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

By Ilia Delio | September 9, 2026

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...

Transhumanism: Transformation or Transfiguration? The Perspective of Ilia Delio

By WISR Institute | December 2, 2021

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…

“Reality Ever New” Fundraiser

By Ilia Delio | November 29, 2021

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…

C4C Special Announcement

By Ilia Delio | November 18, 2021

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…

Community Sharing – St Vincent de Paul Parish Albany, NY

By WISR Institute | November 17, 2021

“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…

Christophany Groups – St. Scholastica Monastery, MN

By WISR Institute | November 17, 2021

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…

Session 6: Common Ground and Social Change

By WISR Institue | November 14, 2021

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…

Now is the Time to Change

By Ilia Delio | November 11, 2021

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…

Session 5: At-One-Ment?

By Ridgeway Addison | November 5, 2021

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…

Session 4: Enter Religion – Visions, Dreams, and Wounds

By Ridgeway Addison | October 28, 2021

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…