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…
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…
“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.…
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…
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…
On Teilhard and “Teilhard’s 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…
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,…