News & Blog

Read exclusive essays from Ilia Delio and follow news from the Center for Christogenesis.
Sign up for our newsletter to get notified about new posts and upcoming events.

3-9-13 Blog (Crisis and Hope) FB

Crisis and Hope

Myths are compelling stories that shape our lives. Our complex world is a mixture of myths—stories of how we got here, what governs our lives, and what determines good and evil. These narratives shape our meaning-making worlds. Myths are neither factual nor correct in a scientific sense, but they are profoundly influential and formative. The truth is, we often care less about objective facts than the meaningful narratives that structure our understanding. What we accept as "true" is embedded in the myths we tell. In our digital age, social media functions as a myth-making machine, where we find communities and validation according to the stories, we find compelling. Carl Jung observed that the Christian mythic framework has reached a dead...
axel-ruffini-iulnjpZyWnc-unsplash

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…

krista-bennett-smq1ZtkE0hw-unsplash

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…

alexander-grey-bLYDlu0rC20-unsplash

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…

Screen Shot 2022-08-18 at 7.43.59 PM

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…

Screen Shot 2022-08-18 at 7.56.57 PM

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…

St. Augustine

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…

Photo by: Duwang Gupta unsplash

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’…

H4W-8-5-(adjusted-for-black)

Hunger for Wholeness Podcast Launches!

Story matters. Our lives are shaped around immersive, powerful stories that thrive at the heart of our religious traditions, scientific inquiries, and cultural landscapes. All stories – big and small…

Entangled World

Celebrating Interdependence

Question: What does a celebration of interdependence look like to you?  What stories might you tell? The idea of independence is a strong aspect of American cultural identity, and yet,…

Dec. Campaign_image only

Sign up for our newsletter

Get notified about new posts by Ilia Delio, upcoming events, new resources and more.