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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...
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God Loves To Do New Things

By Ilia Delio | December 23, 2017

In this blog Ilia Delio shares some of her current reading, and offers her reflections on the ever-changing nature of God.  Ilia suggests that “…if we can get religion out of…

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The Image Of The Unseen God

By Fr. Thomas Hosinski | December 15, 2017

An audio interview with Thomas E. Hosinski In this Omega Center interview Brie Stoner engages in conversation with theologian and writer Fr. Thomas Hosinski, discussing topics from his recently published…

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Incarnating The Universe: Matter Matters To God

By Ilia Delio | December 7, 2017

In this blog Ilia Delio expands on Diarmuid O’Murchu’s recent Omega Center contributions on incarnation, and offers her thoughts on the “hidden depth to matter.” (See also Diarmuid O’Murchu’s blog on INCARNATION AS…

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Expanding Our View Of Incarnation

By Diarmuid O’Murchu | November 22, 2017

An audio interview with Diarmuid O’Murchu In this Omega Center interview Brie Stoner engages in conversation with prominent evolutionary thinker and writer Diarmuid O’Murchu, discussing topics from his most recent…

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Incarnation As Embodiment Of Spirit

By Diarmuid O’Murchu | November 6, 2017

Traditionally, the word Incarnation denotes the coming of God into our world in the person and life of Jesus, which happened for the first and only time 2000 years ago.…

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A Reply To Richard Rohr On The Cosmic Christ

By Ilia Delio | October 16, 2017

In this blog Ilia Delio considers recent reflections offered by Richard Rohr on the Cosmic Christ, and provides some additional thoughts. See THE COSMIC CHRIST by Richard Rohr, and REDISCOVERING THE UNIVERSAL…

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Rediscovering The Universal Christ

By Fr. Richard Rohr | October 11, 2017

An audio interview with Fr. Richard Rohr In this interview Brie Stoner engages in conversation with Fr. Richard Rohr, covering a number of topics in a forthcoming book he’s in…

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The Cosmic Christ

By Fr. Richard Rohr | October 4, 2017

The following is used with permission by the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC), first published in Daily Meditations November 5, 2015 Franciscan mysticism has a unique place in the…

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

By Ilia Delio | September 25, 2017

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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