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Snowmass Interreligious Conference
https://youtu.be/JQPlhdbfrC8?si=_kgjXr81yfUljF40 The Snowmass Interreligious Conference was held from 1984 until 2015 by Father Thomas...
Rick Bonetti
2 days ago2 min read


Conscious Living, Empowerment, and Inspiration
Spiritual community for generations X, Y, and Z usually does not mean church or organized religion, but several networks offer resources for conscious living, empowerment, and inspiration. Community is created both in person and online.
Rick Bonetti
Jun 286 min read


Science, Religion, and Society
June 22–29, 2025 - The Institute on Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS) 2025 Conference : Spiritual Experience: A Scientific,...
Rick Bonetti
Jun 241 min read


Theology for the Third Millennium
"A theology of the third millennium would be one that encompasses, among other disciplines, depth psychology, quantum physics, and...
Rick Bonetti
May 212 min read


Religion of the Earth
Ilia Delio & Pete Enns: the Future of Religion The recent Homebrewed Christianity podcast, which features a video from Theology Beer Camp...
Rick Bonetti
May 82 min read


The Holomovement
Image generated by AI According to the "Holomovement" website , the term was "coined by American physicist David Bohm, a contemporary of...
Rick Bonetti
May 62 min read


A New Coherence
In the 2004 book The Death of the Mythic God . author Jim Marion says that what has really died is our myth of God, our worn-out notion...
Rick Bonetti
May 52 min read


Two Models of Evolving Spirituality
Humanity is evolving. Ewert Cousins emphasizes spiritual and religious unity, while Steve McIntosh emphasizes developmental integration across value systems.
Rick Bonetti
May 13 min read


Is Religion Obsolete?
According to a massive new Pew Research Center survey released in February 2025 (The Religious Landscape Study of U.S. Adults ...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 252 min read


Theology Beer Camp 2025
“Quest for the Holy Stein” Theology Beer Camp 2025 is coming to St. Paul, Minnesota and online October 16-18, 2025 . T his year’s Monty...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 242 min read


Integral Christianity
Stages of Development used by Paul Smith in his book, “Integral Christianity” I have three books next to one another on my shelf:...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 163 min read


Rethinking Religion in an Age of Science
May 3-4, 2025 - The Center for Christogenesis is having their virtual 2025 Conference: Rethinking Religion in an Age of Science: From...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 111 min read


Evolving in a Shifting World
Sunday, April 13, 2025 , from 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. PDT - A New Republic of the Heart is offering a webinar : Taking Responsibility for...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 62 min read


Responding to Cruelty, Bullying and Chaos
On March 17, 2025 Aspen Initiative (Wisdon From the Top of the World) offered a free webinar with some of the foremost non-dual...
Rick Bonetti
Mar 292 min read


Harnessing the Energies of Love
Ilia Delio, in her February 2025 talk "Old God, New God, Part 2" , responded to a question by Susan Izard , retired spiritual director...
Rick Bonetti
Mar 281 min read


April 2025 Eco-Spiritual Calendar
Here's a list of some upcoming online and Rogue Valley in-person, eco-spiritual activities that may be of interest to you. Check back, as...
Rick Bonetti
Mar 256 min read


InterSpiritual Unity Consciousness
Father Thomas Keating Father Thomas Keating (1923-2018) had a prophetic vision of Oneness as both an inner state of consciousness and an...
Rick Bonetti
Feb 274 min read


The Source of Hope
For nearly half of U.S. voters, the new year 2025 does not easily bring hope. The values expressed by the new administration about social...
Rick Bonetti
Jan 123 min read
Integral Worldview
Charles Taylor argued in his seminal work, Sources of the Self: The Making of the Modern Identity (1989) that our contemporary...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 5, 20244 min read


Beauty, Truth & Goodness
In his 2007 book Integral Consciousness and the Future of Evolution: How the Integral Worldview Is Transforming Politics, Culture and...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 5, 20242 min read


Church of the Planet and a Theology of Evolution
In her 2020 book Re-Enchanting the Earth: Why AI Needs Religion, Ilia Delio says: "The shift from the individual to the posthuman in the...
Rick Bonetti
Jul 19, 20242 min read


A Quaker New Story
Learn a New Story that is grounded in the sciences, animated by the humanities, and imbued with wisdom from Indigenous traditions and world
Rick Bonetti
Apr 18, 20242 min read


The Matter With Things
The Center for Process Studies (CPS )identifies itself as offering "a relational worldview for the common good. with a mission to foster...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 17, 20242 min read


Creating Cosmogenesis Through Art
April 11, 2023, at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. PDT on Zoom. - Join eco-spiritual artist/educator/filmmaker Imogene Drummond as she explores the...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 6, 20241 min read


Hope on the Edge, Beyond Boundaries
May 18, 19, 25. and 26, 2024 - The Guild for Spiritual Guidance, and the Human Energy Project are co-sponsoring a webinar series with Dr....
Rick Bonetti
Feb 21, 20242 min read


