Conversation Circles for Chaplains of Color: Updates, Innovations, and New Groups
This January, The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab (CIL) launched Conversation Circles for Chaplains of Color as part of our work with the Fetzer Institute to support and build networks for spiritual care providers. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, racial...
Biologos and the Center for Christogenesis: Finding Sacred Truth at the Intersection of Faith and Science
Biologos and the Center for Christogenesis might appear to be on opposite sides of the spirituality and science debate. Yet both organizations exist principally to help people of faith reconcile the two disciplines—positing that science and spirituality are not in...
Education for Well-being
“What I love about this research is that it is framing up outcomes that are relevant to kids now. Usually, it’s what are the outcomes to be successful down the road as opposed to what is meaningful to kids right...
Sacred Practice: The Three Feet Around You
At six years old, Gregory C. Ellison II, PhD, co-founder of Fearless Dialogues, asked his aunt how he might change the world. Her answer became his daily practice in growing closer to the sacred and a way of keeping his...
Spiritual Solutions for Political Community Flourishing
In the midst of the prevailing division, polarization, and self-interest in public life, the Fetzer Institute is asking: how can we live a better version of our civic lives? We believe a spiritual dimension has been missing in the public...
Civic Friendship in Jewish Thought
Recently, the Fetzer Institute had the honor of interviewing our partner, Dr. Shira Billet from the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS). Dr. Billet's research focuses on the beginnings of modern Jewish philosophy and its place within the history of philosophy, especially...
Dear Spiritual Innovators, You Are Not Alone.
The first time I heard the word “spiritual innovators” was at a gathering at the Fetzer Institute called Sharing Spiritual Heritage. I looked around the room of extraordinary spiritual leaders and thought they probably made a mistake by inviting me....
On Realistic Hope: A Reflection on Advent, Diwali, and Hanukkah
“Every spiritual journey is a pilgrimage, an exercise in anticipation and hope.” — Image Journal, “Every Breath a Birth” The closing months of the year often come with mixed emotions. Although this season is typically marketed as joyful and filled with...
Moving Toward Sacredness as a Cultural Operating System
We are on the move, even when we are sitting perfectly still. Human beings are not static. Intrinsic to our nature is the desire to make progress, reach further, and seek more. Movements of all kinds are welling up in...
Advent Spirituality: The Season of Living Underwater
Lit up by the moon, it looked celestial; seemed some plumed and glittering god uprising from the sea. The 51st chapter of Herman Melville’s classic Moby Dick is called “Spirit Spout.” “Spirit Spout,” the chapter, describes a series of dark...