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A Response To John Haught’s “A New Cosmic Story”

We are story tellers and meaning makers and the stories we tell shape the meaning of our lives. John Haught, a longtime friend and colleague, has been engaged in the area…

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An Interview With John F. Haught

An audio interview with JOHN F. HAUGHT recorded September 11, 2017 In this audio interview Brie Stoner asks Professor Dr. John Haught to expand on some of his ideas and…

Planet and the cosmos

The New Cosmic Story

Over the past two centuries scientists have learned that the universe is a story still being told. New scientific awareness of the long cosmic preamble to human history has inspired…

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God As Mystery

At a recent conference I attended, several people asked if God and nature are one and the same. This is the question of pantheism. And if this is true then…

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Despite The News, We Belong To One Another

Modern science has revealed new information about the human person, from cosmology to neuroscience and cognitive psychology; however, we still think of ourselves as rational, concrete subjects, individual in nature…

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Creating An Interior Universe

An audio interview with ILIA DELIO recorded July 20, 2017. As the audio interview begins Brie Stoner asks Ilia Delio about her recent blog (FINDING OUR WAY IN AN EVOLUTIONARY…

Earth from Space

What Does It Mean To Live In Evolution?

Recently, I was at a retreat house in New Jersey with a group of older religious Sisters who were finishing up a week of prayer and reflection.  I sat across…

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Finding Our Way In An Evolutionary World

What do we long for?  That is where our soul lies.  What do we hope for?  That is what stretches the heart.  When I was asked to give the Madeleva…

Ligier Richier, Lamentation of Christ, Church of St. Étienne

The Transformative Power Of Suffering

The many faces of suffering — nightly we hear the counts: be they the ravaged faces of Syrian refugees, the millions of starving and impoverished children around the world, the…