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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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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…

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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…

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Special Event: Merton and Delio

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…

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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…

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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…

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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.  …

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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…

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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…

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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…

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