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Returning Religion to Evolution

During my recent webinar on "Returning Religion to the Prophetic," a participant raised a question about prophetic action: Should we not stand with the marginalized and oppressed, calling out injustices in the name of true justice? While this concern is undoubtedly important, I believe that focusing solely on social justice might cause us to overlook the broader implications of evolution and its dynamic impetus. One might ask, "What does evolution have to do with social justice?" The answer is, in a sense, everything. Social justice is fundamentally about fostering right relationships, and evolution can be understood as the progressive emergence of increasingly complex relationships. To develop truly just relationships, we must comprehend evolution beyond its mere biological mechanisms.  That is, we...
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Rediscovering The Universal Christ

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

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”

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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An Interview With John F. Haught

An audio interview with JOHN F. HAUGHT recorded September 11, 2017 In this audio interview Brie Stoner asks Professor Dr. John Haught to expand on some of his ideas and…

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The New Cosmic Story

Over the past two centuries scientists have learned that the universe is a story still being told. New scientific awareness of the long cosmic preamble to human history has inspired…

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God As Mystery

At a recent conference I attended, several people asked if God and nature are one and the same. This is the question of pantheism. And if this is true then…

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Despite The News, We Belong To One Another

Modern science has revealed new information about the human person, from cosmology to neuroscience and cognitive psychology; however, we still think of ourselves as rational, concrete subjects, individual in nature…

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Creating An Interior Universe

An audio interview with ILIA DELIO recorded July 20, 2017. As the audio interview begins Brie Stoner asks Ilia Delio about her recent blog (FINDING OUR WAY IN AN EVOLUTIONARY…

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What Does It Mean To Live In Evolution?

Recently, I was at a retreat house in New Jersey with a group of older religious Sisters who were finishing up a week of prayer and reflection.  I sat across…

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Heart of Matter: “The Divine Entanglement”

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