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Beyond Violence: The Path Through Grief to Spiritual Evolution

The recent shooting at Annunciation School in Minneapolis continues to haunt our collective consciousness. While the news cycle moves forward—with yet more senseless acts of political violence—the Annunication tragedy leaves deep scars and pressing questions for our religious community: How does a young person educated in a Catholic school become capable of such violence? There are no simple answers. Research consistently links exposure to media violence—including video games, television, movies, and music—with increased aggression in youth. Violent video games, in which killing is winning, is one of many influences on the behavior of youth today. While violent video games alone do not cause violence, when combined with depression, isolation, or family dysfunction, they can become catalysts for aggression. Some scholars...
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The Emergence Of Divine Love Through Human Suffering

In the 1970s it was common to critically compare the thought of Teilhard de Chardin with Sri Aurobindo (née Aurobindo Ghose, 1872-1950).1 I discovered Sri Aurobindo and his spiritual partner…

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What Is God?

I find myself these days frantically holding together the multiple pieces of life, from teaching to traveling and outside lecturing, from the Omega Center to community and the many emails…

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The Second Axial Emergence

The religious landscape is shifting—no one will argue with that. People are leaving traditional religious frameworks in droves, while the number of those identifying as “spiritual but not religious” (SBNR)…

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Four Ways Of Understanding Love In A Fractured World

How we perceive and make meaning about reality determines how we think about how love can heal a fractured universe. If we have only one way of knowing about love…

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Love Is The Answer – What Is The Question?

“I was a hidden treasure and I longed to be known. And so I created the world, both visible and invisible.” This famous saying from the Hadith Qudsi, the extra-koranic…

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Teilhard De Chardin and The Future of God

In his book God After Darwin theologian John Haught claims that evolution opened a new window to God, giving us a new vision of God at home in a universe…

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Click Here To Ask Your Questions

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We hope you will join the conversation by submitting your reflections and questions below, via the “Leave a Reply” comment box on this page.  What arises for you in response to the topics…

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Love As The Bridge Between Science And Religion

For the ancients, the study of nature was essential to knowing the real.  We know not simply to navigate but to narrate our lives, to give reason for the hope…

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Can Science Heal Our World?

Teilhard knew that the best of science develops when one believes that a new theory can provide a more comprehensive and coherent picture of reality. A newly proposed theory does…

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