Interweavings: A Season of Darkness and Light 2023
In this event, we’ll introduce some of the major holidays in late fall and early winter, noting their significance in each tradition. We’ll look at Diwali, Advent, Hanukkah, St. Lucia Day, Winter Solstice, Christmas, Epiphany, Kwanzaa, New Year’s Eve, and Lunar New Year.
Process Pop-Up: The Not-Yet God and the Relational Whole
The new science, especially quantum physics, has changed our understanding of space, time and matter; hence it raises new questions on the meaning of God. In this Pop-Up, we'll discuss llia Delio's latest book, "The Not-Yet God: Carl Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, and the Relational Whole."
Process Pop-Up: Process, Pluralism, and Respecting Diverse Religious Ultimates
In this event, LoPresti will share key ideas from his book to describe a “meta-theology” of world religions, arguing that both Western and non-Western traditions are helpful. He’ll draw from John B. Cobb’s Whiteheadian “deep religious pluralism” as well as South Asian philosophy, Western analytic philosophy, and the writings of Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI).
Process Pop-Up: Yoga, Experience, and the Vagus Nerve
In this pop-up, Leslie King will introduce simple chair yoga movements or asanas and each participant will learn more about their range of movement and how yogic practices best make sense for the body.
Process Pop-Up: God Will be All in All
In this event, Dr. Case-Winters will explore these themes as well as the provoking questions that arise with our affirmation that “God is with us.” How can we believe “God is with us” when there is so much suffering and evil in the world? When we make this affirmation what do we mean by “us”? Do we mean “just us Christians”?
Interweavings: indigo, the color of grief
In a world that Whitehead described as one of "perpetual perishing," grief must certainly be a universal human experience. In this event, Jonathan Foster will read excerpts from his book, indigo: the color of grief and chaplain Kathleen Reeves will respond, sharing thoughts and tools on our movement through grief.
Process & World-Building in Dune Messiah
Through the intersections of environment, religion, self identity, and government, participants in this learning circle will explore themes of environment, terrain, and traveling through the religious life.
Process Pop-Up: New Streams: Finding Faith Online
This event will gather a panel of speakers who have been using new media to talk about and experience faith online. We’ll find out how this has impacted them and their listeners as we open our minds to new ways of being faithful.
Process & World-Building in Dune Messiah
Through the intersections of environment, religion, self identity, and government, participants in this learning circle will explore themes of environment, terrain, and traveling through the religious life.
Poetry for the Journey: Creating a Spiritual Space for People of All Paths
Hosted by Bethlehem Centre in collaborative partnership with the Interfaith Center of Arkansas, the Cobb Institute and Process & Faith, “Poetry for the Journey” is a six week online series that will provide an inclusive environment for individuals from different religious traditions and spiritual independents to come together to share and discuss poetry.