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Celebrating a New Year:  On the Cusp of the New

We are on the cusp of a New Year. Our earth has made a complete revolution around the sun. While we mark the New Year as a temporal milestone, it fundamentally reflects a physical event - Earth completing its solar orbit. Time itself emerges from our perception of such change and movement. While the Earth’s orbital cycle is precise, our perception of this duration varies dramatically. As Einstein realized, time itself is not absolute but relative to the observer.  Just as we recognize seasonal shifts and celestial motions, our consciousness transforms these physical phenomena into the concept of time. This awareness helps us navigate and understand life's continuous flow, turning abstract cosmic cycles into meaningful markers of existence. As we celebrate...
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Return to God and God will Return to You

When I was growing up In New Jersey, Lent was a serious time of the year when fasting and acts of penance were required of the faithful. Each year, giving…

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New Introduction of the Center for Christogenesis

Watch this introduction with Ilia Delio about the Center for Christogenesis, a spiritual organization that serves an axial role in our time, bridging faith, science, culture, and community. The Center…

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Zoom Conversation with Ilia Delio: “Re-Enchanting the Earth”

Zoom Conversation with Ilia Delio, OSF, PhD, a Franciscan Sister and American theologian specializing in the area of science and religion, about her book, Re-Enchanting the Earth: why AI needs…

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Love as the Bridge Between Science and Religion

For the ancients, the study of nature was essential to knowing the real.  We know not simply to navigate but to narrate our lives, to give reason for the hope…

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Return to the Garden

In 2020 the United States went through perhaps one of the most divisive presidential campaigns we ever had. It was often described by people on the left as an effort…

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Marshall McLuhan:  A Prophet of Teilhard’s Vision

The Center for Christogenesis seeks to integrate religion, culture, modern science and evolution in a way that illuminates a divine power of love acting from within toward a future of…

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Insurrection or Evolution:  What is Happening in our Midst?

Last week chaos and anarchy erupted in Washington DC, as protestors scaled the walls and stormed the offices of the U.S. Capitol.  Opposition to the recent election results, fueled by…

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“Faith and Doubt: A Love Story” by Brian D. McLaren

I revered my maternal grandfather. He was one of the kindest, wisest people I’ve ever met. One spring day when I was about seven or eight, we were driving through…

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How Shall We Enter Into 2021?

Dear Friends, We are on the eve of one of the most turbulent, suffering and deadliest years in history. Many people have lost loved ones to the pandemic, other diseases…

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