholar Etienne Gilson once wrote of Bonaventure: “You can either see the general economy of his doctrine in its totality, or see none of it, nor would a historian be led by the understanding of one of the fragments to desire to understand the whole, for the fragments are quite literally meaningless
- [Quote - Teilhard - religion and science](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-teilhard-religion-and-science/) - "Religion and science are the two conjugated faces or phases of one and the same act of complete knowledge."
- [Quote - Brie - Radically present](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-brie-radically-present/) - "I want to learn how to be so radically present that I can feel my own being in concert with the symphony of the universe."
- [Quote - Matthew - One Work](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-matthew-wright-one-work/) - "The work at hand is one work, and it will require all of us."
- [Boundaries, Bark, And Incarnation](https://wisrinstitute.org/boundaries-bark-incarnation/) - The boundaries are gone. We may not have all realized it yet, but they’ve dissolved right in front of us. Certainly, many of us—maybe most of us—are playing as if the old lines were still there, fighting to honor our past divisions. But the truth is, they’re gone. As Brie Stoner pointed out in her
- [Why We Need To Talk About Christianity As Planetary Faith](https://wisrinstitute.org/christianity-as-planetary-faith/) - Several weeks ago I met my first real Teilhard opponent. She was a religion scholar from Indiana University and was quite adamant that Teilhard was a naïve optimist with a radical anthropocentrism. His vision, she claimed, was ultimately harmful to a committed ecological presence. I was a bit shocked by the gross misinterpretation of Teilhard
- [Easter Message: Faith-Shaking Resurrection](https://wisrinstitute.org/easter-message-faith-shaking-resurrection/) - The celebration of Easter marks the most incredible event in this history of the cosmos summed up in a brief acclamation: “Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.” Jesus rises from the dead and returns to empower his disciples with a new energy and a new direction: Go out to the whole
- [A Hunger For Wholeness](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-hunger-for-wholeness/) - The following is an excerpt from the concluding chapter of Ilia Delio's forthcoming book A Hunger for Wholeness: Soul, Space, and Transcendence, available April 2, 2018. We have the capacity to wrap the Earth with a new man­tle of compassionate love and peace. But do we have the vision? Can we imagine a new world rising
- [Creating Harmony Between Biblical Faith And Science](https://wisrinstitute.org/creating-harmony-faith-science/) - An audio interview with Deborah Haarsma In this Omega Center interview Brie Stoner invites BioLogos President Deborah Haarsma to share her work, perspectives, and passion on a range of topics, including how we can engage in fruitful and open dialogue with Christians who differ in their approach and beliefs of an evolutionary universe. As their
- [Beyond Patriarchy And Gender: Towards Personhood](https://wisrinstitute.org/beyond-patriarchy-and-gender/) - I was raised in a matriarchal household by a Sicilian mother who was a staunch feminist long before the term was in vogue. I was taught from an early age that I could achieve anything with hard work and determination. My mother was an advocate for the poor and disenfranchised and did not hesitate to
- [Towards Omega: Jet Skiing Or Scuba Diving?](https://wisrinstitute.org/towards-omega-jet-skiing-or-scuba-diving/) - One of the most significant social media platforms in our age is Facebook. One can easily spend a few hours, surfing through the various posts, YouTube videos, and various interest groups. Recently a Teilhard group was renewed on Facebook and the group has attracted much attention, with various posts on topics pertaining to Teilhard’s thoughts
- [Beyond The Surface Level](https://wisrinstitute.org/beyond-the-surface-level/) - In this Omega Center interview Brie Stoner invites Edwin Olson to share the interests and influences that lead him to write his most recent book, entitled And God Created Wholeness: A Spirituality Catholicity. In their conversation they discuss various aspects of the three-strata Wholeness Model and how it can help us better understand and live
- [Finding Wholeness Deep Within](https://wisrinstitute.org/finding-wholeness-deep-within-2/) - The life of our cells depends upon their connection to the behavior of the small particles in our atoms called quanta. At that invisible level, particles like electrons can do multiple things at once. This is called superposition. These particles are connected and affect each other even when far apart (entanglement) and easily pass through
- [Quote - Ilia - Inner Spirit](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-ilia-inner-spirit/) - “If we can meet one another on that path of the inner spirit, the path of the inner mystic, the path of the cosmic heart, we will come to a new planetization, a new Oneness.”
- [Quote - Ilia - Inner energy of human love](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-ilia-inner-energy-love/) - "There's an inner energy to human love, and that inner energy is consciousness."
- [Transformation Through Mindfulness Practice](https://wisrinstitute.org/transformation-through-mindfulness-practice/) - An audio interview with Amy Edelstein In this Omega Center interview Brie Stoner engages in conversation with educator, author, and public speaker Amy Edelstein, discussing the powerful transformative impacts she's witnessed since bringing mindfulness to inner city high school students. As Amy explains, by introducing youth to mindfulness practice they become better equipped to move through
- [Love In A Fractured World: Wholeness In Education](https://wisrinstitute.org/wholeness-in-education/) - When I was asked to write for the Omega Center on Love in a Fractured World, I could think of no better theme than describing the context of my work running an innovative mindfulness and evolutionary worldview program in the public high schools of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, the sixth largest city in America, is the poorest
- [Omega Center Teaching Series – Part 2](https://wisrinstitute.org/omega-center-teaching-series-part-2/) - In this video Sr Ilia Delio offers her thoughts on the evolving story of Religion [7:37 min]
- [Omega Center Teaching Series – Part 1](https://wisrinstitute.org/omega-center-teaching-series-part-1/) - In this video Sr Ilia Delio welcomes you to the Omega Center website and our mission to explore Love at the Heart of the Universe. [6:30 min]
- [A Hunger for Wholeness – 2017](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-hunger-for-wholeness-2017/) - "The path forward is the path inward, and that path belongs to all religious traditions. If we can meet one another on that path of the inner spirit, the path of the inner mystic, the path of the cosmic heart, we will come to a new planetization, a new Oneness." – Ilia Delio In this short
- [God Loves To Do New Things](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-loves-to-do-new-things-2/) - In this blog Ilia Delio shares some of her current reading, and offers her reflections on the ever-changing nature of God. Ilia suggests that "...if we can get religion out of the sixteenth century and into the 21st century, we might discover a whole new God and a new world in relation to God, and truthfully
- [Quote - Ilia - Story of Christmas](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-ilia-story-of-christmas/) - "Our God is an open God, a changing God, a novel God, a God who is becoming in and through cosmic life. This is the core meaning of incarnation; it is the story of Christmas."
- [Quote - Hosinski - Know God](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-hosinski-know-god/) - "We can know God with our hearts as the mystery of Love, source of life and healing, dwelling with us and in us in love."
- [Incarnating The Universe: Matter Matters To God](https://wisrinstitute.org/incarnating-the-universe-matter-matters-to-god/) - In this blog Ilia Delio expands on Diarmuid O'Murchu's recent Omega Center contributions on incarnation, and offers her thoughts on the "hidden depth to matter." (See also Diarmuid O'Murchu's blog on INCARNATION AS EMBODIMENT OF SPIRIT, and audio interview EXPANDING OUR VIEW OF INCARNATION.) Diarmuid O’Murchu has written a very accessible book on incarnation and evolution that awakens
- [Expanding Our View Of Incarnation](https://wisrinstitute.org/expanding-incarnation/) - An audio interview with Diarmuid O’Murchu In this Omega Center interview Brie Stoner engages in conversation with prominent evolutionary thinker and writer Diarmuid O’Murchu, discussing topics from his most recent book Incarnation: An Evolutionary Threshold. Fundamental to this book are the questions “What does Incarnation mean for each of us?” and “What are the practical
- [Quote - Diarmuid O'Murchu - Salvation](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-diarmuid-salvation/) - "Salvation becomes our primary responsibility through learning afresh what it means to be authentically human upon our Spirit-infused earth."
- [Incarnation As Embodiment Of Spirit](https://wisrinstitute.org/incarnation-as-embodiment-of-spirit/) - Traditionally, the word Incarnation denotes the coming of God into our world in the person and life of Jesus, which happened for the first and only time 2000 years ago. I want to challenge the narrow reductionism of the inherited tradition, and instead, offer an evolutionary perspective in which we understand Incarnation as a process
- [Quote - teilhard - Nothing profane](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-teilhard-nothing-profane/) - "There is nothing profane here below for those who know how to see."
- [A Reply To Richard Rohr On The Cosmic Christ](https://wisrinstitute.org/reply-to-richard-rohr-cosmic-christ/) - In this blog Ilia Delio considers recent reflections offered by Richard Rohr on the Cosmic Christ, and provides some additional thoughts. See THE COSMIC CHRIST by Richard Rohr, and REDISCOVERING THE UNIVERSAL CHRIST, an audio interview with Fr. Richard Rohr. Richard Rohr is one of the great vernacular theologians of our age. He has the gift of
- [Rediscovering The Universal Christ](https://wisrinstitute.org/rediscovering-the-universal-christ/) - An audio interview with Fr. Richard Rohr In this interview Brie Stoner engages in conversation with Fr. Richard Rohr, covering a number of topics in a forthcoming book he’s in the process of writing. Here they explore a more “universal” understanding of Christ—Christ as an ongoing manifestation from the very beginning of existence, manifesting through
- [Quote - Ilia - same currents](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-ilia-same-currents/) - "The same currents that run through our human blood also run through the swirling galaxies...one and the same evolutionary movement moves through all—a single self-transcending current of all-pervading energy that brings new life out of seeming catastrophe."
- [Quote - Teilhard - Bless you matter](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-teilhard-bless-matter/) - "I bless you matter...I acclaim you as the divine milieu, charged with creative power, as the ocean stirred by the Spirit, as the clay molded and infused with life by the incarnate Word."
- [Quote - Richard Rohr - Holy matter](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-richard-rohr-holy-matter/) - "Matter has become a holy thing and the material world is the place where we can comfortably worship God just by walking on matter, by loving it, by respecting it."
- [The Cosmic Christ](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-cosmic-christ/) - The following is used with permission by the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC), first published in Daily Meditations November 5, 2015 Franciscan mysticism has a unique place in the world through its absolutely Christocentric lens, although the Franciscan emphasis is actually nothing more nor less than the full Gospel itself. Most Christians know about
- [The Universe Within – Part 2](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-universe-within-part-2/) - Courtesy of Contemplative Outreach of Maryland and Washington, September 2017 In this video presentation, hosted at National Presbyterian Church in Washington DC, Ilia Delio shares her thoughts about “The Universe Within”. Finding our place in the world is a challenging task. Ilia explores the inner universe and the role of consciousness, elaborating on the insights of modern
- [The Universe Within – Part 1](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-universe-within-part-1/) - Courtesy of Contemplative Outreach of Maryland and Washington, September 2017 In this video presentation, hosted at National Presbyterian Church in Washington DC, Ilia Delio shares her thoughts about “The Universe Within”. Finding our place in the world is a challenging task. Ilia explores the inner universe and the role of consciousness, elaborating on the insights of modern
- [A Response To John Haught's "A New Cosmic Story"](https://wisrinstitute.org/response-to-new-cosmic-story/) - We are story tellers and meaning makers and the stories we tell shape the meaning of our lives. John Haught, a longtime friend and colleague, has been engaged in the area of science and religion for over four decades. But his recent books are moving us beyond the rather staid notion of dialogue between science and
- [An Interview With John F. Haught](https://wisrinstitute.org/interview-john-haught-sept2017/) - An audio interview with JOHN F. HAUGHT recorded September 11, 2017 In this audio interview Brie Stoner asks Professor Dr. John Haught to expand on some of his ideas and thoughts as introduced in his recent Omega Center blog THE NEW COSMIC STORY, entitled after his new book The New Cosmic Story: Inside Our Awakening Universe. Historians
- [Quote - Ilia - mystery of God within](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-ilia-mystery-of-god-within/) - "If we could discover this great mystery of God in us, we would be truly free, and out of this freedom the seeds of our lives would sprout into a new world of justice and peace."
- [Quote - John F Haught - universe story](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-john-haught-universe-story/) - "The universe is a story still being told."
- [The New Cosmic Story](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-new-cosmic-story/) - Over the past two centuries scientists have learned that the universe is a story still being told. New scientific awareness of the long cosmic preamble to human history has inspired attempts recently to connect the relatively short span of our own existence to the longer epic of the universe. These efforts, known as Big History,
- [God As Mystery](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-as-mystery/) - At a recent conference I attended, several people asked if God and nature are one and the same. This is the question of pantheism. And if this is true then there is no other existence but nature itself. And yet the nature of nature is to transcend itself. So how does nature explain its own
- [Quote - David Bohm - roots in the whole](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-bohm-roots-in-the-whole/) - "As humans and societies we seem separate but in our roots we are part of an indivisible whole and share in the same cosmic process."
- [Quote - Teilhard - communion with God](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-teilhard-communion-with-god/) - "There is a communion with God, and a communion with the earth, and a communion with God through the earth."
- [Quote - Ilia - must have faith](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-ilia-must-have-faith/) - "To participate in the world’s becoming we must have faith in one another and faith in the world."
- [Despite The News, We Belong To One Another](https://wisrinstitute.org/despite-the-new-we-belong-to-one-another/) - Modern science has revealed new information about the human person, from cosmology to neuroscience and cognitive psychology; however, we still think of ourselves as rational, concrete subjects, individual in nature and unrelated to one another, except by chance, accident, or good-fortune. This understanding is a particularly western one with philosophical roots that date back to
- [Quote - Teilhard - divine assails us](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-teilhard-divine-assails-us/) - "By means of all created things, without exception, the divine assails us, penetrates us, and molds us."
- [Creating An Interior Universe](https://wisrinstitute.org/interview-creating-an-interior-universe/) - An audio interview with ILIA DELIO recorded July 20, 2017. As the audio interview begins Brie Stoner asks Ilia Delio about her recent blog (FINDING OUR WAY IN AN EVOLUTIONARY WORLD) and what is meant when using the term “consciousness.” As their conversation continues other topics raised for discussion include the nature of reality, the
- [What Does It Mean To Live In Evolution?](https://wisrinstitute.org/what-does-it-mean-to-live-in-evolution/) - Recently, I was at a retreat house in New Jersey with a group of older religious Sisters who were finishing up a week of prayer and reflection. I sat across from a retired Sister of Saint Joseph at dinner one evening and she asked me, what does it mean to live in evolution? All this
- [Quote - Teilhard - Our duty](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-teilhard-our-duty/) - "Our duty, as men and women is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation."
- [Quote - Teilhard - Love is a sacred energy](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-teilhard-love-energy/) - "Love is a sacred reserve of energy; it is like the blood of spiritual evolution."
- [Quote - Ilia - Unified in Love](https://wisrinstitute.org/ilia-unified-in-love/) - "Everything begins with consciousness and culminates in a luminosity of conscious matter unified in love."
- [Finding Our Way In An Evolutionary World](https://wisrinstitute.org/finding-our-way-in-an-evolutionary-world/) - What do we long for? That is where our soul lies. What do we hope for? That is what stretches the heart. When I was asked to give the Madeleva Lecture last April at St. Mary’s Notre Dame, I was not sure how I would pull together the emerging story of wholeness; what stretches our
- [The Transformative Power Of Suffering](https://wisrinstitute.org/transformative-power-of-suffering/) - The many faces of suffering — nightly we hear the counts: be they the ravaged faces of Syrian refugees, the millions of starving and impoverished children around the world, the violence of the bleakest neighborhoods of all inner cities, devastating natural disasters such as the earthquake in Haiti that killed over 300,000 people and left
- [Quote - Ilia Delio - power to heal this wounded world](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-ilia-wounded-world/) - "We have enormous power to heal this wounded world through merciful love, loving hearts which welcome the stranger and accept the suffering of another as our own."
- [Quote - Lou Savary - Suffering](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-savary-suffering/) - “Why can’t the energy produced in suffering, by our intention and choice, also help build the Body of Christ?”
- [Suffering And Love In Teilhard's Spirituality](https://wisrinstitute.org/suffering-and-love-teilhard/) - What if suffering, and the energy generated through suffering, could be focused and used to make a positive difference in the world? Louis Savary invites us to consider insights offered by Teilhard de Chardin, who saw an inherent potential in suffering as a source of activation in an evolving world. Pain and suffering are found everywhere and in all walks of life.
- [Quote - Teilhard - suffering as ascensional force](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-teilhard-suffering-as-ascensional-force/) - “Suffering holds hidden within it, in extreme intensity, the ascensional force of the world.”
- [Teaching Teilhardian Hope In Hong Kong](https://wisrinstitute.org/hope-in-hong-kong/) - Over recent weeks we have posted a three-part blog series by Cynthia Bourgeault entitled “Teilhard for Troubled Times.” The following is a response and expansion upon some of the themes raised in that series, as well as Marty's reflections based on his experience as a teacher of Humanities at the Hong Kong International School (HKIS). A Response to Cynthia
- [Consciousness & Christogenesis: Mind, Matter & Emerging Wholeness (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/consciousness-christogenesis-mind-matter-emerging-wholeness-part-1-2/) - Download a copy of Ilia Delio's PowerPoint presentation used at her event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on May 6, 2017. Download PDF
- [Consciousness & Christogenesis: Mind, Matter & Emerging Wholeness (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/consciousness-christogenesis-mind-matter-emerging-wholeness-part-1/) - Download a copy of Ilia Delio's PowerPoint presentation used at her event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on May 5, 2017. Download PDF
- [Click Here To Ask Your Questions](https://wisrinstitute.org/click-here-to-ask-your-questions-1705/) - [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We hope you will join the conversation by submitting your reflections and questions below, via the “Leave a Reply” comment box on this page. What would you like to ask Ilia? How do we act from hope in an age of distrust? Ilia will compile the questions received and respond in periodic written or video format. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
- [Teilhard For Troubled Times - Part 3](https://wisrinstitute.org/teilhard-for-troubled-times-part-3/) - Over recent weeks we have been posting a three-part blog series by Cynthia Bourgeault on the topic of "Teilhard for Troubled Times." Here is the third and final installment. To read earlier posts go here: Part 1, Part 2. Part 3 - The Living Reality of Omega The third and most powerful wellspring of hope that Teilhard has to offer us—for
- [A Hunger for Wholeness – Madeleva Lecture – 2017](https://wisrinstitute.org/a-hunger-for-wholeness-madeleva-lecture-2017/) - Ilia Delio, OSF, was honored as the 2017 Madeleva Lecturer. The Madeleva Lecture is named to honor Sister M. Madeleva Wolff, CSC. As the president of Saint Mary’s College, Sr. Madeleva inaugurated the Graduate School of Sacred Theology at the College, a unique and pioneering venture that provided graduate theological training to women and lay
- [Quote - Cynthia - Gathering body of compassion...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-cynthia-body-of-compassion/) - “The gathering body of universal compassion is not about to let itself be dismantled!”
