Lucy and the Incarnation http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/australopithecus-afarensis-lucy-species The universe has existed for around 15 billion years, Earth for roughly 5 billion years, and humans as we know them for 300,000 years. However, our evolutionary ancestors have existed for approximately 3 to 5 million years. Do we understand where God was in the mix all those years?... Continue Reading →
Green Junction: Humanity’s Ability to deal with Pandemics By Julie Peller Ph.D.
Green Junction Tackling the coronavirus pandemic has been a worldwide challenge and, at this time, has led to over 4 million deaths around the globe, over 612,000 in the US alone. In comparison, the deadly H1N1 virus that ravaged the world as the “Spanish flu” from 1918 to 1920 led to an estimated 50 million... Continue Reading →
GREEN JUNCTION: Seize the opportunity to enact and support climate change. BY JULIE PELLER PH.D
To escape intense heat during the heatwave in Oregon, at least 100 baby hawks purposefully plunged as much as 60 feet to the ground. The Blue Mountain Wildlife rehabilitation center had never seen this before, according to its director. Smoke from the extreme west coast wildfires made its way across the United States, prompting numerous... Continue Reading →
Thoughts I am pondering this week
Did humans evolve with a purpose, or are we merely accidents? I think both Democrats and Republicans need to ponder this question as they "make sausage" or that matter create stalemates —an understanding of what it means to be human and the difference it makes. Vatican II laid out a roadmap for the Church in... Continue Reading →
Contemplation and Reclaiming Real Conversations.
During this period of Covid, lockdowns, and working remotely, many human beings experienced for the first time a true sense of what it feels like to be valuable and worthwhile to others and self. The challenge during this period was understanding what prevents us from sliding into deceptiveness and dishonesty about those feelings. This period... Continue Reading →
You are the Church
"Economic justice and equality are, in principle, akin to political justice and equality. To understand this is to understand how economic and political democracy involves parallel institutions." ~ Mortimer J. Adler "This is our destiny, to do the best and the greatest that is now to be done." ~Isaac Hecker And with these two thoughts/quotes in... Continue Reading →
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