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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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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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Finding Our Way In An Evolutionary World

What do we long for?  That is where our soul lies.  What do we hope for?  That is what stretches the heart.  When I was asked to give the Madeleva…

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The Transformative Power Of Suffering

The many faces of suffering — nightly we hear the counts: be they the ravaged faces of Syrian refugees, the millions of starving and impoverished children around the world, the…

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Suffering And Love In Teilhard’s Spirituality

What if suffering, and the energy generated through suffering, could be focused and used to make a positive difference in the world? Louis Savary invites us to consider insights offered by Teilhard…

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Teaching Teilhardian Hope In Hong Kong

Over recent weeks we have posted a three-part blog series by Cynthia Bourgeault entitled “Teilhard for Troubled Times.” The following is a response and expansion upon some of the themes raised in that…

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