- [Teilhard For Troubled Times - Part 2](https://wisrinstitute.org/teilhard-for-troubled-times-part-2/) - Over the course of the following weeks we will be posting three related blogs by Cynthia Bourgeault on the topic of "Teilhard for Troubled Times." Here is the second installment. Part 1 can be found here. Part 2 - Don’t Co-exist, Coalesce! The second hopeful resource that Teilhard brings to our unsettled political times is his unshakable conviction that evolutionary progress will
- [Teilhard For Troubled Times - Part 1](https://wisrinstitute.org/teilhard-for-troubled-times-1/) - Over the course of the following weeks we will be posting three related blogs by Cynthia Bourgeault on the topic of "Teilhard for Troubled Times." Here is the first installment. Part 1 - Deep Hope Flows Over Deep Time I don’t know what kind of divine nudge it may have been that prompted me in January 2015 to challenge
- [Reading For An Evolutionary Age: An Omega Lectio Divina](https://wisrinstitute.org/reading-for-an-evolutionary-age-an-omega-lectio-divina/) - The Omega Center engages new ideas on bridging science and religion primarily through the lens of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin but through other thinkers as well. Teilhard spent years in the deserts of China where there were few distractions keeping him from pondering the deep questions of faith and life. I imagine Teilhard spending long
- [Quote - Ilia - Insight as Midwife...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-ilia-insight-as-midwife/) - “Realize that insight is the midwife of new life. Know yourself to be a thinker and thus a participant in the motherhood of God.”
- [Do We Make A Difference To God?](https://wisrinstitute.org/do-we-make-a-difference-to-god/) - There are two questions that occupy my thoughts and I hope I can tie them together here. The first is the question of ethics or, better yet, why we have many committed people involved in social action but no significant changes in politics, culture, education or religion; and the second is whether or not our
- [Catholicity, Cosmology and Consciousness: Why Wholeness Matters](https://wisrinstitute.org/catholicity-cosmology-and-consciousness-why-wholeness-matters/) - Professor Ilia Delio The Connelly Chair in Christian Theology Villanova University Catholicity, Cosmology and Consciousness: Why Wholeness Matters Twentieth century science has introduced a new understanding of wholeness through the triadic relationship of mind, matter and cosmos. Through the lens of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin we will explore how a renewed integration of science and
- [Perfect Love Casts Out Fear](https://wisrinstitute.org/perfect-love-casts-out-fear/) - “God never promised us that we would not suffer.” Those words struck a painful, but truthful, chord in me when a friend uttered them as we stood talking at the wake of a 27 year old woman, a mother of a one year old and wife who died of cancer way too young. We stood
- [Quote - Heidi Russell - Antidote to brokenness](https://wisrinstitute.org/h-russell-antidote/) - “The only antidote to the brokenness of the world is to surrender to Love, to let that Love act in us and through us, even when we know it may ultimately lead to heartbreak.”
- [Love In An Untrustful Milieu](https://wisrinstitute.org/love-in-an-untrustful-milieu/) - One of Teilhard de Chardin’s most appealing works, at least to this author, was The Divine Milieu, a kind of modern reformulation of the classical mystical journey from purgation to illumination to union. Yes, the divine milieu will plunge us into the purgative, into the cross. All authentic love is costly. Per crucem ad lucem,
- [Quote - Teilhard - What is happening...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-teilhard-what-is-happening/) - “What is happening under our eyes within the mass of peoples? What is the cause of this disorder in society, this uneasy agitation, these swelling waves, these whirling and mingling currents and these turbulent and formidable new impulses? ”
- [Quote - Ilia - Forgiveness...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-ilia-forgiveness/) - “Where there is love and forgiveness, there is hope for a new reality.”
- [Love In An Age Of Distrust](https://wisrinstitute.org/love-age-of-distrust/) - In the 1960s Gordon Moore, the cofounder of Intel, predicted that computing power would double every two years, increasing evolution at an exponential rate. Technology has radically changed our lives to the extent that we are evolving rapidly but not evenly. We can no longer presume the human person is a homogenous entity; rather every
- [Kenotic Love And True Personhood: A Recorded Conversation](https://wisrinstitute.org/love-and-personhood/) - Audio recording with Ilia Delio and Cynthia Bourgeault True love is fecundity, it’s generation, it’s outward moving — and at the same time it’s receptivity — we make space for the other, and allow that other to enter our world. ~ Ilia Delio You don’t create oneness by eliminating diversity. You create oneness by increasing
- [The Cosmic Christ And A Technology Of Resurrection](https://wisrinstitute.org/christ-cyborg/) - “…the Kingdom of God is in your midst.” – Luke 17:21 Technology is all around us. The Internet, in just over 20 years, has radically transformed human life and culture, changing how we do business, read the news, meet friends, and even fall in love. Smartphones—putting the power of the Internet in the palms of
- [Quote - John F Haught - Love is the power that sustains...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-j-haught-love-sustains/) - “Cosmically speaking, love is the power that sustains everything but that also calls the universe toward a future of new and richer being.”
- [Love, Hope, And The Cosmic Future](https://wisrinstitute.org/love-hope-cosmic-future/) - “But the greatest of these is love." When I was in graduate school in the late 1960s, I came across the following passage from Jürgen Moltmann’s new book Theology of Hope: “From first to last, and not merely in the epilogue, Christianity is . . . hope, forward looking and forward moving, and therefore also
- [Interview: Approaching The New Year](https://wisrinstitute.org/new-year-interview/) - An interview with ILIA DELIO In reflecting back to the month of December and looking ahead to the new year, Ilia Delio and Brie Stoner enter into conversation about some of the key issues arising for evolutionary thinkers at this particular time of transition. Topics discussed include the relationship between past, present, future, and what
- [God, Evolution, and the Power of Love - Part 4.2](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-evolution-and-the-power-of-love-part-4-2/) -  Courtesy of the Church of Conscious Harmony, Austin TX, January 2017 In this video presentation Ilia Delio will consider the relationship between science and religion and the paradigm shifts that produced a separation between these areas. In addition she explores the impact of core theological doctrines in light of the root reality of love. Questions
- [God, Evolution, and the Power of Love - Part 4.1](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-evolution-and-the-power-of-love-part-4-1/) - Courtesy of the Church of Conscious Harmony, Austin TX, January 2017 In this video presentation Ilia Delio will consider the relationship between science and religion and the paradigm shifts that produced a separation between these areas. In addition she explores the impact of core theological doctrines in light of the root reality of love. Questions raised
- [God, Evolution, and the Power of Love - Part 3.2](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-evolution-and-the-power-of-love-part-3-2/) -  Courtesy of the Church of Conscious Harmony, Austin TX, January 2017 In this video presentation Ilia Delio will consider the relationship between science and religion and the paradigm shifts that produced a separation between these areas. In addition she explores the impact of core theological doctrines in light of the root reality of love. Questions
- [God, Evolution, and the Power of Love - Part 3.1](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-evolution-and-the-power-of-love-part-3-1/) - Courtesy of the Church of Conscious Harmony, Austin TX, January 2017 In this video presentation Ilia Delio will consider the relationship between science and religion and the paradigm shifts that produced a separation between these areas. In addition she explores the impact of core theological doctrines in light of the root reality of love. Questions raised
- [God, Evolution, and the Power of Love - Part 2.2](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-evolution-and-the-power-of-love-part-2-2/) - Courtesy of the Church of Conscious Harmony, Austin TX, January 2017 In this video presentation Ilia Delio will consider the relationship between science and religion and the paradigm shifts that produced a separation between these areas. In addition she explores the impact of core theological doctrines in light of the root reality of love. Questions raised
- [God, Evolution, and the Power of Love - Part 2.1](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-evolution-and-the-power-of-love-part-2-1/) - Courtesy of the Church of Conscious Harmony, Austin TX, January 2017 In this video presentation Ilia Delio will consider the relationship between science and religion and the paradigm shifts that produced a separation between these areas. In addition she explores the impact of core theological doctrines in light of the root reality of love. Questions raised
- [God, Evolution, and the Power of Love - Part 1.2](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-evolution-and-the-power-of-love-part-1-2/) - Courtesy of the Church of Conscious Harmony, Austin TX, January 2017 In this video presentation Ilia Delio will consider the relationship between science and religion and the paradigm shifts that produced a separation between these areas. In addition she explores the impact of core theological doctrines in light of the root reality of love. Questions raised
- [God, Evolution, and the Power of Love - Part 1.1](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-evolution-and-the-power-of-love-part-1-1/) -  Courtesy of the Church of Conscious Harmony, Austin TX, January 2017 In this video presentation Ilia Delio will consider the relationship between science and religion and the paradigm shifts that produced a separation between these areas. In addition she explores the impact of core theological doctrines in light of the root reality of love. Questions
- [Quote -  Ilia - new persons new world](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-ilia-new-persons/) - “We are to become new persons with new minds and hearts for a new world.”
- [Quote - Teilhard - Interior as well as exterior...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-teilhard-interior-exterior/) - “An interpretation of the universe...remains unsatisfying unless it covers the interior as well as the exterior of things.”
- [God Is Born Again And Again](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-born-again-again/) - We live in very strange times. Since the recent US presidential election and the wobbly markets impacting our economy, stress, anxiety, and uncertainty seem to mark the general milieu. There is a great sense of distrust in our midst that expresses itself either in reserved caution or outright resistance. When I speak to people of
- [Quote - Ilia - must trust...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-ilia-must-trust/) - “God wants to become something new in us but we must trust God sufficiently to engage this new birth.”
- [Love And The Dark Energy Of Expansion](https://wisrinstitute.org/love-expansion/) - Love unites. Strife divides. Unifying love and divisive strife are the two forces that set the cosmos in motion, at least according to the ancient philosopher from Sicily, Empedocles (490-430 BC). Was he right? Our universe is expanding. Each minute each galaxy moves away from all the others. Scientists say this is due to dark
- [Advent: Love Coming To Fullness](https://wisrinstitute.org/love-coming-to-fullness/) - Advent—from the Latin for “a coming, an approach, or an arrival”—is upon us. This season is more than a sentimental, reminiscent waiting for a new Baby Jesus. The need for adult Christianity and Jesus’ actual message is so urgent that we cannot allow the great feast of Christmas, and its preparation in Advent, to be
- [Love In An Unfinished Universe: An Advent Reflection](https://wisrinstitute.org/advent-reflection/) - The ancient Jewish mystical worldview is expressed in the Kabala, a system of secret teachings. Here, the Genesis passage affirming that humans are made in God’s image is taken most seriously. The first creation is the Human One, Adam Kadmon and the cosmos is born from and proceeds toward the realization of this Human. This
- [Quote - Teilhard - We are one](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-teilhard-we-are-one/) - “We are one, after all, you and I, together we suffer, together exist and forever will recreate each other.”
- [Waiting In An Unfinished Universe](https://wisrinstitute.org/waiting-unfinished-universe/) - The shock waves of our recent presidential election are still being felt around the country and around the world, as if the US just suffered a major heart attack. The election was revelatory of the deep distress in the country—the diminishing middle class, the widening gap between rich and poor, the feeling of abandonment—all signaling
- [Quote - Ilia Delio - Wake Up](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-ilia-delio-wake-up/) - “It is time to wake up—for something new is about to happen in our midst.”
- [Quote - Ilia Delio - Higher Realms](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-ilia-higher-realms/) - “We live to be born over and over again into higher realms of existence...”
- [Quote - Ilia Delio - Do we have the will](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-ilia-delio-will/) - “We have the capacity for more life but do we have the will?”
- [November Interview: Harnessing Love In Changing And Challenging Times](https://wisrinstitute.org/november-interview-changing-times/) - An interview with ILIA DELIO In this month’s interview Brie Stoner asks Ilia Delio for her thoughts on the transformative potential of love as we navigate through challenging times and the increasing complexity of a technology-based information culture. In the context of the divisive election results in the US, Ilia underscores the importance of rooting our
- [Quote - Ilia - New unions](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-ilia-new-unions/) - "What are the new unions forming in our lives? What are the greater wholes we are moving into?"
- [Would You Take A "Jesus Pill"?](https://wisrinstitute.org/would-you-take-a-jesus-pill/) - Expanding on our theme of love in an information culture and the role of technology to enhance our relations, Ron Cole-Turner considers the provocative transhumanist suggestion that artificial enhancement provides a viable means to redress current moral shortcomings. Would such a means be acceptable if our underdeveloped morality potentially imperils the human species? If a
- [On Killing Mice And Loving Robots: Are We Committing A Great Injustice?](https://wisrinstitute.org/mice-and-robots/) - [et_pb_section bb_built="1" _builder_version="3.19.15" custom_padding="0px||0px|"][et_pb_row _builder_version="3.19.15" custom_padding="0px||0px|"][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.19.15" custom_padding="0px||0px|"] by PETER ARMSTONG This past weekend, I killed three mice in one hour. The first time I came across one — a baby, just ambling along our hallway before it scurried away upon my approach — I had no idea what to do. By the time I
- [Quote - Teilhard - Zest for evolution](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-zest-for-evolution/) - “But what good would this great cosmic event be to us if we were to lose the zest for evolution?”
- [Quote - Ilia - new possibilities](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-ilia-new-possibilities/) - “When we participate in the drive for new possibilities, we participate also in God.”
- [Quote - Teilhard - fresh kind of life](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-fresh-kind-of-life/) - “Today, something is happening to the whole structure of human consciousness. A fresh kind of life is starting.”
- [The Depth Of Love In A Shallow Culture](https://wisrinstitute.org/love-in-a-shallow-culture/) - In an illuminative book written over twenty years ago called Following Christ in a Consumer Culture the late Jesuit philosopher John Kavanaugh examined the flattening out of the human person by the shallow lures of consumerism. The consumer society, he said, is a formation system and a training ground which educates us to a life
- [Quote - Ilia - the development of technology...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-ilia-the-development-of-technology/) - “The development of technology expresses the human’s self-development and self-expression through matter; it is integral to being the image of God and thus integral to authentic self realization.”
- [October Interview: Love In The Midst Of Suffering](https://wisrinstitute.org/october-interview/) - An interview with ILIA DELIO For this bonus fifth Monday in October we're offering something a little different in the form of an audio recording. In this interview Brie Stoner dialogues with Ilia Delio on the October topic explored on the Omega Center: What does it mean to say ‘God is Love’ in a world of
- [My Personal Reflection On Seeking New Truths](https://wisrinstitute.org/seeking-new-truths/) - Being asked to discuss the question: What does it mean to say ‘God is Love’ in a world of violence and suffering? made me realize that this is actually a very personal question, one we each must answer for ourselves based on the meaning and beliefs we each have developed in our lives. To answer
- [Quote - Charlotte Tomaino - In our convergence...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-in-our-convergence/) - "It is in our convergence and solidarity that we renew each other, the light expands and God, as Love, is visible."
- [God Of Love In A Quantum Cosmology](https://wisrinstitute.org/god-of-love-in-quantum-cosmology/) - When confronted with the question and apparent contradiction of “A God of love in a world of suffering and violence,” we need to step back and examine the context by which we hear this question. This question, on the surface, appears to be a theological one. However, as I will show, theology is always based
- [Quote - Teilhard - suffering](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-teilhard-suffering/) - "No work is more effective or brings greater peace than to gather together, in order to sooth it and offer it to God, the suffering of the world."
- [The Emergence Of Divine Love Through Human Suffering](https://wisrinstitute.org/divine-love-through-human-suffering/) - In the 1970s it was common to critically compare the thought of Teilhard de Chardin with Sri Aurobindo (née Aurobindo Ghose, 1872-1950).1 I discovered Sri Aurobindo and his spiritual partner the Mother (née Mirra Alfassa, 1878-1973) through another Catholic priest, Fr. Bede Griffiths. Griffiths writes that “In the integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo [and the
- [What Is God?](https://wisrinstitute.org/what-is-god-2016/) - I find myself these days frantically holding together the multiple pieces of life, from teaching to traveling and outside lecturing, from the Omega Center to community and the many emails that constantly enter to invade my extended cyber world. Last week I traveled ten thousand miles, from Philadelphia to Winnipeg CA through Toronto, back to
- [The Second Axial Emergence](https://wisrinstitute.org/second-axial-emergence/) - The religious landscape is shifting—no one will argue with that. People are leaving traditional religious frameworks in droves, while the number of those identifying as “spiritual but not religious” (SBNR) is on the rise. While some of the religious faithful decry this shift as inherently negative, I believe there’s a framing in which we can
- [Four Ways Of Understanding Love In A Fractured World](https://wisrinstitute.org/four-ways-of-understanding-love/) - How we perceive and make meaning about reality determines how we think about how love can heal a fractured universe. If we have only one way of knowing about love we are “onesided” as Carl Jung described and we contribute to the fracturing of our world. To fully understand the potential and power of love
- [Love Is The Answer - What Is The Question?](https://wisrinstitute.org/love-is-the-answer-what-is-the-question/) - “I was a hidden treasure and I longed to be known. And so I created the world, both visible and invisible.” This famous saying from the Hadith Qudsi, the extra-koranic sayings of Islam, speaks to the question of why God would want to bring creation into existence in the first place. Astonishingly, the reason given
- [Teilhard De Chardin and The Future of God](https://wisrinstitute.org/teilhard-de-chardin-and-the-future-of-god/) - In his book God After Darwin theologian John Haught claims that evolution opened a new window to God, giving us a new vision of God at home in a universe of chance and law. Not everyone has accepted this claim, however. Strict materialists such as Richard Dawkins readily dispense with God as an unnecessary hypothesis
- [Click Here To Ask Your Questions](https://wisrinstitute.org/love-in-a-fractured-world-questions/) - [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We hope you will join the conversation by submitting your reflections and questions below, via the “Leave a Reply” comment box on this page. What arises for you in response to the topics and themes we are currently exploring? Ilia will compile the questions received and respond in periodic written or video format. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
- [Love As The Bridge Between Science And Religion](https://wisrinstitute.org/love-as-the-bridge-between-science-and-religion/) - For the ancients, the study of nature was essential to knowing the real. We know not simply to navigate but to narrate our lives, to give reason for the hope which lies within us. The ancient psalmist captured the wonder of the cosmos when he wrote, “when I look at the heavens and the stars
- [Can Science Heal Our World?](https://wisrinstitute.org/can-science-heal-our-world/) - Teilhard knew that the best of science develops when one believes that a new theory can provide a more comprehensive and coherent picture of reality. A newly proposed theory does not present itself with incontrovertible experimental proof but stems from an intuition based on preliminary data, challenging scientists to make a choice based on rational
- [Bridging The Gap Between Science And Religion](https://wisrinstitute.org/bridging-the-gap-between-science-and-religion/) - Several years ago, Woodstock Theological Center initiated a core research area in Science and Religion. Many people inquired about the purpose of this research, particularly because Science and Religion are two entirely different disciplines. They asked, what does Science have in common with Religion and vice versa? The simplest answer is the world. Science and
- [The Power Of Love In An Unfinished World](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-power-of-love-in-an-unfinished-world/) - According to Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, “Love is the most universal, formidable and mysterious of cosmic energies,” “the very blood stream of spiritual evolution” (Teilhard, Building the Earth, 45, 49). Its ultimate aim is the great work of union, a desire that pervades the entire cosmos. Those who fall in love participate in an adventure
- [Co-creative Divinization: Towards Omega](https://wisrinstitute.org/co-creative-divinizationtowards-omega/) - For Jesuit paleontologist and visionary Teilhard de Chardin, the Omega point is the time-space in which psychospiritual and cultural evolution are consummated. Noogenesis is the evolution of a global membrane of consciousness connecting all human beings collectively responsible for the future direction of the evolving culture, science, and religion of an embodied spirituality. Teilhard’s view
- [Can You Choose A Consciousness Of Love To Live From?](https://wisrinstitute.org/can-you-choose-a-consciousness-of-love-to-live-from/) - Question: “How many Neuropsychologists does it take to change a light bulb?” Answer: “Only one, but the light bulb has got to want to change.” Therein lies the essence of our challenge. Do we want to change? Do we have a big enough reason to change? The human species has evolved all these millions of
- [Love At The Heart Of The Cosmos](https://wisrinstitute.org/love-at-the-heart-of-the-cosmos/) - The world is showing itself to be a very fragile place. Just yesterday a terrorist attack in Istanbul claimed the lives of innocent people; here in the United States we are still reeling from the violent slaughter of lives in Orlando, Florida. Britain voted to leave the European Union on Monday and the stock market
- [Evolution, Love, And Hyperphysics](https://wisrinstitute.org/evolution-love-and-hyperphysics/) - Evolution discloses a pattern in nature which can be described as fourfold: attraction, unity, complexity and emergence. Beginning with the Big Bang, there is an inherent force of attraction in nature. The nature of attraction in the physical world obeys various laws of physics, from electromagnetic and gravitational laws to even the theory of relativity. Gravity,
- [Love In A Fractured World: August, 2016](https://wisrinstitute.org/love-in-a-fractured-world-august-2016-qa/) - [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] August’s theme: Love in a Fractured World: Exploring the deeper meaning of love as the root and source of existence itself. As we continue to add new content and explore our monthly themes, we hope you will join the discussion by submitting your questions via the “Leave a Reply” form on this page. Ilia will compile the
- [Quote - Merton - Our Vocation](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-merton-our-vocation/) - “Our vocation is not simply to be, but to work together with God in the creation of our own life, our own identity, our own destiny.”
