Omega 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…
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…
Towards a renewal of the 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,…
Teilhard de chardin: a big thinker for a 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…
Why We Need To Talk About 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…
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…
