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Connection Is Not Communion: What a week at the ocean taught me about AI, evolution, and being human

I have just returned from a week at the Jersey shore and continue to reflect on my time there. Reflection allows my analytical left brain to slow down and see life from a wider perspective. Each morning, I walked down to the water's edge, where the retreating tide had left the sand dark, firm, and glistening like a held breath. I stood there while the spent waves slid cold over my feet and pulled back again, over and back, as if the ocean were taking my measure. To stand at the edge of the sea is to stand at the edge of yourself. The horizon dissolves the seam between water and sky, and the mind, watching, begins to lose its...
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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…

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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…

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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…

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“Earth Body” by Sherry Robertson

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…

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Christophany Groups Update: 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…

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Welcome Our 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,…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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