- [Quote - Ilia - We have the power...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-we-have-the-power/) - “We have the power to create a new world, and we have the power to destroy this one. How we choose depends on how we grasp this moment as the kiss of God, impelling us to stand up and speak.”
- [Quote - Ilia - The whole person is the creative person...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-the-whole-person-is-the-creative-person/) - “The whole person is the creative person who explores and animates the universe out of an inner sense of freedom and participates in its evolution toward unity.”
- [Quote - The present is eternity in the now...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-the-present-is-eternity-in-the-now/) - “The present is eternity in the now. We are able to embrace this moment by emptying ourselves into it and surrendering to life’s energy flow… Every choice in the present creates the future.”
- [Quote - To Co-Create with God is to gather...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-to-co-create-with-god-is-to-gather/) - “To co-create with God is to gather the many fields of the mind into a consciousness of love.”
- [Quote - A world opened to the future...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-a-world-opened-to-the-future/) - “A world opened to the future does not negate the present; rather it makes the present rich in possibilities to create something new.”
- [Quote - Evolution is not driven by more information...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-evolution-is-not-driven-by-more-information/) - “Evolution is not driven by more information but by more being and consciousness.”
- [Quote - Living in freedom requires...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-living-in-freedom-requires/) - “Living in freedom requires that we recognize the connectedness that is a basic reality of our existence. We are wholes within wholes; all we do affects all the other wholes of which we are part.”
- [Quote - The emergence of love in evolution...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-the-emergence-of-love-in-evolution/) - “The emergence of love in evolution is not merely a physical law of attraction for the propagation of the species; it is the longing for oneness, for belonging to another.”
- [Quote - Ilia - When we participate in the drive for new possibilities...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-when-we-participate-in-the-drive-for-new-possibilities/) - “When we participate in the drive for new possibilities, we participate also in God.”
- [Quote - Just when we think we have a certainty...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-just-when-we-think-we-have-a-certainty/) - “Just when we think we have a certainty of God, divinity will slip out from under our evolutionary feet and, like the speed of light, elude our grasp to become for us the power of the future.”
- [Quote - To know God as the wholeness...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-to-know-god-as-the-wholeness/) - “To know God as the wholeness of love is to enter into oneness at the heart of all life.”
- [Quote - To live from the inner depth...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-to-live-from-the-inner-depth/) - “To live from the inner depth of love, as persons in evolution, is to live with purpose and direction not as an “I” but as a “we,” a collective whole.”
- [Quote - Without religious convergence...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-without-religious-convergence/) - “Without religious convergence, evolution cannot go forward because we cannot harness the energies of love fro greater unity and being.”
- [Quote - Love is the whole...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-love-is-the-whole/) - “Love is the whole, and every human person desires to belong to the whole. Religion that empowers the whole empowers evolution for the next level of cosmic life.”
- [Quote - Religion is not a feeling...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-religion-is-not-a-feeling/) - “Religion is not a feeling of inspiration or motivation; neither is it static love. Rather, religion is the call to wholeness, to union-in-love. Every world religion shares in this call in its own unique way.”
- [Quote - God is born from within...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-god-is-born-from-within/) - “God is born from within when we come to know ourselves in the divine love that lives deep within us. There too we discover that we are not strangers in this evolving universe. We are its future.”
- [Quote - Evolutions rests on the power...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-evolutions-rests-on-the-power/) - “Evolution rests on the power of love because what ignites the core of being is ultimately unitive and transformative.”
- [Quote - Ilia - All systems](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-ilia-all-systems/) - “What would the world look like if all systems—religious, political, economic, social—followed the lines of evolution?”
- [Quote - Ilia - In an evolutionary universe...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-in-an-evolutionary-universe/) - “In an evolutionary universe that is incomplete and open to the future, the principle of life is not support from above but from the future.”
- [Quote - Union is always toward...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-union-is-always-toward/) - “Union is always toward more being so that evolution is directed toward the future fullness of life.”
- [Quote - Nature is like a choreographed ballet...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-nature-is-like-a-choreographed-ballet/) - “Nature is like a choreographed ballet or a symphony, whereby an organism is dynamically engaged in its own self-organization, pursuing its own ends amid an ever-shifting context of relationships.”
- [Quote - What we do matters...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-what-we-do-matters/) - “What we do matters to the “matter” of the universe, because by our choices we influence the life of the universe.”
- [Quote - Creation is not about...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-creation-is-not-about/) - “Creation is not about a static world but a relationship between the dynamic being of God and a world in process of coming to be.”
- [Quote - The Emergence of human life....](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-the-emergence-of-human-life/) - “…the emergence of human life is contingent on more than evolution of the physical world alone; there is an inner pressure for spiritual transcendence.”
- [Quote - Ilia- The same currents...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-the-same-currents/) - “The same currents that run through our human blood also run through the swirling galaxies...one and the same evolutionary movement moves through all—a single self-transcending current of all-pervading energy that brings new life out of seeming catastrophe.”
- [Quote - Ilia - The foundation of things...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-the-foundation-of-things/) - “The foundation of things is not so much a ground of being sustaining its existence from beneath as it is a power of attraction toward what lies ahead.”
- [Quote - Ilia - Evolution is not a linear...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-evolution-is-not-a-linear/) - “Evolution is not a linear positive progression; rather, it is movement in tension marked by gains and losses in the development of more complex life forms.”
- [Quote - Teilhard - No Longer is it...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-teilhard-no-longer-is-it/) - “No longer is it simply a religion of individual and of heaven, but a religion of mankind and of the earth—that is what we are looking for at this moment, as the oxygen without which we cannot breathe.”
- [Quote - Teilhard - Only a God who...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-teilhard-only-a-god-who/) - “Only a God who is functionally and totally 'Omega' can satisfy us. Who will at last give evolution its own God?”
- [Quote - Einstein - A Human Being...](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-the-whole-history-3/) - “A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal
- [Quote - Ilia - The Whole History...](https://wisrinstitute.org/ilia-1/) - “The whole history of the universe, and particularly the history of biological life on earth, has been characterized by the steady emergence of complexity.”
- [Quote - David Bohm - "As Human Beings..."](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-david-bohm-2/) - "As human beings and societies we seem separate, but in our roots we are part of an indivisible whole and share in the same cosmic process."
- [Quote - David Bohm - "Deep Down..."](https://wisrinstitute.org/quote-david-bohm/) - “Deep down, the consciousness of humankind is one. This is a virtual certainty because even in the vacuum, matter is one; and if we don't see this, it's because we are blinding ourselves to it.”
- [Quote - C Bourgeault - in each other holographically](https://wisrinstitute.org/in-each-other-holographically/) - "We are in each another holographically, this world and us: the whole of the "universe story" carved in our own hearts, and the whole of our own story reverberating within the cosmic heart."
- [Teilhard De Chardin and World Religions – 2016](https://wisrinstitute.org/teilhard-de-chardin-and-world-religions-2016/) - American Teilhard Association Annual Meeting at the Union Theological Seminary in New York City, NY on May 14, 2016. Ilia Delio lectures on "Teilhard de Chardin and World Religions: Ultra Catholic or Ultra Human?" [1:39:13]
- [Nurturing the Inner Self – Part 1.1](https://wisrinstitute.org/nurturing-the-inner-self-part-1-1/) - Courtesy of Contemplative Outreach, Denver CO, April 2015
- [Nurturing the Inner Self – Part 1.2](https://wisrinstitute.org/nurturing-the-inner-self-part-1-2/) - Courtesy of Contemplative Outreach, Denver CO, April 2015
- [Nurturing the Inner Self – Part 2.1](https://wisrinstitute.org/nurturing-the-inner-self-part-2-1/) - Courtesy of Contemplative Outreach, Denver CO, April 2015
- [Nurturing the Inner Self – Part 2.2](https://wisrinstitute.org/nurturing-the-inner-self-part-2-2/) - Courtesy of Contemplative Outreach, Denver CO, April 2015
- [Nurturing the Inner Self – Part 3.1](https://wisrinstitute.org/nurturing-the-inner-self-part-3-1/) - Courtesy of Contemplative Outreach, Denver CO, April 2015
- [Nurturing the Inner Self – Part 3.2](https://wisrinstitute.org/nurturing-the-inner-self-part-3-2/) - Courtesy of Contemplative Outreach, Denver CO, April 2015
- [The Ignation Lecture – 2014](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-ignation-lecture-2014/) - Rethinking Catholicity in an Evolving World: Is the universe ‘catholic’? Sensitive to our world of religious pluralism, this lecture focuses on catholicity as a dynamic principle of attraction or ‘whole-making’ that marks the Big Bang cosmos, biological evolution, and religious evolutionary consciousness, and which breaks open in the life of Jesus of Nazareth. Dr. Delio
- [Evolution Weekend – 2014](https://wisrinstitute.org/evolution-weekend/) - Evolution Weekend 2014 at the UMC Baltimore-Washington Conference Mission Center in Fulton Maryland featuring Drs. Richard Restak, Ilia Delio and Stephen Freeland. [2:15:18]
- [Love and the Physical Universe](https://wisrinstitute.org/love-and-the-physical-universe/) - Download a copy of Ilia Delio’s PowerPoint presentation. Originally published on January 30, 2014. Download PDF
- [The Christian Life in Evolution – 2012](https://wisrinstitute.org/the-christian-life-in-evolution-2012/) - A talk given to Contemplative Outreach of Washington CD and Maryland. The talk begins with a brief mention of an axial shift in history from tribal to individual consciousness, a time when the Greek philosophers, the Jewish prophets, Zoroaster, the Buddha, Confucius, and others appeared. (800 to 200 BCE) [1:01:21]
- [Science and Religion – 2011](https://wisrinstitute.org/science-and-religion-2011/) - Sr. Ilia Delio, OSF, Senior Fellow at Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University, discusses the Science & Religion program with its ongoing exploration of transhumanism, ecology, and evolution. Where is our species going? From where does it come? And what does it mean to be Christian in the context of those two answers? [5:41]
- [Food, Ecology, and Consciousness – 2010](https://wisrinstitute.org/food-ecology-and-consciousness-2010/) - In preparation for the October 27th, 2010 Woodstock Forum “Are We Eating Ourselves to Death? Food, Ecology, and Consciousness,” Woodstock Senior Fellow Ilia Delio sat down with us to discuss themes of ecology in everyday life, and how she hopes the forum will raise awareness of our participation in the food system, as well as
- [Gospel Life in the 21st Century – 2009](https://wisrinstitute.org/gospel-life-in-the-21st-century-2009/) - Sister Ilia Delio discusses gospel life in the 21st Century based on Franciscan values. [9:56]

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- [Returning Religion to the Prophetic](https://wisrinstitute.org/product/returning-religion-to-the-prophetic/) - What happens when religion is emptied out of its primal meaning and becomes replacement therapy for anger, anxiety and existential fear?
- [Evolution in Divine Love: The Eternal Becoming of God, Soul, and Matter](https://wisrinstitute.org/product/evolution-in-divine-love-the-eternal-becoming-of-god-soul-and-matter/) - A recording of Evolution in Divine Love, a webinar with Swami Padmanabha on September 6, 2024 with the Center for Christogenesis. (Does not include Q&A) According to Gaudiya Vaishnavism, divine love is a force of constant expansion which surely affects God, who is love personified. A God affected by ever-evolving love becomes equally ever-evolving, thus
- [Revelation in an Emerging Universe: Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry](https://wisrinstitute.org/product/revelation-in-an-emerging-universe-faith-science-and-pastoral-ministry/) - Purchase recording for Revelation in an Emerging Universe: Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry, a 4 session workshop led by Robert Nicastro on July 5, 12, 19, and 26, 2023 for the Center for Christogenesis.
- [Whitehead & Teilhard: Convergences, Divergences, Integrations](https://wisrinstitute.org/product/whitehead-teilhard-convergences-divergences-integrations/) - Purchase recordings of Whitehead & Teilhard: Convergences, Divergences, Integrations a conference co-sponsored by The Center for Process Studies, Center for Christogenesis and Connelly Chair of Villanova University.
- [Breaking Down or Breaking Through? The Power to Change in an Age of AI and Global Warming.](https://wisrinstitute.org/product/breaking-down-or-breaking-through/) - Purchase recording of Breaking Down or Breaking Through? The Power to Change in an Age of AI and Global Warming, A Center for Christogenesis webinar with Ilia Delio on June 27 2023.
- [Will Christianity Survive?](https://wisrinstitute.org/product/will-christianity-survive/) - Purchase recording of Will Christianity Survive?, a webinar with Ilia Delio and Tripp Fuller on Monday, March 27 2023 hosted by the Center for Christogenesis.
- [Scripture Meets Science: Exploring the Synergy with Dr. Peter Spitaler](https://wisrinstitute.org/product/scripture-meets-science-exploring-the-synergy-with-dr-peter-spitaler/) - Purchase a recording of Scripture Meets Science: Exploring the Synergy with Dr. Peter Spitaler. A Zoom Webinar hosted by the Center for Christogenesis on Thursday, April 27 2023.

