Happy new journey around the sun!

To kick off the year, we’re excited to launch the Journey of the Universe: 10 Years Later podcast! In this conversation series, Sam King will speak with a range of scholars, artists, and environmentalists inspired by the epic story of cosmic evolution. 

Our first episode features Tom Collins, a longtime teacher of world history, philosophy, and religious studies. Tom taught some of the first courses on the universe story at independent secondary schools across the United States. 10 years ago, he spoke with Journey co-author Mary Evelyn Tucker about the transformative power of teaching the universe story to young people. (Listen to this Journey Conversation here.) In this new episode, Sam and Tom continue the conversation on how integral story can help shape the future of education.

Check out our inaugural episode here!

Upcoming Events
 

“Writing Our Mythic Stories and Spiritual Autobiographies”
Spiritual Guidance Guild
January 30, 2022, 2-7pm EST

“Elemental Beauty: Spiritual Formation”
With Graham Ward, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford’s Faculty of Theology and Religion 
Yale Divinity School’s Taylor Lectures
February 7-9, 2022, 5:30 - 6:30 pm EST. 
Lecture I: “Creation and the Operation of Grace”
Lecture II: “Creation and Creativity: Earth”
Lecture III: “Creation and Creativity: Air”
This series will be broadcast on the Yale Divinity School YouTube channel.

“Essential Teachings of Creation Spirituality: An Evening with Matthew Fox”
Deeptime Network
March 30, 2022, 7-8:30 pm EST

Story of the Noosphere with Brian Thomas Swimme

Moderator: Mary Evelyn Tucker
January 11, 2022
Watch the recording here.

Earth Emergency
December 29, 2021
One-hour film featuring The Dalai Lama, Greta Thunberg, and leading climate scientists. Learn how feedback loops explain the missing piece of the climate puzzle.

Catherine Amy Kropp is an Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Alaska. She earned her divinity degree from Yale University. As a Registered Maine Guide and former high school science teacher, she is particularly interested in the intersection of nature and spirituality. She is passionate about the sense of interconnectedness pertaining to social and ecological justice and has developed the course “Cosmic Spirituality in Action.” She currently serves as an Instructor and Curriculum Developer for Dancing with the Spirit, a traveling music program that connects Alaska Native elders and youth, promotes spiritual and physical wellness through the joy of music, and preserves Native music traditions. 

Remembering E. O. Wilson and Thomas Lovejoy

We mourn the passing of two great biologists, E. O. Wilson and Tom Lovejoy. Both of these scientists had a deep appreciation for evolution, ecology, and biodiversity as that which awakens awe and wonder. In this spirit, they embraced the epic of evolution perspective. After the premiere of the Journey film (March 2011) Lovejoy gave the keynote talk at the dinner at the Peabody Museum at Yale. He introduced the film in several other settings including the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington DC.  He provided a warm endorsement for the Journey of the Universe book, published by the science division of Yale University Press. 

Here are just a few of the many online reflections honoring their life and contributions:

“Remembering E. O. Wilson and Thomas Lovejoy”
Garrison Institute

“Honoring the Legacy of E. O. Wilson and Tom Lovejoy”
New Yorker

“E. O. Wilson, a Pioneer of Evolutionary Biology, Dies at 92”
New York Times

“E. O. Wilson’s ‘Consilience’ — what a concept”
Boston Globe

“Giants at Rest”
By Bill McKibben

“Thomas E. Lovejoy III, an ecologist who dedicated his career to preserving the Amazon rainforest, dies at 80”
Washington Post

“Thomas Lovejoy, Wide-Ranging Ecologist and Amazon Rescuer, Dies at 80”
New York Times

“Remembering Tom Lovejoy”
By Timothy Wirth