Darwin, Divinity, and the Dance of the Cosmos

                Evolution changes everything. Yet we have been slow to adapt our theology, liturgy, and spiritual practices to the fundamental nature of reality. In this workshop we will explore and experience the evolutionary powers of the universe, as cosmological, biological, and spiritual beings. The goal will be to enable us to identify with a larger self, what the traditions call “soul”, but an evolutionary soul.

In this workshop we will:

• Explore how evolutionary theology changes how we imagine God and the spiritual life.
• Apply an evolutionary model of consciousness to our personal, relational, and work lives.
• Experience how shifting to an evolutionary identity ignites our passion for the Great Work of repairing the planet.
• Engage in theological reflection, reflecting on the parables of Jesus through an evolutionary/cosmological lens
• Set spirituality and science in dialogue with a view to discovering an integral spirituality for the 21^st century.
• Experience evolutionary guided meditation
• Explore what evolutionary leadership means by asking ourselves: What is the unique future that needs me in order to emerge?

Through experiential exercises, guided meditation, DVD clips, group discussion, and theological reflection this will be a day for deep exploration of our evolutionary identity.

            Bruce Sanguin is the minister of Canadian Memorial United Church in Vancouver, B.C. They have a mission to “teach and practice evolutionary Christian spirituality”. He is the author of three books: Summoning the Whirlwind: Contemporary Sermons for a Relevant Christian Faith (Woodlake 2006); Darwin, Divinity, and the Dance of the Cosmos: An Ecological Christianity (Woodlake 2007); The Emerging Church: A Model for Change and a Map for Renewal (Woodlake 2008).

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