## Events

- [Human Flourishing in a World of Trauma and Stress - With Heidi Ann Russell](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/human-flourishing-in-a-world-of-trauma-and-stress-with-heidi-ann-russell/) - How do we build communities of healing in a world shaped by trauma and stress? Violence, 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
- [Scripture, Mystery, and Embracing Uncertainty - With Pete Enns](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/scripture-mystery-and-embracing-uncertainty-with-pete-enns/) - 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
- [Is Love Indestructible? - With Thomas Jay Oord](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/is-love-indestructible-with-thomas-jay-oord/) - 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
- [AI and the Pope: Who Has the Last Word?](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/ai-and-the-pope-who-has-the-last-word/) - Pope Leo’s Magnifica humanitas: Who has the last word on AI? AI 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
- [10-Year Anniversary Conference: Love, Conflict, and an Unfolding Universe](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/love-conflict-and-an-unfolding-universe/) - In 2026, we celebrate ten years of the Center for Christogenesis—a decade of imagining love as the energy of transformation. To mark this milestone and deepen our shared journey, we invite you to gather with us in person (and online) for our 10th Anniversary Conference at Villanova University. Early bird registration plus hotel blocks and
- [Cosmos, Chaos and the Complexities of Consciousness](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/cosmos-chaos-and-the-complexities-of-consciousness/) - A Live Conversation with Ilia Delio and Cynthia Bourgeault We 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. What if these are not separate
- [The Future of Religion with Tripp Fuller and Ilia Delio (Week 4 Q&A)](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/the-future-of-religion-with-tripp-fuller-and-ilia-delio-week-4-qa/) - A new 4-week online class with Dr. Ilia Delio and Dr. Tripp Fuller starts in May from our partners at Homebrewed Christianity. The class include 4 Visual Lectures, 4 Live Q&A Sessions (below) and more. Preview Livestream: Friday, May 29th — 10am PT / 1pm ET Week 1: Livestream Q&A: Monday, June 1st — 8am
- [The Future of Religion with Tripp Fuller and Ilia Delio (Week 3 Q&A)](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/the-future-of-religion-with-tripp-fuller-and-ilia-delio-week-3-qa/) - A new 4-week online class with Dr. Ilia Delio and Dr. Tripp Fuller starts in May from our partners at Homebrewed Christianity. The class include 4 Visual Lectures, 4 Live Q&A Sessions (below) and more. Preview Livestream: Friday, May 29th — 10am PT / 1pm ET Week 1: Livestream Q&A: Monday, June 1st — 8am
- [The Future of Religion with Tripp Fuller and Ilia Delio (Week 2 Q&A)](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/the-future-of-religion-with-tripp-fuller-and-ilia-delio-week-2-qa/) - A new 4-week online class with Dr. Ilia Delio and Dr. Tripp Fuller starts in May from our partners at Homebrewed Christianity. The class include 4 Visual Lectures, 4 Live Q&A Sessions (below) and more. Preview Livestream: Friday, May 29th — 10am PT / 1pm ET Week 1: Livestream Q&A: Monday, June 1st — 8am
- [The Future of Religion with Tripp Fuller and Ilia Delio (Week 1 Q&A)](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/the-future-of-religion-with-tripp-fuller-and-ilia-delio-week-1-qa/) - A new 4-week online class with Dr. Ilia Delio and Dr. Tripp Fuller starts in May from our partners at Homebrewed Christianity. The class include 4 Visual Lectures, 4 Live Q&A Sessions (below) and more. Preview Livestream: Friday, May 29th — 10am PT / 1pm ET Week 1: Livestream Q&A: Monday, June 1st — 8am
- [The Future of Religion with Tripp Fuller and Ilia Delio (Preview Session)](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/the-future-of-religion-with-tripp-fuller-and-ilia-delio-preview-session/) - A new 4-week online class with Dr. Ilia Delio and Dr. Tripp Fuller starts in May from our partners at Homebrewed Christianity. The class include 4 Visual Lectures, 4 Live Q&A Sessions (below) and more. Preview Livestream: Friday, May 29th — 10am PT / 1pm ET Week 1: Livestream Q&A: Monday, June 1st — 8am
- [Bending the Universe Towards Love with Ilia Delio](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/bending-the-universe-towards-love-with-ilia-delio/) - Join Sr. Ilia Delio on June 24, 7-8:30 PM (UK) for a webinar hosted by The Scientific & Medical Network. Are We Disconnected From the Core Energy of Love? Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a French Jesuit priest and palaeontologist whose writings integrate evolutionary religion and evolution: work that was suppressed during his lifetime but
- [The Future Belongs to Hope: Scripture, Science, and the Direction of the Universe](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/the-future-belongs-to-hope/) - Join us Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at 1 p.m. ET for a Center for Christogenesis webinar with Robert Nicastro. Many 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
- [Journey to Greece with Ilia Delio](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/journey-to-greece-with-ilia-delio/) - This is a ten-day in-person educational experience with Ilia Delio we're sharing on behalf of Thalassa Journeys. To inquire or for more information contact our partners via phone or email. Download this brochure .pdf for the full itinerary and program description. Dear Friends, The ancient Greeks are rightfully credited as the founders of Western science,
- [Explicitly Embodied: Exploring the Sacred Synergy of Spirit and Psyche with Andrew Del Rossi](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/explicitly-embodied/) - Join us Thursday, April 16, at 7 p.m. ET for a Center for Christogenesis webinar with Andrew Del Rossi. Explicitly Embodied: Exploring the Sacred Synergy of Spirit and Psyche presents an integrative perspective of spiritual growth as an expression of conscious evolution. Drawing on the insight that spiritual awakening is a process of embodiment, this
- [Imagine Retreat by The Guild for Spiritual Guidance](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/imagine-retreat-by-the-guild-for-spiritual-guidance/) - Join Sr. Ilia Delio, Bayo Akomolafe, Cynthia Bourgeault and more September 16-20, 2026 in Nova Scotia, Canada at a retreat hosted by our partners at The Guild for Spiritual Guidance. We are living in a time that asks something profound of humanity. The climate is changing. Cultures are shifting. Long-held assumptions about progress, growth, and
- [Science & Spirituality with Matthew Fox (Session 2 with Brian Swimme)](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/science-spirituality-with-matthew-fox-session-2-with-brian-swimme/) - Join friend of the Center for a special three-part live series with Matthew Fox exploring the meeting place of science and spirituality, beginning April 8, 2026 at 7pm ET together with three special guests. Matthew Fox is joined by Nancy Ellen Abrams (April 8), Brian Swimme (April 15), and Robert Nicastro (April 22), each bringing
- [Science & Spirituality with Matthew Fox (Session 3 with Robert Nicastro)](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/science-spirituality-with-matthew-fox-session-3-with-robert-nicastro/) - Join friend of the Center for a special three-part live series with Matthew Fox exploring the meeting place of science and spirituality, beginning April 8, 2026 at 7pm ET together with three special guests. Matthew Fox is joined by Nancy Ellen Abrams (April 8), Brian Swimme (April 15), and Robert Nicastro (April 22), each bringing
- [Science & Spirituality with Matthew Fox (Session 1 with Nancy Ellen Abrams)](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/science-spirituality-with-matthew-fox-session-1/) - Join friend of the Center for a special three-part live series with Matthew Fox exploring the meeting place of science and spirituality, beginning April 8, 2026 at 7pm ET together with three special guests. Matthew Fox is joined by Nancy Ellen Abrams (April 8), Brian Swimme (April 15), and Robert Nicastro (April 22), each bringing
- [Seer: A Film Screening with Thomas Jay Oord](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/seer-a-film-screening-with-thomas-jay-oord/) - Join us Monday, May 4, 2026, at 7 p.m. ET for a free film screening and Q&A with photographer, filmmaker and theologian Thomas Jay Oord. Simply register in advance below to receive the access information. To add a donation to your registration and support our work use this separate, secure form. What does it truly
- [Trauma, Transformation, and Christ-wholeness with Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/trauma-transformation-and-christ-wholeness/) - Join us Tuesday, March 17, at 7 p.m. ET for a Center for Christogenesis webinar with Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining. Join the Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining for a webinar that explores the intersection of faith, tradition, and intergenerational trauma, with special emphasis on the Indigenous connection to evolutionary spirituality. We will examine how trauma is
- [Technology and the Sacred: Interfaith Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/technology-and-the-sacred-interfaith-perspectives-on-artificial-intelligence/) - Join The College of St. Scholastica's Braegelman Catholic Studies department online for an interfaith discussion on the ethical, spiritual, environmental, and social implications of artificial intelligence with four distinguished panelists: Ilia Delio, David Zvi Kalman, Adrian (Naabek) Liberty and Zahra Takhshid. Free and open to the public—register here.
- [The Christian Mutation: Why God Cannot be Static](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/the-christian-mutation/) - Join us Thursday, December 4, at 5 p.m. ET for a Center for Christogenesis webinar with Ilia Delio. Our communities are hemorrhaging. Racism persists. Gun violence claims the innocent. Immigrants are scapegoated. Nationalism wraps itself in the flag and claims the name of Christ. If religion is, as Tillich argued, the substance of culture, then
- [How Christianity Got Jesus Wrong with Reggie Williams](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/how-christianity-got-jesus-wrong-with-reggie-williams/) - Join us Tuesday, February 3rd, at 7 p.m. ET for a Center for Christogenesis webinar with Reggie Williams. Throughout history, shifting social, political, and economic circumstances have brought new interests and anxieties to the surface, shaping the questions each era brings to the story of Jesus. Yet these shifts have rarely been harmless. This ongoing
- [Activating Cosmogenetic Experience with Brian Thomas Swimme](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/activating-cosmogenetic-experience-with-brian-thomas-swimme/) - This is the start of an eleven-week course throughout with our friend Brian Swimme and organized by Deeptime Network. Please learn more, contact with questions or register at the event page on our partner's website. A New Structure of Experience is arising Our course is based on the premise that a new structure of experience
- [The Story of the Noosphere](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/the-story-of-the-noosphere/) - Join us Wednesday, October 22, at 7 p.m. ET for a Center for Christogenesis webinar with Brian Swimme and Monica DeRaspe-Bolles, authors of award-winning The Story of the Noosphere. The Story of the Noosphere reimagines our role in Earth’s evolution. We are not here merely to consume, but to participate directly in bringing forth a
- [Whitehead’s Universe (Group A Launch)](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/whiteheads-universe-2026-a/) - This is a five-week rolling course throughout 2026 with our partner and friend at the Center for Process Studies, Andrew Davis. Please learn more, contact and register at whiteheadsuniverse.com. Dr. Andrew M. Davis’s five-week online introduction to Whitehead’s Universe is returning in 2026! “Process philosophy” is wider than any single thinker, yet Alfred North Whitehead
- [Whitehead’s Universe (Group C Launch)](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/whiteheads-universe-2026-c/) - This is a five-week rolling course throughout 2026 with our partner and friend at the Center for Process Studies, Andrew Davis. Please learn more, contact and register at whiteheadsuniverse.com. Dr. Andrew M. Davis’s five-week online introduction to Whitehead’s Universe is returning in 2026! “Process philosophy” is wider than any single thinker, yet Alfred North Whitehead
- [Whitehead’s Universe (Group B Launch)](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/whiteheads-universe-2026-b/) - This is a five-week rolling course throughout 2026 with our partner and friend at the Center for Process Studies, Andrew Davis. Please learn more, contact and register at whiteheadsuniverse.com. Dr. Andrew M. Davis’s five-week online introduction to Whitehead’s Universe is returning in 2026! “Process philosophy” is wider than any single thinker, yet Alfred North Whitehead
- [Whitehead’s Universe (Group D Launch)](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/whiteheads-universe-group-d-launch/) - This is a five-week rolling course throughout 2026 with our partner and friend at the Center for Process Studies, Andrew Davis. Please learn more, contact and register at whiteheadsuniverse.com. Dr. Andrew M. Davis’s five-week online introduction to Whitehead’s Universe is returning in 2026! “Process philosophy” is wider than any single thinker, yet Alfred North Whitehead
- [The Future of Religion: Questions from the Next Generation](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/the-future-of-religion-questions-from-the-next-generation/) - Join us Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at 7 p.m. ET for a Center for Christogenesis free live Q&A with Robert Nicastro as part of our monthly webinar series. Simply register in advance below to receive the access information. To add a donation to your registration and support our work use this separate, secure form. “The
- [The Art of Becoming Fearless](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/the-art-of-becoming-fearless/) - Join us Thursday, August 28, at 7 p.m. ET for a Center for Christogenesis webinar with our Executive Director, Robert Nicastro, PhD. In a world facing ecological collapse, technology unmoored from wisdom, and a deepening crisis of meaning, fear has become the undertow of modern consciousness. This webinar invites us to resist that gravitational pull
- [Is Real Change Possible? Changing our Minds in a Sea of Information](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/is-real-change-possible-changing-our-minds-in-a-sea-of-information/) - This is a no-cost webinar as part of our June Fundraiser. Simply register in advance below to receive the access information. To learn more about the vision for our June fundraiser, read Sr. Ilia's post Integral Ecology in an Age of AI. The mind is everything: what you think, you become; yet what shapes the
- [Does God Need Us?](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/does-god-need-us/) - The St. Catherine of Siena Lecture will be given online and in-person by Ilia Delio for our partner The Well Spirituality Center, co-sponsored by The Siena Center of Dominican University. Classical theology states that God freely creates, that is, God creates with no other motive than God’s own desire and delight. God is in relationship
- [Process Mysticism with Dan Dombrowski](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/process-mysticism-with-dan-dombrowski/) - Join us Thursday, April 10, at 7 p.m. ET for a Center for Christogenesis webinar with Professor of Philosophy Dan Dombrowski. The term “mysticism” can mean at least two different things. The term can refer to direct experience of God or it can refer to the thesis that reality is ineffable and can be characterized
- [Rethinking Religion in an Age of Science](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/rethinking-religion-in-an-age-of-science/) - Religion is waning as spiritual secularism is rising. This conference aims to suture the relationship between religion and spirituality by relocating religion at the heart of cosmic life.
- [Science and Religion in a Participatory Cosmos](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/science-and-religion-in-a-participatory-cosmos/) - Join us Wednesday, March 19, at 7 p.m. ET for a Center for Christogenesis webinar with philosopher and process thinker Matthew David Segall. This talk explores the evolving relationship between natural science and theology through the lens of process philosophy, arguing that both disciplines—often seen as conflicting ways of knowing and worldviews—can be reframed and
- [Sacred Universe Award 2025](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/sacred-universe-award-2025/) - This is a partner event with The Well Spirituality Center featuring 2022 Center for Christogenesis award winner Louis Savary, Hunger for Wholeness guest Brian Swimme, and Sr. Gail Worcelo. The Well is excited to host a star-studded event on its 25th anniversary. Join Sr. Gail Worcelo, Dr. Brian Swimme, and Dr. Louis Savary, recipient of
- [“The Primacy of Love” Lent Retreat with Ilia Delio](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/the-primacy-of-love-lent-retreat-with-ilia-delio/) - This is a two-day in-person and online retreat series with Ilia Delio for our partner the Immaculate Heart Community. Join the Immaculate Heart Community as Ilia Delio leads reflections on the cosmological and the theological meaning of love and she "shows love to be the irresistible force of attraction that leads straight into the heart
- [Ask Me Anything with Ilia Delio](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/ask-me-anything-with-ilia-delio/) - This is an online webinar with Ilia Delio for our partner Human Energy. Join Human Energy for an enlightening "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) session with renowned theologian and scientist, Ilia Delio, on Friday, March 14th. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage directly with a leading voice at the intersection of science, religion, and human
- [Catholicity and Wholeness Beyond the Church](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/catholicity-and-wholeness-beyond-the-church/) - Join us Thursday, February 27, at 7 p.m. ET for a Center for Christogenesis webinar with Society of African Missions member and Ph.D. candidate Augustin Kassa. What happens when we finally recognize and consider the cosmos as the real, the true, the absolute catholic? The cosmos can be understood as the true manifestation of catholicity
- [Old God, New God: New Theologies with Ilia Delio (Session 1/2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/old-god-new-god-a-program-on-new-theologies-with-ilia-delio/) - This is a two-session online webinar series with Ilia Delio for our partner the Spiritual Life Center. Monday, February 10, 7–9PM: At the first session, Dr. Delio will discuss how new discoveries in science, such as quantum physics, open up new theological understandings. Ilia will invite participants to see the cosmos as a sacred whole,
- [Renewing Faith (Online Conference from Process & Faith)](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/renewing-faith-online-conference/) - We are partnering with Process & Faith, a program of the Center for Process Studies, on an exciting online conference and wanted to pass along their message about it below to invite you to explore it for yourself. Renewing Faith Online Conference, January 23-25, 2025 Are you feeling burnt out and disconnected from your ministry or
- [The Noosphere and the Global South Conference](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/the-noosphere-and-the-global-south-conference/) - This December, 16-18, 2024 immerse yourself in this important dialogue and participate in this free live-stream of the Noosphere and the Global South Conference hosted by Human Energy. As part of this Conference, Ilia Delio presents, Teilhard’s Noosphere: Why Evolution and Religion Belong Together. The Noosphere is our present reality of complexified matter and global
- [Old God, New God: New Theologies with Ilia Delio (Session 2/2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/old-god-new-god-new-theologies-with-ilia-delio-session-2-2/) - This is a calendar placeholder for a multi session event. For information about this event and to register, visit the event page for Session 1.
- [Whitehead's Universe](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/whiteheads-universe/) - We are happy to share this upcoming workshop series hosted by our friend, Andrew Davis. A Five-Week Introductory Course for the Philosophically and Theologically Curious This course will be offered on a rolling five-week schedule throughout 2025. For the first iteration, running from mid-January to mid-February, two U.S. groups (Group A & B) and one
- [Healing Our Collective Pain with Sheri Kling (Session 1/2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/healing-our-collective-pain-with-sheri-kling/) - Healing Our Collective Pain: Worldviews, Dreamwork, and Transformation This is a two-part workshop with Sheri Kling on November 12 and 19 at 7PM ET. One registration grants access to both sessions. We are a fragmented people in deep pain. In the West – and especially in the United States – we are divided societally, as evidenced in
- [Can Science Be a Form of Faith? A Discussion of Teilhard's Vision](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/can-science-be-a-form-of-faith-a-discussion-of-teilhards-vision/) - Can Science Be a Form of Faith? A Discussion of Teilhard’s Vision Teilhard de Chardin, a pioneering thinker at the intersection of science and religion, envisioned a cosmos in which matter and spirit are entangled in an evolutionary journey toward ultimate unity. He suggested that science is not only a method for understanding the material
- [Teilhard's Omega Point: Does Evolution Have Direction?](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/teilhards-omega-point-does-evolution-have-direction/) - Jesuit scientist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin proposed a cosmic vision of evolution governed by the principle of Omega. Confusion around his use of this symbol has led to speculative ideas, including a terminal point of evolution. In this talk, Ilia will explore Teilhard's notion of Omega as a governing principle of increasing complexity and consciousness, accompanied by
- [Ilia Delio at Theology Beer Camp](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/ilia-delio-at-theology-beer-camp/) - Ilia Delio keynote speaker at Theology Beer Camp From our friends at Homebrewed Christianity: What is Theology Beer Camp? Imagine the intellectual rigor of a TED conference fused with the lively spirit of youth-group-like fun! Camp is for those passionate about theology, offering space to explore and discuss deep theological questions in an engaging, informal setting.
- [Evolution in Divine Love with Swami Padmanabha](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/evolution-in-divine-love-with-swami-padmanabha/) - According to Gaudiya Vaishnavism, divine love is a force of constant expansion which surely affects God, who is love personified. A God affected by ever-evolving love becomes equally ever-evolving, thus dismantling outdated paradigms of a changeless and static Absolute.
- [Healing our Collective Pain with Sheri Kling (Session 2/2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/healing-our-collective-pain-with-sheri-kling-session-2/) - This is a calendar placeholder for a multi session event. For information about this event and to register, visit the event page for Session 1.
- [Returning Religion to the Prophetic with Ilia Delio](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/returning-religion-to-the-prophetic-with-ilia-delio/) - As we move into a presidential election in the US, we see the role of religion transformed into a powerful political tool. What happens when religion is emptied out of its primal meaning and becomes replacement therapy for anger, anxiety and existential fear? Teilhard de Chardin had a vision of deep hope, rooted in the
- [The Unfinished God in a Techno-Driven Universe presented by WCCM](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/https-wccm-org-events-the-unfinished-god-in-a-techno-driven-world/) - Technology is our fastest evolver today and it is radically changing our world. In centuries past, religion dominated culture because it stabilized society and advocated norms of unity. Has technology come to replace religion in our own time? I will explore how technology and religion share the same root source, the unbounded fields of infinite
- [LIVESTREAM: "Unlocking the Future: Teilhard de Chardin Meets Artificial Intelligence"](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/livestream-unlocking-the-future-teilhard-de-chardin-meets-artificial-intelligence/) - A partner event Are you ready to explore the cosmos of thought and technology? Dive into a fascinating journey with Ilia Delio as she delves into Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's visionary work hosted by Tripp Fuller. Discover how his groundbreaking ideas illuminate our understanding of the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence. Whether you're a
- [Making the Choice for a Deeply Personal God with Ilia Delio](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/making-the-choice-for-a-deeply-personal-god/) - Is Christianity unique among world religions? Is it a secular religion compared to other transcendent religious paths? Does Christianity depart from axial religions and form a new trajectory of religious consciousness? This talk will focus on Christianity as a mutation of consciousness, a breakthrough in awareness of the experience of God. We will focus on
- [Artificial Wisdom and Intelligence presented by WCCM](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/artificial-wisdom-and-intelligence-presented-by-wccm/) - WCCM has invited Ilia Delio for a round table discussion on May 23, 2024. Ilia will join Bishop Rowan Williams, British theologian and former Archbishop of Canterbury and Peter Russell, a leading thinker on consciousness and contemporary spirituality, at an upcoming event on May 23 with the World Community Christian Meditation organization. They will explore
- [ORTLINE 2024](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/ortline-2024/) - From our friends at the Center for Open and Relational Theology: This three-day online Zoom conference, hosted by Thomas Jay Oord, Jonathan Foster, and Jason Tripp features authors recently published in the field of open and relational theology. More than 20 books are featured, each of which receives an hour of exploration and discussion! Authors
- [Ilia Delio at The Voice of the Feminine](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/ilia-delio-at-the-voice-of-the-feminine/) - S. Ilia will be a featured guest at Aspen Chapel's 2024 Mini Retreat Program, “The Voice of the Feminine." Full programming begins in February and continues into the spring. For more details or to contact the organizer please visit the event website. From our friends at Aspen Chapel: Last year we offered you a ‘Speaker
- [God 2.0: Pantheism and Quantum Reality](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/god-2-0-pantheism-and-quantum-reality/) - This event is past. Click here to purchase recordings of this series. Can God be updated? Classic theism would say, absolutely not! But God is an incomprehensible mystery and our approach to the mystery is shaped by ways of knowing the real, a type of knowledge that cannot be fixed or located in any one age.
