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Mission for an Evolutionary Christianity

By Ilia Delio | October 14, 2025

We are living through tumultuous times. Political polarization intensifies, violence against vulnerable populations escalates, and the foundational principles of human dignity face erosion. For many, the cognitive dissonance between professed values and lived reality has become unbearable. How do we reconcile claims of "In God we trust" with systematic abandonment of the most vulnerable? How do communities of faith respond when institutions weaponize religious language to justify harm? Yet amid this darkness, I find inspiration in resistance movements and communities willing to risk everything for justice. Their commitment signals something essential: the possibility of authentic faith engaging real-world crises. The question facing Christianity today is not whether to engage the world's struggles but how to do so in ways that...

Faith in Time of War

By Ilia Delio | March 14, 2022

In 1953, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin wrote an essay entitled, “The Agony of Our Age: A World That Is Asphyxiating,” in which he pointed out that after eons of slow…

Lent: Poised for Action

By Ilia Delio | March 1, 2022

Today we begin the season of Lent which has, traditionally, been a time of personal fasting, prayer and conversion. While these three activities are good, they also reinforce the old…

Open and Relational Theism: A Challenge for Catholic Theology

By Ilia Delio | February 14, 2022

Raimon Panikkar, one of the great but hidden lights of the twentieth century, wrote that cosmology and theology are intertwined: there is no cosmology without theology, and no theology without…

Our Eternal Roots

By Joe Masterleo | February 11, 2022

“Earth’s crammed with heaven, and every common bush aflame with God. But only he who sees takes off his shoes; The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries.” ~ Elizabeth…

“Earth Body” by Sherry Robertson

By Center for Christogenesis | February 11, 2022

Earth Body This Earth Body of mountains and valleys, Of caverns and streams of light filled blood, Stretches across the planet Weaving me deeply into the majesty of life. I…

Christophany Groups Update: Iowa

By Center for Christogenesis | February 11, 2022

Quest: A New Christophany but Longtime Group Our group began nine years ago when a handful of friends joined for coffee and sharing their concerns about a church no longer…

Welcome Our New Director of Operations and Programming

By Center for Christogenesis | February 4, 2022

Center for Christogenesis Community, Greetings! I am honored to begin my new position at the Center for Christogenesis as the Director of Operations and Programming. While my position is new,…

The Legacy of Martin Luther King

By Ilia Delio | January 19, 2022

This week we celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, a visionary leader, who helped break the chains of oppression and renew the dignity and giftedness of the black person.…

Community Sharing – “Reality Ever New” Notes

By Center for Christogenesis | January 17, 2022

Notes on the “Reality Ever New” Conversation by Emily A. DeMoor, Ph.D. https://christogenesis.org/recording-of-ilia-and-gregs-conversation-reality-ever-new/ Emily graciously shared with us her notes from the conversation “Reality Ever New” between Ilia Delio and…