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The Universe as Sacred Story: Bridging Science and Spirit

Teaching undergraduate students this semester has revealed their deepest concerns about technology’s growing influence on human identity. While they grapple with immediate challenges like social media addiction and its effects on attention and authenticity, their greatest fear centers on the approaching frontier of human-technology fusion. These students are watching the rapid advance of transhumanist technologies - from biohacking to neural implants. They are particularly unsettled by Ray Kurzweil’s prediction that within their lifetime, humanity will merge completely with technology in the Singularity. His vision of nanobots in our bloodstream creating brain-computer interfaces, leading to the rise of the “Techno Sapien,” strikes at the heart of their anxiety: not just being overtaken by artificial intelligence, but losing their essential humanity. This...
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A Cosmotheandric Language of Belonging

It is no secret that I love England and greatly look forward to my next visit, whenever that may be.  I am often charmed by the names of English towns…

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Transformation or Self-Inflation? The Challenge of Spirituality Today

Spirituality has exploded in the twenty-first century and spiritual paths are everywhere.   Contemplative practices, spirituality groups, Eastern and Western paths of mysticism, all abound across the infinite terrain of cyberspace.  …

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The Death of God and the Rebirth of God

On June 12, 1946, Teilhard jotted down a short sentence in a diary that read:  “The death of God (Nietzsche) and the rebirth of God (Omega).”  Ursula King writes:  “He…

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Tomatillos, Radical Openness and Love

This summer we decided to grow tomatillos in our garden; something we had not done before, although I had seen volunteer tomatillos growing by a riverbank years ago and was…

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September Reflection: An Open Universe

By Jillian Langford As summer draws to a close, I am already counting down the days to October. And no, not just because I am excited about the changing leaves…

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Becoming Whole

By Rebecca Mays Many of us have heard the maxim that “the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.”  There is a flow, a stream of connections in…

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August Reflection: Pursuing Truth in an Evolving Universe

By Jillian Langford Earlier this month Ilia Delio and I grabbed lunch to discuss all things Center for Christogenesis. At lunch we dreamed of the far-reaching impact of the C4C…

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The Love of Christ Impels Us

This past July my husband Jim, my son, and some extended family members traveled to Alaska for a long-awaited and joyfully anticipated vacation. While in Homer, however, Jim had a…

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Religion in Transition: Living Between the Worlds of God

This summer I had the privilege of attending two very different spiritual events, the first, a gathering of spiritual seekers at Princeton Theological Seminary and, the second, a Catholic Sisters’…

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Heart of Matter: “The Divine Entanglement”

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