- [Revelation in an Emerging Universe:  Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/revelation-in-an-emerging-universe-faith-science-and-pastoral-ministry/) - This event is past. Click here to purchase recordings of this series. The course will meet on four consecutive Wednesdays from July 5th to July 26th. Weekly sessions will last for 1 hour and 30 minutes (7:00 — 8:30 p.m. ET), with time allotted for presentations from the instructor and for participants to ask questions and
- [Good News from the Universe for Bad Times](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/50237/) - Steve Martin will be presenting a series of three workshops in collaboration with the Guild for Spiritual Guidance entitled “Good News from the Universe for Bad Times: Crisis, Transformation, and Deep Trust from a Cosmic Perspective” See the link: https://spiritualguidance.org/courses-webinars/ Join us as we reflect on the universal nature of crisis, change, and transformation as well
- [God After Einstein: A Book Talk with John Haught](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/god-after-einstein/) - What’s really going on in the universe? A Message from Dr. Haught: The point of theology, as I understand it, is to explore “the reasons for our hope” (1 Peter 3:15). After Einstein, theology cannot avoid asking whether the discovery that the cosmos is a long story with interesting outcomes may in some way give us new reasons
- [Will Christianity Survive?](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/webinar-will-christianity-survive/) - The German philosopher Frederick Nietzsche once said, we must become gods ourselves if we are to live in this world without God. Is this blasphemy or the deeper truth of the Christian message--God becoming flesh? Today, the highest levels of theological reflection fail to grasp the import of evolution for the unfolding of the God-world relationship. Early twentieth
- [Scripture Meets Science](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/webinar-scripture-meets-science/) - The greatest obstacle to religion today does not come so much from atheists but from the neo-foundationalists whose fundamental tenets of religion claim ontological certainty. These are the religious fundamentalists whose certainty of divine truths based on the inerrancy of scripture creates division. Their grip on God strips the world of the divine mystery. -Ilia
- [Breaking Down or Breaking Through?](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/breaking-down-or-breaking-through/) - The rapid development of artificial intelligence, including the new chat GPT software, has created deep fear in a world already facing a dire future due to global warming. The influx of bad news is creating conditions of global depression and global anxiety disorder. We seem to be working against ourselves, aiming for our own extinction.
- [Christianity, Ecology, and the Unity of All Things](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/webinar-christianity-ecology-and-the-unity-of-all-things/) - A Zoom Conversation with Mark Wallace A new but ancient vision of the world, where Spirit enfleshes itself within everything that grows, walks, flies, and swims on Earth. Drawing on the Christian tradition of the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove, as well as beliefs of Indigenous and non-Western spiritual communities, eco-theologian Mark
- [Whitehead & Teilhard: Convergence, Divergences, Integrations](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/whitehead-teilhard-conference/) - The respective work of Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) and Pierre Teilhard De Chardin (1881-1955) continue to inspire distinctive trajectories in modern process philosophy and theology. Although contemporaries for a time, both men were unable to benefit from each other’s vast visions of reality. Yet a shared indebtedness to Bergson’s temporal metaphysics and a commitment to incorporate new advances of
- [Updating Teilhard de Chardin from a Modern Scientific Perspective](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/updating-teilhard-de-chardin-from-a-modern-scientific-perspective/) - Teilhard uniquely integrated the scientific knowledge of his day with a spiritual view that he regarded as a metamorphosis of the Christian religion. Today, he has been largely forgotten by scientists and continues to be read mostly for his spiritual quality. This is unfortunate, because Teilhard was remarkably prescient about developments in evolutionary science that
- [The Cosmic Vision of Teilhard de Chardin with John Haught](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/webinar-with-john-haught/) - Teilhard’s cosmic vision still offers a rich setting for our understanding not only of life, but also of mind, morality, and religion. This webinar brings out the theological distinctiveness of Teilhard’s vision of life by contrasting it with traditional pre-scientific theologies of life on the one hand and contemporary naturalist/materialist interpretations of life and its
- [Reality Ever New](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/reality-ever-new/) - “Blessed be you, mighty matter, irresistible march of evolution, reality ever newborn; you who, by constantly shattering our mental categories, force us to go ever further and further in our pursuit of the truth.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin We have a choice now to turn the fate of the earth into a hopeful future. Our
- [A Zoom Music Concert with Carrie Newcomer](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/virtual-concert-with-carrie-newcomer/) - “We have all lived through a time of great unraveling. Yet, with great disruption comes a possibility for change. We can’t just be healed; we must be transformed.” Carrie Newcomer The soulful wisdom of singer-songwriter Carrie Newcomer, dubbed a “prairie mystic” by the Boston Globe, offers a balm for this anxious and exhausted age
- [Healing God, Healing Self, Healing Earth](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/healing-god-healing-self-healing-earth/) - We are a global people on a planet in crisis. Extreme weather, shortages of water and food, and a swiftly mutating pandemic reveal a climate emergency that is speeding up rather than slowing down. We find ourselves in a wounded world, desperate for healing. These deep wounds begin with ourselves. Healing the Earth requires that
- [Fireside Zoom Chat with Ilia Delio: Word Made Matter](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/fireside-zoom-chat-with-ilia-delio-word-made-matter/) - The new science gives us a window to see a new understanding of God in the material world. We will explore some of these new insights by talking about matter, mind and the fires of the heart. Christianity is distinguished by its faith claim, the divine Word became flesh, which undergirds the doctrine of the
- [Journeys in Process: The Promise of Process Theologies with Don Viney](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/journeys-in-process-the-promise-of-process-theologies-with-don-viney/) - “There is something too narrow and something missing in the Gospel as presented to us today… Wider horizons, not a tighter rein—that, if I am not mistaken, is the only remedy that can effectively bring our generation back to the ways of truth.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Philosophically refined concepts of God from antiquity to
- [Why Technology has Hijacked the Soul](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/webinar-why-technology-has-hijacked-the-soul/) - “Blessed be you, mighty matter, irresistible march of evolution, reality ever newborn; you who, by constantly shattering our mental categories, force us to go ever further and further in our pursuit of the truth.” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin We live in a volatile world where catastrophic events seem to happen spontaneously and ever more
- [Pantheism in an Age of Entanglement: Rethinking the Meaning of God”](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/pantheism-in-an-age-of-entanglement-rethinking-the-meaning-of-god/) - Join us for a webinar with Ilia Delio “Pantheism in an Age of Entanglement: Rethinking the Meaning of God” What does the word “God” mean? Many of us grew up with an image of God as an elderly male figure watching over us from above. This image, however, is neither faithful to Scripture nor to
- [Revelation in an Emerging Universe:  Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/revelation-in-an-emerging-universe-faith-science-and-pastoral-ministry-2023-07-19/) - Revelation in an Emerging Universe: Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry with Robert Nicastro Four Sessions Wednesday Evenings July 5, 12, 19 and 26 7pm – 8:30PM EST Cost: $150 REGISTER HERE The course will meet on four consecutive Wednesdays from July 5th to July 26th. Weekly sessions will last for 1 hour and 30 minutes
- [Revelation in an Emerging Universe:  Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/revelation-in-an-emerging-universe-faith-science-and-pastoral-ministry-2023-07-12/) - Revelation in an Emerging Universe: Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry with Robert Nicastro Four Sessions Wednesday Evenings July 5, 12, 19 and 26 7pm – 8:30PM EST Cost: $150 REGISTER HERE The course will meet on four consecutive Wednesdays from July 5th to July 26th. Weekly sessions will last for 1 hour and 30 minutes
- [Revelation in an Emerging Universe:  Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/revelation-in-an-emerging-universe-faith-science-and-pastoral-ministry-2023-07-26/) - Revelation in an Emerging Universe: Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry with Robert Nicastro Four Sessions Wednesday Evenings July 5, 12, 19 and 26 7pm – 8:30PM EST Cost: $150 REGISTER HERE The course will meet on four consecutive Wednesdays from July 5th to July 26th. Weekly sessions will last for 1 hour and 30 minutes
- [Revelation in an Emerging Universe:  Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/revelation-in-an-emerging-universe-faith-science-and-pastoral-ministry-2023-07-12-2/) - Revelation in an Emerging Universe: Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry with Robert Nicastro Four Sessions Wednesday Evenings July 5, 12, 19 and 26 7pm – 8:30PM EST Cost: $150 REGISTER HERE The course will meet on four consecutive Wednesdays from July 5th to July 26th. Weekly sessions will last for 1 hour and 30 minutes
- [Revelation in an Emerging Universe:  Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/revelation-in-an-emerging-universe-faith-science-and-pastoral-ministry-2023-07-19-2/) - Revelation in an Emerging Universe: Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry with Robert Nicastro Four Sessions Wednesday Evenings July 5, 12, 19 and 26 7pm – 8:30PM EST Cost: $150 REGISTER HERE The course will meet on four consecutive Wednesdays from July 5th to July 26th. Weekly sessions will last for 1 hour and 30 minutes
- [Revelation in an Emerging Universe:  Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/revelation-in-an-emerging-universe-faith-science-and-pastoral-ministry-2023-07-26-2/) - Revelation in an Emerging Universe: Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry with Robert Nicastro Four Sessions Wednesday Evenings July 5, 12, 19 and 26 7pm – 8:30PM EST Cost: $150 REGISTER HERE The course will meet on four consecutive Wednesdays from July 5th to July 26th. Weekly sessions will last for 1 hour and 30 minutes
- [Revelation in an Emerging Universe:  Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/revelation-in-an-emerging-universe-faith-science-and-pastoral-ministry-2023-07-12-3/) - Revelation in an Emerging Universe: Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry with Robert Nicastro Four Sessions Wednesday Evenings July 5, 12, 19 and 26 7pm – 8:30PM EST Cost: $150 REGISTER HERE The course will meet on four consecutive Wednesdays from July 5th to July 26th. Weekly sessions will last for 1 hour and 30 minutes
- [Revelation in an Emerging Universe:  Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/revelation-in-an-emerging-universe-faith-science-and-pastoral-ministry-2023-07-19-3/) - Revelation in an Emerging Universe: Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry with Robert Nicastro Four Sessions Wednesday Evenings July 5, 12, 19 and 26 7pm – 8:30PM EST Cost: $150 REGISTER HERE The course will meet on four consecutive Wednesdays from July 5th to July 26th. Weekly sessions will last for 1 hour and 30 minutes
- [Revelation in an Emerging Universe:  Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry](https://wisrinstitute.org/event/revelation-in-an-emerging-universe-faith-science-and-pastoral-ministry-2023-07-26-3/) - Revelation in an Emerging Universe: Faith, Science, and Pastoral Ministry with Robert Nicastro Four Sessions Wednesday Evenings July 5, 12, 19 and 26 7pm – 8:30PM EST Cost: $150 REGISTER HERE The course will meet on four consecutive Wednesdays from July 5th to July 26th. Weekly sessions will last for 1 hour and 30 minutes

## Podcasts

- [Neurotheology and the Biology of Spiritual Experience with Shaleen Kendrick](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/neurotheology-and-the-biology-of-spiritual-experience-with-shaleen-kendrick/) - Hunger for Wholeness (May, 2026): In this episode of Hunger for Wholeness, Ilia Delio speaks with neurotheologian Shaleen Kendrick about neuroscience, contemplative practice, and the biology of spiritual experience. Shaleen shares her journey from conservative evangelical ministry through deconstruction, suffering, and contemplative prayer into the emerging field of neurotheology. Together, Ilia and Shaleen explore how religious experience is not separate
- [Future-Proofing Humanity and Building a Global Mind with Robert Geraci](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/future-proofing-humanity-and-building-a-global-mind-with-robert-geraci/) - Hunger for Wholeness (July, 2026): In this episode of Hunger for Wholeness, Ilia Delio continues her conversation with Robert Geraci on the ethical future of technology, the possibility of a global mind, and the stories we need to tell if civilization is to flourish. Together, they ask how AI might help us build shared spaces of learning, dialogue, and human
- [Apocalyptic AI and the Stories Technology Tells with Robert Geraci](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/apocalyptic-ai-and-the-stories-technology-tells-with-robert-geraci/) - Hunger for Wholeness (June, 2026): In this episode of Hunger for Wholeness, Ilia Delio speaks with scholar Robert Geraci about apocalyptic AI, robotics, transhumanist hope, and the religious stories embedded in technological imagination. Geraci traces how his study of robotics led him to notice strikingly religious themes in the writings of engineers and futurists: immortality, resurrection, salvation, and the future
- [Wholeness and Evolution with Shaleen Kendrick](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/wholeness-and-evolution-with-shaleen-kendrick/) - Hunger for Wholeness (June, 2026): In this episode of Hunger for Wholeness, Ilia Delio continues her conversation with neurotheologian Shaleen Kendrick on the practical meaning of Christogenesis, wholeness, and adaptive evolution. Shaleen reflects on what she calls “evolutionary mismatch,” the gap between our rapidly changing world and the neurobiological capacities we need to meet it with wisdom, compassion, and creativity.
