Ilia Delio

Earth

Why We Need To Talk About Christianity As Planetary Faith

Several weeks ago I met my first real Teilhard opponent.  She was a religion scholar from Indiana University and was quite adamant that Teilhard was a naïve optimist with a…

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Easter Message: Faith-Shaking Resurrection

The celebration of Easter marks the most incredible event in this history of the cosmos summed up in a brief acclamation: “Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come…

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A Hunger For Wholeness

The following is an excerpt from the concluding chapter of Ilia Delio’s forthcoming book A Hunger for Wholeness: Soul, Space, and Transcendence, available April 2, 2018. We have the capacity to…

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Beyond Patriarchy And Gender: Towards Personhood

I was raised in a matriarchal household by a Sicilian mother who was a staunch feminist long before the term was in vogue.  I was taught from an early age…

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Towards Omega: Jet Skiing Or Scuba Diving?

One of the most significant social media platforms in our age is Facebook.  One can easily spend a few hours, surfing through the various posts, YouTube videos, and various interest…

Women's March 2018

Mindfulness And Deep Relationality

In this blog Ilia Delio shares some thoughts on this critical point in history and evolution, and the major paradigm shift we are now in the midst of.  She refers…

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God Loves To Do New Things

In this blog Ilia Delio shares some of her current reading, and offers her reflections on the ever-changing nature of God.  Ilia suggests that “…if we can get religion out of…

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Incarnating The Universe: Matter Matters To God

In this blog Ilia Delio expands on Diarmuid O’Murchu’s recent Omega Center contributions on incarnation, and offers her thoughts on the “hidden depth to matter.” (See also Diarmuid O’Murchu’s blog on INCARNATION AS…

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A Reply To Richard Rohr On The Cosmic Christ

In this blog Ilia Delio considers recent reflections offered by Richard Rohr on the Cosmic Christ, and provides some additional thoughts. See THE COSMIC CHRIST by Richard Rohr, and REDISCOVERING THE UNIVERSAL…