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Everything Is Connected

God is not “out there,” but God is in all, through all, and with all. Continue Reading Everything Is Connected

New Language for a New Story

Nature, Cosmos, and Connection New Language for a New Story Monday, February 15, 2021 The Spirit whispers, the ancestors agree.  You are star born and God loved; The universe awaits  your gifts. —Barbara Holmes, Race and the Cosmos The addition of Barbara Holmes to the CAC’s Living School has been a gift, with her wonderful… Continue Reading New Language for a New Story

The Divine Signature

Cosmology and Nature The Divine Signature Monday, June 22, 2020 It seems that for many people accepting the truth of science means rejecting the truth of God. Of course, it’s not an either/or proposition, but the two have been set in opposition for so long we could expect little else. There have been many religious… Continue Reading The Divine Signature

A Christian Cosmology

Cosmology and Nature A Christian Cosmology Sunday, June 21, 2020 The word cosmology has been used more frequently in recent years, even in religious circles. If cosmology is the study of the origin, processes, and shape of the universe, then it also involves the study of God, the universe’s Creator. I find it utterly enticing,… Continue Reading A Christian Cosmology

Science: Old and New: Weekly Summary

Science: Old and New Summary: Sunday, November 3 — Friday, November 8, 2019 Like never before in history, this generation has at its disposal new and wonderful evidence from science, confirming the presence and power of what many of us would call A Very Insistent and Persistent Love at the heart of all creation. (Sunday)… Continue Reading Science: Old and New: Weekly Summary

Reciprocity

Science: Old and New Reciprocity Friday, November 8, 2019 I’ve always had a special affection for trees, especially the centenarian cottonwood tree at the Center for Action and Contemplation here in Albuquerque. Science is discovering that trees have much to teach us. In her book Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer—a botanist, professor, and member of… Continue Reading Reciprocity

The Field of Love

Science: Old and New The Field of Love Thursday, November 7, 2019 The physical phenomenon of quantum entanglement is a wonderful illustration of the interconnected nature of reality, both spiritual and material. Allow me to try to explain in layperson’s terms: In quantum physics, it appears that one particle of any entangled pair “knows” what… Continue Reading The Field of Love

The Prodigal Species

Science: Old and New The Prodigal Species Wednesday, November 6, 2019 The universe is a single reality—one long sweeping spectacular process of interconnected events. The universe is not a place where evolution happens; it is evolution happening. It is not a stage on which dramas unfold; it is the unfolding drama itself. . . .… Continue Reading The Prodigal Species

An Evidence-Based Emergence

Science: Old and New An Evidence-Based Emergence Tuesday, November 5, 2019 The Rev. Michael Dowd is an evidential mystic and eco-theologian who has earned the respect of Nobel laureate scientists, many religious leaders, and little old me. Michael and his science-writer wife, Connie Barlow, show how a sacred-science view of reality can inspire people of… Continue Reading An Evidence-Based Emergence

The Great Turning

Science: Old and New The Great Turning Monday, November 4, 2019 I have set before you life and death . . . therefore choose life. —Deuteronomy 30:19 Eco-philosopher, Earth elder, friend, and spiritual activist Joanna Macy, now ninety years old, has been promoting a global transition from the Industrial Growth Society to a Life-Sustaining Society for… Continue Reading The Great Turning

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