- [How to See the Big Picture in a Post-Truth World with Nicholas Hedlund](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-to-see-the-big-picture-in-a-post-truth-world-with-nicholas-hedlund/) - Hunger for Wholeness (March, 2026): In this 100th episode of Hunger for Wholeness, Sr. Ilia Delio continues her conversation with Nicholas Hedlund, PhD exploring what it means to seek coherence in a world shaped by fragmentation and acceleration. Beginning with Teilhard de Chardin’s sense that the future is not simply ahead of us but mysteriously within the present, Ilia and
- [How the Metamind Changes the Self with Abre Fournier](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-the-metamind-changes-the-self-with-abre-fournier/) - Hunger for Wholeness (February, 2026): Sr. Ilia Delio continues her conversation with Abre Fournier, PhD—a science-based philosopher of consciousness whose work bridges contemporary cognitive science with Asian contemplative traditions and practices of mind transformation. Picking up their inquiry into what is meant by “the self,” Ilia and Abre turn to childhood development and the social shaping of identity. Abre draws
- [What To Do About the Metacrisis with Nicholas Hedlund](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/what-to-do-about-the-metacrisis-with-nicholas-hedlund/) - Hunger for Wholeness (February, 2026): In this episode of Hunger for Wholeness, Sr. Ilia Delio speaks with Nicholas Hedlund, PhD—a philosopher, metatheorist, and contemplative practitioner whose work explores spirituality, science, and worldview transformation. Ilia begins with the simple question: What is metatheory? Nick traces the thread that drew him into big-picture thinking—an early dissatisfaction with surface-level responses to ecological crisis,
- [Can Science Illuminate the "Self" with Abre Fournier](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/can-science-illuminate-the-self-with-abre-fournier/) - Hunger for Wholeness (January, 2026): In this episode of Hunger for Wholeness, Sr. Ilia Delio speaks with Abre G. Fournier, PhD—a science-based philosopher of consciousness whose work bridges contemporary cognitive science with Asian contemplative traditions and practices of mind transformation. Abre shares the personal journey that shaped her research: years of intensive contemplative practice, an encounter with what she describes
- [Can AI Calm Our Fear of Death with Gregory Stock](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/can-ai-calm-our-fear-of-death-with-gregory-stock/) - Hunger for Wholeness (January, 2026): In this episode of Hunger for Wholeness, Robert Nicastro welcomes listeners back into Sr. Ilia Delio’s conversation with biophysicist and technologist Gregory Stock. Last time, Greg raised a profound question: how will AI shape two enduring human longings—love and immortality? In this second part, Ilia and Greg return to the theme of immortality, exploring not
- [Who Is “Generation AI”? with Gregory Stock](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/who-is-generation-ai-with-gregory-stock/) - Hunger for Wholeness (December, 2025): In this episode of Hunger for Wholeness, Robert Nicastro welcomes listeners back into Sr. Ilia Delio’s ongoing conversation with biophysicist and technologist Gregory Stock, whose new book, Generation AI and the Transformation of Human Being, has just been released. Together, Ilia and Greg open a doorway into the questions at the heart of “Generation AI”—not
- [Renewing Faith When Politics Becomes Religion with Sheri Kling](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/renewing-faith-when-politics-becomes-religion-with-sheri-kling/) - Hunger for Wholeness (November, 2025): In this second part of her conversation with Robert Nicastro, theologian and spiritual teacher Sheri Kling deepens the discussion on how process and open and relational theologies can reshape our spiritual lives. What does it mean to pray into immanence rather than plead to a distant deity? How can our rituals and symbols come alive
- [How God Holds Power Without Coercion with Sheri Kling](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-god-holds-power-without-coercion-with-sheri-kling/) - Hunger for Wholeness (November, 2025): In this episode of Hunger for Wholeness, Robert Nicastro welcomes back theologian, minister, and director of Process and Faith, Dr. Sheri Kling, for a rich conversation on the power of theology to renew spiritual life in a fragmented world. Sheri shares the story behind Renewing Faith, a newly released collection of essays emerging from a
- [Practices That Weave Us Back Together with Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/practices-that-weave-us-back-together-with-rev-dr-hillary-raining/) - Hunger for Wholeness (October, 2025): Ilia Delio welcomes back Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining to probe a live question for faith communities today: when our concepts of God become narrow—or distorted—how do they derail spiritual growth and even undermine justice? Hillary names the fears that keep churches clinging to old power structures, and offers a pastoral imagination big enough for an
- [When Politics Show Up in Pastoral Care with Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/when-politics-show-up-in-pastoral-care-with-rev-dr-hillary-raining/) - Hunger for Wholeness (October, 2025): In this episode of Hunger for Wholeness, Ilia Delio talks with Episcopal priest and spiritual director Rev. Dr. Hillary Raining about what happens when public life shows up in the parish—how pastors can hold political tension without letting church life collapse into partisanship, and why hope and joy remain non-negotiable in a polarized age. Together they
- [Are We Developing Consciousness? or Worshipping Technology? with Don Viney (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/are-we-developing-consciousness-or-worshipping-technology-with-don-viney-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (September, 2025): In this episode of Hunger for Wholeness, Robert Nicastro continues his conversation with philosopher Don Viney. Together, they explore Teilhard de Chardin’s vision of a planetary mind—asking whether today’s global networks are cultivating consciousness and love, or tempting us to worship technology for its own sake. What happens when tools eclipse persons? When CGI and
- [How Non-Toxic Concepts of God Can Still Satisfy with Don Viney (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-non-toxic-concepts-of-god-can-still-satisfy-with-don-viney-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (September, 2025): In this episode of Hunger for Wholeness, Robert Nicastro sits down with philosopher and musician Don Viney to trace his journey from the arts to philosophy—and the unexpected conversion that led him to process thought. Together, they explore the creative tension between art and thought, and how beauty, music, and literature often touch places philosophical language
- [How to "Fall Up" into a Collective Future with Terrence Deacon (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-to-fall-up-into-a-collective-future-with-terrence-deacon-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (September, 2025): In this episode of Hunger for Wholeness, Sr. Ilia Delio continues her conversation with neuroanthropologist Terrence Deacon. Together, they explore how we might “fall up” into a collective future—probing the limits of machines and minds, and why complexity in nature often emerges not by work, but by play. What happens when we mistake computation for
- [How Abstractions Impact Ecological Crisis with Terrence Deacon (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-abstractions-impact-ecological-crisis-with-terrence-deacon-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (August, 2025): In this episode of Hunger for Wholeness, Sr. Ilia Delio engages neuroanthropologist Terrence Deacon. Together, they probe the paradox of presence and absence—how constraint, incompleteness, and time shape mind, language, and the emergence of human meaning. From Charles Sanders Peirce to Claude Shannon, Deacon traces a lineage that reframes form not as what’s added, but
- [How Prayer Deepens Consciousness with Iain McGilchrist (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-prayer-deepens-consciousness-with-iain-mcgilchrist-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (August, 2025): In this continuation of their rich exchange, Sr. Ilia Delio and Dr. Iain McGilchrist explore the deeper dimensions of consciousness—and how our overreliance on the left hemisphere of the brain distorts our understanding of reality, relationships, and even God. Together, they reflect on: How attentiveness shapes the way we relate to the world The role
- [How Left and Right Brain Explain Our World with Iain McGilchrist (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-left-and-right-brain-explain-our-world-with-iain-mcgilchrist-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (July, 2025): In this episode of Hunger for Wholeness, Sr. Ilia Delio engages renowned psychiatrist and author Dr. Iain McGilchrist. Together, they explore the profound implications of the brain’s divided hemispheres—and how our overreliance on the left brain might be shaping Western culture in unexpected ways. What happens when we privilege abstract data over embodied experience? When
- [What Can Religion Offer in Times of Disruption with Jared Morningstar (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/what-can-religion-offer-in-times-of-disruption-with-jared-morningstar-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (July, 2025): In the second half of her conversation with independent scholar Jared Morningstar, Sr. Ilia Delio explores how religion might evolve in light of today’s ecological and cultural disruptions. Drawing from Islamic philosophy, metamodernism, and process thought, Ilia and Jared consider what it means to reimagine religion in a world shaped by uncertainty, pluralism, and accelerating
- [Can Science Alone Overcome Patriarchy and Tribalism with Jared Morningstar (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/can-science-alone-overcome-patriarchy-and-tribalism-with-jared-morningstar-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (June, 2025): In the second half of her conversation with independent scholar Jared Morningstar, Sr. Ilia Delio explores how religion might evolve in light of today’s ecological and cultural disruptions. Drawing from Islamic philosophy, metamodernism, and process thought, Ilia and Jared consider what it means to reimagine religion in a world shaped by uncertainty, pluralism, and accelerating
- [Can We Learn Ethics from Quantum Physics with Adam Clark (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/can-we-learn-ethics-from-quantum-physics-with-adam-clark-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (June, 2025): In the second part of Ilia Delio’s conversation with theologian Adam Clark, the focus shifts to questions at the intersection of power, technology, and ethics. How does liberation theology speak to the structures of modern technological society—and what does it say about the nature of evil? Together, Ilia and Adam explore: The social implications of
- [What Future Does Black Theology Imagine with Adam Clark (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/what-future-does-black-theology-imagine-with-adam-clark-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (May, 2025): Ilia Delio sits down with theologian and scholar Adam Clark for a wide-ranging conversation on the roots and future of Black theology. A student of the late James Cone—the founding voice of Black liberation theology—Adam brings deep theological insight and cultural awareness to questions at the heart of faith, justice, and the human story. Together,
- [How AI Will Shape Personhood with Gregory Stock (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-ai-will-shape-personhood-with-gregory-stock-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (May, 2025): Hunger for Wholeness continues with the second part of Ilia Delio’s thought-provoking conversation with biophysicist, entrepreneur, and author Gregory Stock. In this episode, Ilia and Gregory explore how human motivations, ethics, and the evolving sense of personhood are deeply entangled with the rapid advancement of technology—and how technology, in turn, is reshaping who we are
- [How AI May Guide Us with Gregory Stock (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-ai-may-guide-us-with-gregory-stock-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (April, 2025): In this conversation, Ilia Delio speaks with biophysicist, entrepreneur, and author Gregory Stock. Known for his groundbreaking ideas about biotechnology and the future of humanity, Gregory shares the story behind his influential book Metaman and offers insights into how technology is shaping—and destabilizing—our species and planet. Ilia and Gregory discuss: What does nature teach us
- [How Scripture Can Still Evolve with Peter Enns (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-scripture-can-still-evolve-with-peter-enns-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (April, 2025): In Part 2 of Ilia Delio’s conversation with author and biblical scholar Peter Enns, we explore deeper dimensions of scripture—and how our understanding of it must evolve alongside us. Together, Ilia and Pete examine how the Bible is often misused as a political and cultural tool, and they ask: Can scripture still offer wisdom in
- [How to Read Scripture with Peter Enns (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-to-read-scripture-with-peter-enns-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (March, 2025): Hunger for Wholeness is back with a brand new season—and we’re beginning with a deep and timely conversation about one the most timeless texts. In this season-opening episode, Ilia Delio speaks with biblical scholar and bestselling author Peter Enns. Known for his accessible, thoughtful takes on scripture, Pete invites us to rethink how we read
- [How to Pursue Religious Depth with John D. Caputo (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-to-pursue-religious-depth-with-john-d-caputo-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (November, 2024): In our final episode of this season, Ilia Delio asks philosopher-theologian Jack Caputo more about religious depth in light of what he calls weak theology. Plus, Jack compares AI to angelology, and Ilia asks how theo-poetics can help us respond to the challenges posed by technology and the crises of our day. ABOUT JOHN D.
- [Is God Talk Necessary? with John D. Caputo (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/hunger-for-wholeness-why-to-stop-talking-about-god-with-john-d-caputo-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (November, 2024): Ilia Delio sits down with philosopher-theologian John D. Caputo (Jack). Ilia asks Jack about how he got from Continental Philosophy to what he calls weak theology, and theo-poetics. Then they tackle the big, enduring question Jack and Ilia like to often ask—what is going on “in the name of God?” and why it might benefit
- [When Wholeness Arrives with Bayo Akomolafe (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/when-wholeness-arrives-with-bayo-akomolafe-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (November, 2024): Ilia Delio and Bayo Akomolafe continue their conversation about navigating the legacy of modernity and our journey into the future as a species. Bayo shares his perspective on the legacies of ingenious thought—particularly how it’s seen from the West. They ask, whether we ever arrive at wholeness? And what, if anything, does politics have to
- [How AIs are Children and Mirrors with Kevin Kelly (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-ais-are-children-and-mirrors-with-kevin-kelly-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (September, 2024): In the first part of this special four part series, Ilia Delio learns more about Wired founding editor and futurist Kevin Kelly’s story with technology. It begins with his world travel in the 70s seeing impacts and possibilities of computer technology on human life. Ilia asks more about this background, and Kevin shares with us
- [How to Face the Future with Kevin Kelly (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-to-face-the-future-with-kevin-kelly-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (October, 2024): In part two of this four part series, Ilia Delio and Kevin Kelly discuss the potential social and economic impacts of AIs–whether these fears are founded, and where there is hope it will enhance our global unity. Plus, Kevin answers why he helped found Wired magazine, and how he’s learned to face the future. ABOUT
- [Can AIs and Global Myths Make Us Better Humans with Kevin Kelly (Part 3)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/can-ais-and-global-myths-make-us-better-humans-with-kevin-kelly-part-3/) - Hunger for Wholeness (October, 2024): Ilia Delio brings religion into focus in the third of her four-part series with futurist Kevin Kelly. Ilia outlines her own, cutting-edge perspective to get Kevin’s views on Teilhard, diversity, and the possibility of global convergence or even new religions. They discuss whether we need a new, global myth, and Kevin imagines how he thinks
- [How to Write a Catechism for AIs with Kevin Kelly (Part 4)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-to-write-a-catechism-for-ais-with-kevin-kelly-part-4/) - Hunger for Wholeness (October, 2024): In the final part of this four-part series, futurist Kevin Kelly asks Ilia Delio to propose a catechism for AIs. Likewise, they discuss what our relationships with the AIs of the future might look like—love? Companionship? Ilia asks what these new relationships teach us about ourselves, the cosmos, or even, God and Kevin imagines what
- [How (Post-)Humans Evolve with Bayo Akomolafe (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-post-humans-evolve-with-bayo-akomolafe-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (October, 2024): Ilia Delio is joined by the prolific writer and activist Bayo Akomolafe. Bayo shares with us about his Christian background, growing up as the son of a diplomat in Nigeria. Ilia asks Bayo about how he has uniquely wrestled with the legacy of modernity and Western thought and his own unique approach to process and
- [Do Science, Black Theology and AI Mix with Dr. Reggie Williams (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/do-science-black-theology-and-ai-mix-with-dr-reggie-williams-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (September, 2024): In the second part of this two-part interview, Ilia Delio speaks with Dr. Reggie Williams about just that black theology. From her Teilhardian perspective, Ilia asks Reggie about the interaction between faith and science, and in particular, how evolution, diversity and technology work together in his theology. Finally, Ilia asks what role, if any, AI
- [What (Black) Bonhoeffer Might Say Today with Dr. Reggie Williams (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/what-black-bonhoeffer-might-say-today-with-dr-reggie-williams-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (September, 2024): Ilia Delio welcomes Dr. Reggie Williams, the newly appointed Associate Professor of Black Theology at St Louis University, to unpack the life, work of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Bonhoeffer’s legacy continues to touch today’s major issues—racism, religious nationalism, political action, and human suffering. Ilia and Reggie discuss these topics, “religionless christianity,” suffering and more. ABOUT DR. REGGIE
- [How the World Could Use a Sabbath with Rabbi Bradley S. Artson (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-the-world-could-use-a-sabbath-with-rabbi-bradley-s-artson-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (September, 2024): In the second part of this very special conversation, Ilia Delio and Rabbi Bradley Artson tackle everything from life after death, to concerns about technology and AI. Rabbi Artson shares with us how everyone could benefit from a Sabbath practice, and how Judaism offers ancient insights uncoupled from Western assumptions. ABOUT Rabbi Bradley S. Artson:
- [What We Mean When We Talk About “God” with Rabbi Bradley S. Artson (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/what-we-mean-when-we-talk-about-god-with-rabbi-bradley-s-artson-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (September, 2024): In part one of their conversation Ilia Delio speaks with Rabbi Bradley S. Artson, writer and Jewish process thinker. Rabbi Artson tells us about his journey from atheism to a love for God and describes how process theology helped to reawaken his appreciation for science, shedding light on religious experience. Plus, Ilia and Brad discuss
- [Why AI Optimism and Our Values can Synergize with Francis Heylighen (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/why-ai-optimism-and-our-values-can-synergize-with-francis-heylighen-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (August, 2024): In the second part of their conversation, Ilia Delio asks Francis Heylighen “what values do we need to focus on to guide this global transformation?” Professor Heylighen tells us why he’s optimistic about AI, and “why” synergy exists in our universe at all. ABOUT FRANCIS HEYLIGHEN “The ever-faster evolution of science, technology and culture appears
- [How All this Complexity is Unified with Francis Heylighen (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-all-this-complexity-is-unified-with-francis-heylighen-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (August, 2024): Episode Description Ilia Delio talks with cyberneticist Francis Heylighen. In part one of their conversation, Ilia asks Francis about his interest in complexity theory, and the basics of complex systems as they appear in our society and world. How does complexity theory inform the big problems of our age? Ilia and Francis discuss whether this
- [Finding Consciousness at the Heart of it All with Neil Theise (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/finding-consciousness-at-the-heart-of-it-all-with-neil-theise-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (May, 2024): Episode Description In part two, Ilia Delio and Neil Theise unpack the implications of complexity theory for human life, especially consciousness, our technology and the relationship between them. Can AI become “conscious?” Neil tells us more about his journey as a practicing Zen Buddhist, its impact on his research and thought, and the value our
- [How Deep Down the Complexity Goes with Neil Theise (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-deep-down-the-complexity-goes-with-neil-theise-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (April, 2024): In the first part of their conversation Ilia Delio asks stem cell researcher and author, Neil Theise, about this journey from science to complexity theory. Ilia and Neil ask big questions about how deep the complexity goes—is there something at the bottom of it all? And what can complexity theories teach us about our modern
- [How Fear Arrested Our Theological Imagination with Fr. Dan Horan (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-fear-arrested-our-theological-imagination-with-fr-dan-horan-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (April, 2024): In part two of their discussion Ilia Delio asks Fr. Dan Horan about the way forward, and how fear arrests our theological imaginations. They discuss whether it will be possible to reimagine some of the most central tenets of Christian doctrine, especially in the case of the more centralized churches. In light of today’s cultural
- [Will There Ever Be Conscious AI with Philip Goff (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/will-there-ever-be-conscious-ai-with-philip-goff-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (April, 2024): In part 2 of their interview, Ilia Delio and Philip Goff continue their conversation about consciousness and how science and theology can better work together to understand it. Together, Ilia and Philip tackle the burning question, “will AI ever become conscious?”ABOUT PHILIP GOFF “Here’s a prediction: In twenty years’ time, the idea that panpsychism can
- [What Thomas Merton Would Say Today with Fr. Dan Horan (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/what-thomas-merton-would-say-today-with-fr-dan-horan-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (April, 2024): Ilia Delio interviews Fr. Dan Horan, professor of Philosophy, Religious Studies and Theology at Saint Mary’s College and author of Engaging Thomas Merton: Spirituality, Justice, and Racism. Ilia asks Dan how he became interested in Thomas Merton, and what relevant insights he believes the teachers of yesterday have for us today in the shadow of
- [What is Consciousness and Where is It (Panpsychism) with Philip Goff (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/what-is-consciousness-and-where-is-it-panpsychism-with-philip-goff-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (April, 2024): Ilia Delio interviews philosopher and author Philip Goff on the big questions of consciousness. What is it? And how does modern panpsychism explain the relationship between consciousness and matter? Ilia and Philip also discuss how consciousness exposes where science and religion need to work in a more interdisciplinary manner to continue furthering our quest for
- [Can Sacrifices Make a Better Future with Bruce Epperly (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/can-sacrifices-make-a-better-future-with-bruce-epperly-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (March, 2024): Building on their conversation in Part 1, Ilia Delio and Bruce Epperly unpack what it means to see the divine in the other. They discuss the need for sacrificial living and a return to some of the basic practices of global spiritual traditions. Bruce tells us how these ideas affect his understanding of his own
- [How Process Heals Divisions with Bruce Epperly (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-process-heals-divisions-with-bruce-epperly-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (March, 2024): Ilia Delio is joined by process theologian Bruce Epperly for an honest conversation looking at the divisiveness at work in our communities and politics. Bruce gives an introduction to process theology (or process relational theology) and together they unpack how the basic conceptual shifts promoted by process theology can help to heal our communities and
- [What’s Our Ambition for the Common Good with Ronald Rolheiser (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/whats-our-ambition-for-the-common-good-with-ronald-rolheiser-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (March, 2024): Ilia Delio is joined by theologian Fr. Ronald Rolheiser. They discuss his book The Holy Longing, and what he observes in the world today especially considering the direction and impact of technology like AI. Ilia and Ron explore the challenges of information and misinformation and what it means for personhood and the future of the
- [How We Change the Direction of the Wind with Ronald Rolheiser (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-we-change-the-direction-of-the-wind-with-ronald-rolheiser-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (March, 2024): In the second part of Ilia Delio’s conversation with Fr. Ronald Rolheiser, Ilia asks what Ron’s hope is for the future—is it the church? They share their concerns for theology and doctrines which are increasingly out of touch with the current state of the world, and consider whether a secular religion is possible. Ilia also
- [The Not-Yet God with Ilia Delio and Robert Ellsberg](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/the-not-yet-god-with-ilia-delio-and-robert-ellsberg/) - Hunger for Wholeness (February, 2024): The roles are reversed in this special episode that kicks off our next season of Hunger for Wholeness. In this one-part, special episode our esteemed host Ilia Delio is interviewed by Robert Ellsberg, publisher of Ilia’s latest book The Not-Yet God. Thanks to Robert Ellsberg and Orbis Books, Maryknoll, New York, for permission to share this
- [Who Do We Choose To Be with Margaret Wheatley (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/who-do-we-choose-to-be-with-margaret-wheatley-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (November, 2023): In the second part of their conversation, Ilia Delio and Margaret Wheatley discuss what it means to be fully human in the face of corporations, AI, and a sometimes gloomy outlook. They explore possible futures, their hopes, their concerns and most importantly what the inexhaustible zest of the human spirit offers us in our current
- [How Wholeness Heals with Fr. Greg Boyle (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-wholeness-heals-with-fr-greg-boyle-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (September, 2023): In this episode, Ilia Delio begins her conversation with Fr. Greg Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries. Ilia and Fr. Greg unpack the background of the now international organization and the challenges of rehabilitation. They interrogate popular views on “progress” and “growth,” and Fr. Greg shares his emphasis on “healing” and how that guides his views
- [Who (or What) Guides Us Into the Future with Steve McIntosh (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/who-or-what-guides-us-into-the-future-with-steve-mcintosh-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (October, 2023): In the first part of a conversation from the Whitehead-Teilhard conference, Ilia Delio sits down with integral philosopher Steve McIntosh. They discuss how holistic frameworks can inspire cultural evolution, and how religion and spirituality inform our development. ABOUT STEVE MCINTOSH “Like life itself, culture is an evolutionary phenomenon.” Steve McIntosh, J.D., is a leader in
- [What Evolution Has to Say about Technology with Steve McIntosh (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/what-evolution-has-to-say-about-technology-with-steve-mcintosh-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (October, 2023): In part two of Ilia Delio’s conversation with integral philosopher Steve McIntosh they dig into Steve’s view of the current cultural climate and what’s preventing progress. What role does technology play in evolution and what does evolution tell us about technology? Plus, Steve tells Ilia his hope for our future. ABOUT STEVE MCINTOSH “Like life
- [The Diversities of Christian Experience with Diana Butler Bass (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/the-diversities-of-christian-experience-with-diana-butler-bass-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (May, 2023): In this episode, Ilia Delio and Robert Nicastro interview Diana Butler Bass. In Part 1, they discuss the state of the church, its colonial legacy, and the opportunities and challenges of burgeoning Christian diversities in a globalized world. About Diana Butler Bass “Christianity did not begin with a confession. It began with an invitation into
- [Discovering New Futures with Diana Butler Bass (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/discovering-new-futures-with-diana-butler-bass-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (May, 2023): In this episode, Ilia Delio and Robert Nicastro interview with historian and religious scholar Diana Butler Bass. We resume Part 2 with Ilia and Diana discussing the outlook of Silicon Valley, Teilhard’s scientific vision, and the enlightenment that comes from research and discovery. About Diana Butler Bass “Christianity did not begin with a confession. It began
- [Evolution, Biology and Spirituality with Rupert Sheldrake (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/evolution-biology-and-spirituality-with-rupert-sheldrake-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (May, 2023): In Part 2, Ilia, Robert and Rupert discuss evolution, faith and Rupert’s Anglican spirituality. They ask how religion and science can work together in a more integrated framework, and Rupert has the last word on how our quest for digital immortality is coming full circle. ABOUT RUPERT SHELDRAKE “I'd see the evolutionary processes as interplay
- [Where the Islands of Sanity Are with Margaret Wheatley (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/where-the-islands-of-sanity-are-with-margaret-wheatley-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (November, 2023): Ilia Delio speaks with author and teacher Margaret Wheatley about her paradigm-shifting work in organizational leadership. In part one, they discuss the state of the world and the challenge of taking responsibility for the issues we see in the world. Ilia asks how we get beyond the distractions of the day and what we can
- [What Lies Beyond Death and Institutions with Matthew Fox (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/what-lies-beyond-death-and-institutions-with-matthew-fox-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (November, 2023): Ilia Delio and theologian Matthew Fox pick up on their conversation about the viability of contemporary religious institutions in an evolutionary world. They discuss death and resurrection—the enduring challenge of modern approaches to the subject and what we can learn from mystics, past generations and ancient peoples alike. ABOUT MATTHEW FOX “We all share beauty.
