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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...

From Original Sin to Original Love

By Ilia Delio | April 3, 2025

Christians worldwide observe Lent as a season of fasting, prayer, and spiritual return to God. These six weeks create space for self-reflection, good works, and renewed appreciation of God’s grace.…

Crisis and Hope

By Ilia Delio | March 13, 2025

Myths are compelling stories that shape our lives. Our complex world is a mixture of myths—stories of how we got here, what governs our lives, and what determines good and…

The Acceleration of Change: From Future Shock to Present Reality

By Ilia Delio | February 19, 2025

In 1970, Alvin and Heidi Toffler introduced the concept of “future shock”—a psychological state affecting both individuals and societies, characterized by “too much change in too short a period of…

Wealth, Power and the Cry of the Earth

By Ilia Delio | January 27, 2025

Wealth and power are inextricably linked in today’s world. When Donald Trump attended the National Cathedral service in Washington DC, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde delivered an unexpected message of truth…

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Celebrating a New Year: On the Cusp of the New

By Ilia Delio | December 31, 2024

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…

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The Birth of God Is Our Future

By Ilia Delio | December 26, 2024

The Feast of Christmas holds a mystical quality – it stands as a Kairos moment, a divine interruption in our hurried world. In this sacred pause, we’re called to still…

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Overcoming Existential Dread: Teilhard de Chardin’s Spirituality of Zest

By Robert Nicastro | December 17, 2024

In an era marked by confusion, divisiveness, and existential anxiety, the notion of zest for life may feel distant or even unattainable. Nevertheless, the writings of scientist and mystic Pierre Teilhard de…

The Universe as Sacred Story: Bridging Science and Spirit

By Ilia Delio | November 18, 2024

Teaching undergraduate students this semester has revealed their deepest concerns about technology’s growing influence on human identity. While they grapple with immediate challenges like social media addiction and its effects…

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Endowed with Wonder: Heschel on Science and Religion

By Robert Nicastro | October 15, 2024

According to Hebrew Bible scholar Abraham Heschel, there is embedded within each of us a natural proclivity to wonder, a sense of “unmitigated innate surprise.”[1] A sense of wonder is constitutive of…