Consciousness Is Everywhere
This past fall, 2023 I took an OLLI course called Unraveling the Mysteries of Consciousness. John Kalb, the instructor defined...
Rick Bonetti
Jan 17, 20244 min read


An Unfinished God for a Techno-Driven World
This past weekend I was a theology nerd with over 100 people watching online as Ilia Delio, John D. Caputo, Diarmuid O’Murchu, Catherine...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 5, 20234 min read


Science & Religion
Original art by Rick Bonetti from a photo of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. In Andrew M. Davis and Phiip Clayton's 2018 book how I found GOD...
Rick Bonetti
Oct 25, 20233 min read


Religion Outside The Box
John Dorhauer's 2015 book Beyond Resistance: The Institutional Church Meets the Postmodern World was a call to the institutional church...
Rick Bonetti
Sep 16, 20233 min read


Evolution of Science & Religion
I recently watched the 1997 movie Contact, which I thoroughly enjoyed for the third time. The movie has a subplot about an evolving...
Rick Bonetti
Aug 26, 20233 min read


ProSocial Spirituality
Kate Sheehan Roach, Director of ProSocial Spirituality sees "the reunification of science and spirituality as one of the hallmarks of...
Rick Bonetti
Aug 23, 20231 min read


A Mystical Planetary Awakening
Matthew Fox publishes a free Daily Meditation (via email subscription) as part of the Creation Spirituality movement. "What does it take...
Rick Bonetti
Aug 20, 20231 min read


Creating Ecozoic Practices
Deeptime Network will be offering a 4-week Zoom course on Creating Ecozoic Practices, on Tuesdays, April 4 - May 2, 2023, from 4-6 p.m....
Rick Bonetti
Mar 7, 20231 min read


Eco-Spiritual Leaders
The BTS Center is offering an eight-week online course EcoSpiritual Leaders: Encounters with Wholeness on Thursdays, 10:00 - 11:30 p.m....
Rick Bonetti
Mar 6, 20231 min read


Where Does Sustainability Meet Spirituality?
"The Earth is being devastated before our own eyes, primarily due to the unsustainable economic, ecological, societal, geopolitical,...
Rick Bonetti
Jan 6, 20231 min read


An Open-Source Revolution
Brian D McLaren's 2021 book Faith After Doubt sets a framework for understanding faith development in four stages: Simplicity,...
Rick Bonetti
Nov 26, 20222 min read


Today is the Birthday of the World
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year begins Sunday, September 25, 2022 at sundown, marking the start of 10 days of reflection and prayer,...
Rick Bonetti
Sep 25, 20222 min read


The Big History of Consciousness
From Imogene Drummond via Facebook: The International-Big History-Association is hosting a free zoom webinar on Saturday, July 16, 2022...
Rick Bonetti
Jul 15, 20221 min read


Imagining a New Future Together
Join Joanna Macy, author of Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in Without Going Crazy (to be released June 12, 2022) and Jonathan...
Rick Bonetti
May 4, 20222 min read


Emergent Spirituality
In this YouTube video on emergent spirituality, stand-up philosopher and prolific author Tim Freke presents a new worldview in which God...
Rick Bonetti
May 2, 20221 min read


A Love Song to the World
I enjoy Matthew Fox's Daily Meditations delivered to my email inbox. I am grateful for the Via Positiva as a counterbalance to the Via...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 29, 20221 min read
Post Christendom Spirituality
Where are all the young people looking for a spiritual home in a post-evangelical Christian world? They probably aren’t interested in...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 29, 20222 min read


Eco-Spirituality and Cosmic Connection Seen Through the Eyes of an Artist
On Thursday, April 28, 2022 International artist, and filmmaker Imogene Drummond shared how her growing awareness of our integral...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 27, 20221 min read


Sacred Season for Climate Justice
Greenfaith identifies the period between March 17 and May 6, 2022 as a Sacred Season for Climate Justice. It is a season when several...
Rick Bonetti
Mar 18, 20221 min read


Naw-Ruz
Ashland Bahai Community Life warmly invites the public from all faith communities to celebrate the Bahá’í Naw-Ruz /New Year on March 20,...
Rick Bonetti
Mar 17, 20222 min read


The Dream of the Cosmos
In her 2020 book The Dream of the Cosmos, author Anne Baring "synthesizes the work of Teilhard de Chardin, Margarita Gimbutas, and Carl...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 1, 20211 min read


The Interconnectedness of All Things
In some circles, science and mysticism are merging. In the 2004 movie What the Bleep Do We Know? fourteen scientists and mystics share...
Rick Bonetti
Jul 7, 20181 min read


Sacred Activism Conversation
The California Institute of Integral Studies will be hosting a Sacred Activism Conversation between Andrew Harvey and Sean Kelly on...
Rick Bonetti
Jun 9, 20182 min read


Goodness & Oneness
“Using our shared humanity to bridge divides.” Harmony Interfaith Initiative is “an educational community organization affiliated with...
Rick Bonetti
May 5, 20182 min read
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