- [What is Wholeness in the Midst of Crisis with Matthew Fox (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/what-is-wholeness-in-the-midst-of-crisis-with-matthew-fox-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (October, 2023): In the midst of increased violence between Israel and Palestine, Ilia Delio and theologian Matthew Fox discuss the state of the world today and how to have courage in Part 1 of their conversation. Ilia and Matt discuss his mentor, Marie Dominique Chenu, the influence of liberation theology on social justice in the church today,
- [How We Build and Scale Cherished Communities with Fr. Greg Boyle (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-we-build-and-scale-cherished-communities-with-fr-greg-boyle-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (October, 2023): In part two of Ilia Delio’s conversation with Fr. Greg Boyle, she asks why Homeboy Industries has been so successful in building and scaling such impactful work, and how (or whether) it can be replicated elsewhere. Then, they discuss the pros and cons of contemporary scientific outlooks, how they can help and how they can
- [Why Social Justice Needs Religious Convergence with Swami Padmanabha (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/why-social-justice-needs-religious-convergence-with-swami-padmanabha-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (September, 2023): In Part 2 of Ilia Delio’s conversation with Swami Padmanabha, Ilia and Swami explore the relationship between religious convergence, inter-faith dialogue and social justice. They ask whether religion can possibly play a role in modern peace, and what affects the radical personal spirit can have on global wholeness. ABOUT SWAMI PADMANABHA "We have a commitment
- [What Franciscans and Vaishnavas Share with Swami Padmanabha (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/what-franciscans-and-vaishnavas-share-with-swami-padmanabha-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (September, 2023): Our third season opens with a conversation between Ilia Delio and author and monk Swami Padmanabha. In part 1, Ilia asks Swami about Vaishnavism and what it is like to be a Hindu Monk in the West. They unpack how the sciences inspire theological insight and interface on their shared vision of the future of
- [The Human Mystery, AI, and Art with Patrick Beldio (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/the-human-mystery-ai-and-art-with-patrick-beldio-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (July, 2023): In part 2 of her conversation with Patrick Beldio, Ilia asks “what, or who, is God?” and more about the mystery of being human. Patrick shares more about his teacher Meher Baba and how art, creativity and technology can all play a role in deepening the human spirit. ABOUT PATRICK BELDIO “Is it possible for
- [Catholicism and Sufism with Patrick Beldio (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/catholicism-and-sufism-with-patrick-beldio-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (July, 2023): Ilia Delio interviews religious scholar and artist Patrick Beldio. In part 1, our guests explore Patrick’s religious journey, its varied traditions, and how he discovered, and settled into, Sufism. Ilia digs into what practicing Sufism looks like from a Western perspective, the mystic perspective, and wisdom of Patrick’s teacher, Meher Baba. ABOUT PATRICK BELDIO “Is
- [Affirmative Action and Planetary Solidarity with Grace Ji-Sun Kim (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/affirmative-action-and-planetary-solidarity-with-grace-ji-sun-kim-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (July, 2023): In part 2 of their conversation, Ilia Delio, Gabi Sloan and Grace Ji-Sun Kim explore the realities of white privilege and affirmative action from Grace’s international perspective while lamenting theological language's ability to capture the deepest part of our experiences. Are global justice and wholeness within reach? What does planetary solidarity look like for the
- [Justice, Wholeness, K-Drama and Chi with Grace Ji-Sun Kim (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/justice-wholeness-k-drama-and-chi-with-grace-ji-sun-kim-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (July, 2023): Ilia Delio and Gabi Sloan are joined by Korean theologian Grace Ji-Sun Kim. In part 1, they unpack Grace’s varied experiences with social justice, patriarchy, and technology spanning from Korea to the West and how she has struggled to fit Eastern ideas into her Western education. They discuss the role “wholeness” plays in the new
- [How the Universe Challenges Us with Neil deGrasse Tyson (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-the-universe-challenges-us-with-neil-degrasse-tyson-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (July, 2023): In part 2 of Ilia Delio’s conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson, she is joined by Robert Nicastro and Gabi Sloan. Robert and Gabi ask Neil about how the universe challenges us to be better individuals, what we can learn from the cosmos about ourselves and the difficulty of public science education. Ilia digs deeper into
- [Star-struck and AI Futures with Neil deGrasse Tyson (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/star-struck-and-ai-futures-with-neil-degrasse-tyson-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (June, 2023): Ilia Delio interviews astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson about science, technology and recent advances in AI. In part 1 of their conversation, Ilia asks Neil about the universe’s calling to him, and the importance of the night sky. Neil shares how he envisions the role of technology and AI in our daily lives, and the future
- [Technology Troubles and Satisfying Hungers with Barbara Brown Taylor (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/technology-troubles-and-satisfying-hungers-with-barbara-brown-taylor-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (June, 2023): In the second part of this two part interview, Ilia continues her conversation with author and priest Barbara Brown Taylor. The two discuss the humanitarian challenges facing the world and church today, particularly those posed by technology and its allure of power and transcendance. In light of this, Barbara and Ilia predict the future of
- [Culture, Darkness and Pantheism with Barbara Brown Taylor (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/culture-darkness-and-pantheism-with-barbara-brown-taylor-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (June, 2023): In this episode, Ilia Delio interviews best-selling author and Episcopal priest Barbara Brown Taylor. Their conversation kicks off discussing Barbara’s book “Learning to Walk in the Dark,” the merits of darkness and challenges of contemporary culture. Ilia asks Barbara how her theology is informed by nature, what the future of our understanding of God looks
- [Playfulness, Technology, Embodiment and Racism with Brie Stoner (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/playfulness-technology-embodiment-and-racism-with-brie-stoner-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (June, 2023): In the second part of Ilia’s interview with musician Brie Stoner, they share about wrestling with egos in both music and academia. They discuss the importance of insight, instincts, playfulness and embodiment and Ilia asks Brie how we can move beyond racism. ABOUT BRIE STONER “Power over always functions in a pyramid structure in which
- [Composting Religion and Creative Spirituality with Brie Stoner (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/composting-religion-and-creative-spirituality-with-brie-stoner-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (May, 2023): Ilia Delio interviews multi-talented musician Brie Stoner about “composting” old forms of religious experience, and how creativity can lead us into renewed forms of spirituality. They discuss relational wholeness, eros, and the body’s role in spiritual life. Plus, enjoy a few small peaks into Brie’s musical textures throughout this episode. ABOUT BRIE STONER “We need to
- [Morphic Resonance and Telephone Telepathy with Rupert Sheldrake (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/morphic-resonance-and-telephone-telepathy-with-rupert-sheldrake-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (May, 2023): In Part 1, Ilia and Robert interview biologist and author Rupert Sheldrake about his most well-known concept, morphic resonance and his studies in human telepathy. They discuss the ideals of scientific inquiry, and what impact his ideas might have on everyday life if they were more broadly accepted by the scientific community. About Rupert Sheldrake
- [The Importance of Hope with Phil Clayton (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/the-importance-of-hope-with-phil-clayton-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (August, 2022): In this episode, hosts, Ilia Delio and Gabi Sloan interview author, teacher, and activist, Phil Clayton. About Phil Clayton “If as individuals, tribes, and cultures, we are in continual development; if our planet, and indeed our very universe, continually evolves into newness; then how can we not imagine that the Christ would also be a
- [What is Transhumanism? with Phil Clayton (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/what-is-transhumanism-with-phil-clayton-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (August, 2022): In this episode, hosts Ilia Delio and Gabi Sloan interview author, teacher, and activist, Phil Clayton: About Phil Clayton What actions can we take across the sectors of society in order to turn the structures of human life on this planet toward a genuinely ecological civilization? How can we all―scholars and activists, secular and religious
- [Is Religion Dying? with Catherine Keller (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/is-religion-dying-with-catherine-keller-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (August, 2022): In this episode, hosts Ilia Delio and Gabi Sloan interview teacher, author and activist Catherine Keller as they discuss the following themes: Can the crisis of our time open us to new revelations that embrace the past yet are open to newness? Who does God become when we begin to think more deeply about the
- [How Can Climate Change Create Us? with Catherine Keller (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-can-climate-change-create-us-with-catherine-keller-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (August, 2022): In part 2 hosts Ilia Delio and Gabi Sloan interview teacher, author, and activist Catherine Keller as they discuss the following themes: What story pulls us onward and gives us something to live for? How do we encounter that we are a planetary species? What does this mean for how we live Humility and the
- [Love in a Time of Social Media with Thomas Oord (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/love-in-a-time-of-social-media-with-thomas-oord-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (August, 2022): In this episode Ilia Delio and Gabi Sloan interview theologian, philosopher, and award-winning author of Pluriform Love, Thomas Oord. What is love in a culture where love is “all over the place”? Love as: friendship, self-sacrifice, romantic, care for nature, emotions, etc What is the relationship between love and social media? About Thomas Jay Oord "We
- [Love Always Hopes with Thomas Oord (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/love-always-hopes-with-thomas-oord-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (September, 2022): Join Ilia Delio and Gabi Sloan on Hunger for Wholeness for part 2 of their interview with theologian, philosopher, award winning author of Pluriform Love Thomas Oord. In this episode we discuss: What does it mean for love to always hope? How is God changed by human love? How is love inherently free? About
- [What Happens When We Die? with Sheri Kling (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/what-happens-when-we-die-with-sheri-kling-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (September, 2022): In this episode hosts Ilia Delio and Gabi Sloan interview author, speaker, and coach Sheri Kling as they discuss the following themes: What is a soul? What happens when we die? What is the notion of matter and what can our connection to home say about us? About Sheri Kling “When we join Whitehead, Jung, and a
- [Trust in the Flow of Life with Sheri Kling (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/trust-in-the-flow-of-life-with-sheri-kling-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (September, 2022): In this episode hosts Ilia Delio and Gabi Sloan interview author, speaker, and coach Sheri Kling for part 2 of their interview as they discuss the following themes: How do we trust in the flow of life? Is God changed by us? What are you afraid of? About Sheri Kling “When we join Whitehead, Jung, and a
- [The Puzzle of Altruism with Dr. David Sloan Wilson (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/the-puzzle-of-altruism-with-dr-david-sloan-wilson-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (September, 2022): Hosts Ilia Delio and Gabi Sloan interview Dr. David Sloan Wilson about these topics: What is the puzzle of altruism in Darwinian Evolution? Religion as the optimization of life in evolution Technology has enhanced the speed of evolution, propelling us into "the noosphere" yet we do not know how to live there. About David Sloan
- [Where Does Power Reside in Unity? with Dr. David Sloan Wilson (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/where-does-power-reside-in-unity-part-2-with-dr-david-sloan-wilson/) - Hunger for Wholeness (October, 2022): In part 2 of their interview, hosts Ilia Delio and Gabi Sloan talk to Dr. David Sloan Wilson about these topics: Where do power and authority reside in evolving prosocial unity? Religion and science can help to create the motivation, structure, and meaningful unity/belonging. The integration of religion and science create the openness of earth
- [Are We Becoming Something New? with Dr. Anne Kull (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/are-we-becoming-something-new-with-dr-anne-kull-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (October, 2022): Hosts Ilia Delio and Gabi Sloan interview Dr. Anne Kull on the following topics: What is techno-culture? The way we use language can create openness. What is a cyborg? We are nature, but nature is not what we think it is. About Anne Kull “Our nature is technonature, our culture is technoculture, and we are
- [Love is Our Greatest Reality with Dr. Anne Kull (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/love-is-our-greatest-reality-with-dr-anne-kull-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (October, 2022): Ilia Delio and Gabi Sloan interview Dr. Anne Kull in part 2 of their discussion on the following topics: Can we become one family by using technology? Can we use technology to deepen our connection with nature? How can we live in hope? About Anne Kull “Our nature is technonature, our culture is technoculture, and
- [Does our Connection to the Cosmos Matter? with Dr. Bruce Damer (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/does-our-connection-to-the-cosmos-matter-with-dr-bruce-damer-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (October, 2022): Ilia Delio and Robert Nicastro interview Origin of Life Scientist, Dr. Bruce Damer. About Dr. Bruce Damer “Can we develop a ‘unified field theory’ which explains both life's emergence and consciousness experience?" Astrobiologist Dr. Bruce Damer investigates the chemical mechanism of life's origins and its implications for evolutionary biology, technology, and culture, including philosophy and our sense
- [What is God? with Dr. Bruce Damer (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/what-is-god-with-dr-bruce-damer-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (October, 2022): Ilia Delio and Robert Nicastro interview Origin of Life Scientist Dr. Bruce Damer. About Dr. Bruce Damer “Can we develop a ‘unified field theory’ which explains both life's emergence and consciousness experience?" Astrobiologist Dr. Bruce Damer investigates the chemical mechanism of life's origins and its implications for evolutionary biology, technology, and culture, including philosophy and our sense
- [How Do We Reconcile Good and Evil? with Matt Segall (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-do-we-reconcile-good-and-evil-with-matt-segall-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (November, 2022): Iila Delio and Gabi Sloan interview Matt Segall on process theology. About Matt Segall “Philosophy is a lifelong effort to transform oneself into an organ capable of apprehending the whole. This requires remaining in close dialogue with sciences, religions, politics, and the arts, always striving to understand how the partial perspectives these domains engender might
- [How to Reconcile the Chaos of Good and Evil? with Matt Segall (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/how-to-reconcile-the-chaos-of-good-and-evil-with-matt-segall-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (November, 2022): Iila Delio and Gabi Sloan interview Matt Segall on process theology. About Matt Segall “Philosophy is a lifelong effort to transform oneself into an organ capable of apprehending the whole. This requires remaining in close dialogue with sciences, religions, politics, and the arts, always striving to understand how the partial perspectives these domains engender might
- [Neuroscience, Spiritual Experiences and Post-Materialist Science with Dr. Mario Beauregard (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/neuroscience-spiritual-experiences-and-post-materialist-science-with-dr-mario-beauregard-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (November, 2022): Ilia Delio and Robert Nicastro interview Dr. Mario Beauregard, in part 1 they explore: Expanding reality Post-materialistic science Meta-paradigm shift Spiritual experiences About Mario Beauregard "Consciousness is the source of all that is." Dr. Mario Beauregard is a neuroscientist and an author. Because of his research into the neuroscience of consciousness, he was selected by
- [The Power of Thought Over Mind with Dr. Mario Beauregard (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/the-power-of-thought-over-mind-with-dr-mario-beauregard/) - Hunger for Wholeness (November, 2022): Ilia Delio and Robert Nicastro interview Dr. Mario Beauregard Ph.D. In part 2 they explore: The power of thought over mind How does technology affect our bodies Belief and brain activity About Mario Beauregard "Consciousness is the source of all that is." Dr. Mario Beauregard Ph.D. is a neuroscientist and an author. Because of his
- [What is Cosmo-Theology? with Steven Dick (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/what-is-cosmo-theology-with-steven-dick-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (December, 2022): Ilia Delio and Robert Nicastro interview astronomer and historian of science Steven J. Dick. In part 1 they explore: Plurality of worlds Cosmo-theology and Astrobiology Exploration of the History of Extraterrestrial life About Steven Dick “The basic principles of religion and theology need to be reconsidered in terms of what we now know about our
- [What is God in a World of Quantum Physics? with Steven Dick (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/what-is-god-in-a-world-of-quantum-physics-with-steven-dick-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (December, 2022): Ilia Delio and Robert Nicastro interview astronomer and historian of science Steven J. Dick. In part 2 they explore: What is God in this world of quantum physics? Process Theology About Steven Dick “The basic principles of religion and theology need to be reconsidered in terms of what we now know about our wondrous universe,
- [Cosmology and Evolution with Brian Swimme (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/hunger-for-wholeness-cosmology-and-evolution-with-brian-swimme-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (February, 2023): Ilia Delio and Gabi Sloan interview cosmologist, Dr. Brian Swimme on Cosmology and Evolution. In part 1 they explore the story of an unfolding universe, one that inspires awe, wonder, and mystery. They discuss Teilhard’s vision of the noosphere and consider technology’s role in human evolution, the development of consciousness, and planetary life. About Brian
- [Universal Hope with Brian Swimme (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/universal-hope-with-brian-swimme-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (February, 2023): Ilia Delio and Gabi Sloan interview cosmologist Dr. Brian Swimme on Cosmology and Evolution. In part 2 of their interview they continue to explore cosmogenesis, the story of an unfolding universe, one that inspires awe, wonder, and mystery. They discuss Teilhard’s vision of the noosphere and consider technology’s role in human evolution, the development of
- [Ego-death and Psychedelics with Marjorie Woollacott (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/ego-death-and-psychedelics-with-marjorie-woollacott-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (February, 2023): Ilia Delio and Robert Nicastro interview Dr. Marjorie Woollacott. About Marjorie Woollacott "The experiences I and others have had may not fit into theories of traditional neuroscience, but if they are true, and I believe they are, it is time for neuroscience theory to expand." Marjorie Woollacott, Ph.D., is prior chair of the Dept. of
- [Post-Materialism in Tech, Healthcare and Social Justice with Dr. Marjorie Woollacott (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/post-materialism-in-tech-healthcare-and-social-justice-with-dr-marjorie-woollacott-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (March, 2023): Ilia Delio and Robert Nicastro interview neuroscientist and author Marjorie Woollacott. In Part 2, Ilia, Robert and Majorie discuss the need for a deeper, relational ontology of our conscious experience to promote healthier relationships between our bodies and the world. Robert and Ilia also ask Marjorie about the challenges of introducing post-materialism to modern medicine
- [Love on a Complexifying Planet with Ted Peters (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/love-on-a-complexifying-planet-with-ted-peters-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (March, 2023): Hosts Ilia Delio and Robert Nicastro talk with Ted Peters in part 2 of their interview. About Ted Peters "Think cosmically! Think about Astrobiology, Ufology, and the Future of Earth in our Galactic Neighborhood.” Ted Peters is author of UFOs: God's Chariots? Spirituality, Ancient Aliens, and Religious Yearnings in the Age of Extraterrestrials (Career Press New Page Books, 2014).
