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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...

Volunteer with Omega Center

By Center for Christogenesis | October 7, 2019

Dear Omega Friends, Change is in the air, both with the season of autumn and here at Omega Center. We just held our first ever livestreaming webinar, our annual conference…

Way of posthuman life could revitalize religious communities

By Ilia Delio | October 3, 2019

Research on posthumanism shows that the autonomous liberal subject is giving way to a new hybridized person, the “posthuman.” How does this affect religious life? In an earlier column I…

Warming, Warming, Gone! Who Will Survive Climate Change?

By Ilia Delio | September 24, 2019

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

By Ilia Delio | September 23, 2019

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

By Center for Christogenesis | September 19, 2019

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

By Br. Ivan Nicoletto | September 3, 2019

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

By Ilia Delio | September 3, 2019

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…

Webinar: Seeking Wholeness in an Age of Fragments

By Center for Christogenesis | August 28, 2019

Join us for upcoming webinar: Seeking Wholeness in an Age of Fragments September 28th, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm ET The news distracts us from our true reality; yet, nature…

The Omega Challenge: On Sex, Gender and Personhood

By Ilia Delio | August 20, 2019

The Omega Challenge: In a recent post, Ilia answers questions about Sex, Gender and Personhood. On your own or as a group we invite you to reflect on the following…