- [Theology in Cyberspace with Ted Peters (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/theology-in-cyberspace-with-ted-peters-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (March, 2023): Hosts Ilia Delio and Robert Nicastro interview Ted Peters. About Ted Peters “Think cosmically! Think about Astrobiology, Ufology, and the Future of Earth in our Galactic Neighborhood.” Ted Peters is author of UFOs: God's Chariots? Spirituality, Ancient Aliens, and Religious Yearnings in the Age of Extraterrestrials (Career Press New Page Books, 2014). He is co-editor of two recent books, Astrotheology:
- [Indigenous Spiritualities and Christian Experience with Richard Rohr (Part 1)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/indigenous-spiritualities-and-christian-experience-with-richard-rohr-part-1/) - Hunger for Wholeness (April, 2023): Ilia Delio and Robert Nicastro interview ecumenical teacher and author Fr. Richard Rohr. In Part 1, Ilia asks Richard about his past and the influence of different traditions on his inspirational work. They discuss indigenous spirituality and the role of symbols and the importance of the experiential for contemporary Christian renewal. About Richard Rohr “God
- [Our Conscious Experience of the Transcendent with Fr. Richard Rohr (Part 2)](https://wisrinstitute.org/podcast/our-conscious-experience-of-the-transcendent-with-fr-richard-rohr-part-2/) - Hunger for Wholeness (April, 2023): Ilia Delio and Robert Nicastro interview ecumenical teacher and author Fr. Richard Rohr. In Part 2 of our interview with Fr. Richard Rohr, we dig deeper into our conscious experience of the transcendent and the challenges of truth and community in our age. About Richard Rohr “God is always bigger than the boxes we build for

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- [relationalenergy](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/relationalenergy/)
- [#awakening](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/awakening/)
- [#enfold](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/enfold/)
- [#freedom](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/freedom/)
- [#peace](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/peace/)
- [#truth](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/truth/)
- [#unified](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/unified/)
- [#visiodivina](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/visiodivina/)
- [#wordofthepeople](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/wordofthepeople/)
- [#intelligentdesign](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/intelligentdesign/)
- [#omegapoint](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/omegapoint/)
- [nature](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/nature/)
- [#beingness](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/beingness/)
- [#higherpower](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/higherpower/)
- [#aucorrant](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/aucorrant/)
- [#flowreligion](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/flowreligion/)
- [#quaking](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/quaking/)
- [#catherine keller](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/catherine-keller/)
- [#cosmology](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/cosmology/)
- [#davidsloanwilson](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/davidsloanwilson/)
- [#humanity](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/humanity/)
- [#lifematters](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/lifematters/)
- [#philclayton](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/philclayton/)
- [#posthumanism](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/posthumanism/)
- [#sacredheart](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/sacredheart/)
- [#sherrikling](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/sherrikling/)
- [#storymatters](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/storymatters/)
- [#thomasoord](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/thomasoord/)
- [#transhumanism](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/transhumanism/)
- [#climatechange](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/climatechange/)
- [#cosmic](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/cosmic/)
- [#divinelight](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/divinelight/)
- [#openuniverse](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/openuniverse/)
- [#Princeton](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/princeton/)
- [#technoloy](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/technoloy/)
- [#within](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/within/)
- [#cynthiabougeault](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/cynthiabougeault/)
- [#eijah](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/eijah/)
- [#eternal](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/eternal/)
- [#heart](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/heart/)
- [#jewishlaw](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/jewishlaw/)
- [#letgo](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/letgo/)
- [#Moses](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/moses/)
- [#practice](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/practice/)
- [#sentient](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/sentient/)
- [#sistersofprovidence](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/sistersofprovidence/)
- [#stAugustine](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/staugustine/)
- [#thevirginpoint](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/thevirginpoint/)
- [#transformation](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/transformation/)
- [#visions](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/visions/)
- [#cocreation](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/cocreation/)
- [#chrsitogenesis](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/chrsitogenesis/)
- [#discovery](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/discovery/)
- [#scientificevidence](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/scientificevidence/)
- [#thomasAcquines](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/thomasacquines/)
- [#curiosity](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/curiosity/)
- [#devotion](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/devotion/)
- [#expansion](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/expansion/)
- [#intelligence](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/intelligence/)
- [#qauker](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/qauker/)
- [#Rebeccamays](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/rebeccamays/)
- [#christianfaith](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/christianfaith/)
- [#christianmysteries](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/christianmysteries/)
- [#paradigmshift](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/paradigmshift/)
- [#thechurchneedschange](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/thechurchneedschange/)
- [#matter](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/matter/)
- [#time](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/time/)
- [#depthpsychology](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/depthpsychology/)
- [#reality](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/reality/)
- [#beatricebruteau](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/beatricebruteau/)
- [#biologicalevolution](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/biologicalevolution/)
- [#carljung](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/carljung/)
- [#chalcedon](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/chalcedon/)
- [#davidbohm](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/davidbohm/)
- [#divinity](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/divinity/)
- [#embodiment](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/embodiment/)
- [#epistemology](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/epistemology/)
- [#godislove](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/godislove/)
- [#Heschel](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/heschel/)
- [#mindbodyspirit](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/mindbodyspirit/)
- [#mystery](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/mystery/)
- [#mythicgod](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/mythicgod/)
- [#panetheism](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/panetheism/)
- [#paultillich](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/paultillich/)
- [#preaxial](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/preaxial/)
- [#pschology](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/pschology/)
- [#secondaxial](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/secondaxial/)
- [#soul](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/soul/)
- [#symbolism](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/symbolism/)
- [#tribalconsciousness](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/tribalconsciousness/)
- [#braidingsweetgrass](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/braidingsweetgrass/)
- [#christicheart](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/christicheart/)
- [#community](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/community/)
- [#death](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/death/)
- [#earth](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/earth/)
- [#food](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/food/)
- [#grace](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/grace/)
- [#lifeofthebeloved](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/lifeofthebeloved/)
- [#nueman](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/nueman/)
- [#radicalopeness](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/radicalopeness/)
- [#robinwallkimmerer](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/robinwallkimmerer/)
- [#salsaverde](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/salsaverde/)
- [#tomatillos](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/tomatillos/)
- [grateful](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/grateful/)
- [resiprocisty](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/resiprocisty/)
- [#bi](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/bi/)
- [#biology](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/biology/)
- [#creative](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/creative/)
- [#flow](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/flow/)
- [#gospel](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/gospel/)
- [#judgements](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/judgements/)
- [#mainfestation](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/mainfestation/)
- [#pride](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/pride/)
- [#trans](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/trans/)
- [#themystery](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/themystery/)
- [#annkull](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/annkull/)
- [#belove](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/belove/)
- [#loved](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/loved/)
- [#zeztoflife](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/zeztoflife/)
- [#contemplative](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/contemplative/)
- [#dynamic](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/dynamic/)
- [#easternmysticism](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/easternmysticism/)
- [#fire](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/fire/)
- [#fireonearth](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/fireonearth/)
- [#hymnoftheuniverse](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/hymnoftheuniverse/)
- [#lifeofstfrancis](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/lifeofstfrancis/)
- [#mysticism](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/mysticism/)
- [#newearth](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/newearth/)
- [#selfinflamation](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/selfinflamation/)
- [#shamanism](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/shamanism/)
- [#spirtuality](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/spirtuality/)
- [#st.francis](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/st-francis/)
- [#stfrancisofassisi](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/stfrancisofassisi/)
- [#Thomasofcelano](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/thomasofcelano/)
- [#vision](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/vision/)
- [#westernmysticsim](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/westernmysticsim/)
- [#abstract](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/abstract/)
- [#alicewalker](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/alicewalker/)
- [#animateworld](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/animateworld/)
- [#barryholtz](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/barryholtz/)
- [#being](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/being/)
- [#cosmotheandric](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/cosmotheandric/)
- [#davidabram](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/davidabram/)
- [#ecology](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/ecology/)
- [#geologian](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/geologian/)
- [#hoursoftheuniverse](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/hoursoftheuniverse/)
- [#naturalworld](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/naturalworld/)
- [#nondualism](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/nondualism/)
- [#panikker](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/panikker/)
- [#phenomenology](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/phenomenology/)
- [#ruach](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/ruach/)
- [#thecolorpurple](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/thecolorpurple/)
- [#thespelofthesensous](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/thespelofthesensous/)
- [#christmas](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/christmas/)
- [#chrsitian](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/chrsitian/)
- [#communion](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/communion/)
- [#hildageraghty](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/hildageraghty/)
- [#intellectual](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/intellectual/)
- [#jesuitpriest](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/jesuitpriest/)
- [#jewish](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/jewish/)
- [#mondernity](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/mondernity/)
- [#newgod](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/newgod/)
- [#palaeontologist](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/palaeontologist/)
- [#soulbrothers](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/soulbrothers/)
- [#st.paul](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/st-paul/)
- [#annapolismd](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/annapolismd/)
- [#artgallery](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/artgallery/)
- [#coastalabstractions](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/coastalabstractions/)
- [#isabellerobinson](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/isabellerobinson/)
- [#joflemingcontemporaryart](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/joflemingcontemporaryart/)
- [#recycledart](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/recycledart/)
- [#reserrection](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/reserrection/)
- [#thomasmerton](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/thomasmerton/)
- [#thomasmertoncenter](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/thomasmertoncenter/)
- [#2022election](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/2022election/)
- [#people](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/people/)
- [#bonaventure](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/bonaventure/)
- [#canadaremembers](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/canadaremembers/)
- [#catholic](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/catholic/)
- [#collaborate](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/collaborate/)
- [#eyeoftheheart](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/eyeoftheheart/)
- [#francisican](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/francisican/)
- [#fundamentalchristian](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/fundamentalchristian/)
- [#gosiseverywhere](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/gosiseverywhere/)
- [#knowthyself](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/knowthyself/)
- [#light](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/light/)
- [#mercy](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/mercy/)
- [#modernscience](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/modernscience/)
- [#mystics](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/mystics/)
- [#politics](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/politics/)
- [#politicsoflove](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/politicsoflove/)
- [#prose](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/prose/)
- [#pseudodionysis](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/pseudodionysis/)
- [#quantumphysics](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/quantumphysics/)
- [#saintaugustine](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/saintaugustine/)
- [#selfknowledge](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/selfknowledge/)
- [#thelittleprince](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/thelittleprince/)
- [#thirdeye](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/thirdeye/)
- [#uselection](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/uselection/)
- [#create](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/create/)
- [#donate](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/donate/)
- [#fundraising](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/fundraising/)
- [#iliadelioquotes](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/iliadelioquotes/)
- [#inclusion](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/inclusion/)
- [#nun](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/nun/)
- [#prayer](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/prayer/)
- [#primacyoflove](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/primacyoflove/)
- [#systemstheory](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/systemstheory/)
- [#thanksgiving](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/thanksgiving/)
- [#together](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/together/)
- [#geneticcode](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/geneticcode/)
- [#batrachian](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/batrachian/)
- [#changed](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/changed/)
- [#danceofthefrogs](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/danceofthefrogs/)
- [#loreneilsley](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/loreneilsley/)
- [#med](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/med/)
- [#Paulfiddes](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/paulfiddes/)
- [#primordial](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/primordial/)
- [#trinity](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/trinity/)
- [#humanism](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/humanism/)
- [#modernitychurch](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/modernitychurch/)
- [#teaching](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/teaching/)
- [#advent](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/advent/)
- [#creativeplay](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/creativeplay/)
- [#darkness](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/darkness/)
- [#divinization](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/divinization/)
- [#eckhart](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/eckhart/)
- [#humanspirit](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/humanspirit/)
- [#innerpower](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/innerpower/)
- [#Mary](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/mary/)
- [#meistereckhart](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/meistereckhart/)
- [#prophet](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/prophet/)
- [#tenzopalmin](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/tenzopalmin/)
- [#divinekiss](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/divinekiss/)
- [#transcendance](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/transcendance/)
- [#advent2023](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/advent2023/)
- [#manger](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/manger/)
- [#donations](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/donations/)
- [#newwayofbeing](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/newwayofbeing/)
- [#actionandcontemplation](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/actionandcontemplation/)
- [#beginning](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/beginning/)
- [#mysticsm](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/mysticsm/)
- [#planetarylife](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/planetarylife/)
- [#quaker](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/quaker/)
- [#sciencelover](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/sciencelover/)
- [#meaningmakers](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/meaningmakers/)
- [#movement](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/movement/)
- [#stoytellers](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/stoytellers/)
- [#worldreligion](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/worldreligion/)
- [#christconscienceness](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/christconscienceness/)
- [#cosmogenesis](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/cosmogenesis/)
- [#interconnectedness](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/interconnectedness/)
- [#podcast](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/podcast/)
- [#socialaction](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/socialaction/)
- [#brianswimm](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/brianswimm/)
- [#colorloss](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/colorloss/)
- [#darwin](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/darwin/)
- [#franciscan](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/franciscan/)
- [#omegacenter](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/omegacenter/)
- [genesis](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/genesis/)
- [#analogicalimagination](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/analogicalimagination/)
- [#Davidtracy](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/davidtracy/)
- [#geneticode](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/geneticode/)
- [#greektheologians](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/greektheologians/)
- [#humanphoenuman](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/humanphoenuman/)
- [#hungerforwholness](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/hungerforwholness/)
- [#philosophy](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/philosophy/)
- [#popebenedict](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/popebenedict/)
- [#popefrancis](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/popefrancis/)
- [#progressives](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/progressives/)
- [#rituals](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/rituals/)
- [#thomasacquinas](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/thomasacquinas/)
- [#tradition](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/tradition/)
- [#transmission](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/transmission/)
- [#values](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/values/)
- [#wisdompath](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/wisdompath/)
- [#universestory](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/universestory/)
- [#quantumleap](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/quantumleap/)
- [#artist](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/artist/)
- [#cosmosgenesis](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/cosmosgenesis/)
- [#einsteen](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/einsteen/)
- [#relativity](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/relativity/)
- [#relativitytheory](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/relativitytheory/)
- [#culturalcritic](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/culturalcritic/)
- [#homebrewchristianity](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/homebrewchristianity/)
- [#neitzsche](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/neitzsche/)
- [#onlineevents](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/onlineevents/)
- [#beherenow](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/beherenow/)
- [#brianwimm](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/brianwimm/)
- [#desolation](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/desolation/)
- [#experience](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/experience/)
- [#forgiveness](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/forgiveness/)
- [#loveandsurrender](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/loveandsurrender/)
- [#mysticalhope](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/mysticalhope/)
- [#radicallove](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/radicallove/)
- [#sacrifice](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/sacrifice/)
- [#saintpaul](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/saintpaul/)
- [#humans](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/humans/)
- [#easter2023](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/easter2023/)
- [#mystism](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/mystism/)
- [#spirtituality](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/spirtituality/)
- [#bepresent](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/bepresent/)
- [#potential](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/potential/)
- [#dualism](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/dualism/)
- [#emergence](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/emergence/)
- [#holism](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/holism/)
- [#biologicallife](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/biologicallife/)
- [#astrotheology](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/astrotheology/)
- [#becoming](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/becoming/)
- [#personhood](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/personhood/)
- [#leftbrain](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/leftbrain/)
- [#rightbrain](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/rightbrain/)
- [#futurality](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/futurality/)
- [#human](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/human/)
- [#centerofchristogenesis](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/centerofchristogenesis/)
- [#greymatter](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/greymatter/)
- [#supportus](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/supportus/)
- [#cubism](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/cubism/)
- [#connectivity](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/connectivity/)
- [#creattivity](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/creattivity/)
- [#globalconnection](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/globalconnection/)
- [#algorithims](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/algorithims/)
- [#cyborglife](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/cyborglife/)
- [#god3.0](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/god3-0/)
- [#inclusivity](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/inclusivity/)
- [#lynnmargulis](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/lynnmargulis/)
- [#microbilogy](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/microbilogy/)
- [#theallureofmachniclife](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/theallureofmachniclife/)
- [#edbacon](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/edbacon/)
- [#openandrelationaltheology](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/openandrelationaltheology/)
- [#universalchrist](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/universalchrist/)
- [#processphilosophy](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/processphilosophy/)
- [#action&contemplation](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/actioncontemplation/)
- [#christconsciousness](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/christconsciousness/)
- [#divinefemine](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/divinefemine/)
- [#iliadelo](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/iliadelo/)
- [#zestoflife](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/zestoflife/)
- [#bilogicallife](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/bilogicallife/)
- [#biosphere](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/biosphere/)
- [#noosphere](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/noosphere/)
- [#superconsciousness](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/superconsciousness/)
- [#bridgebuilders](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/bridgebuilders/)
- [#catholicchurch](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/catholicchurch/)
- [#greekphilosphy](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/greekphilosphy/)
- [#grounddiggers](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/grounddiggers/)
- [#jesusofnazareth](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/jesusofnazareth/)
- [#Johncaputo](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/johncaputo/)
- [#mansuraihallaj](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/mansuraihallaj/)
- [#sufism](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/sufism/)
- [#thenotyetgod](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/thenotyetgod/)
- [#TwelvebriefLessonsinRadicalTheology](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/twelvebrieflessonsinradicaltheology/)
- [#zeus](https://wisrinstitute.org/tag/zeus/)
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