The Slow Work of Evolution - January 18, 2026

2nd Sunday in "extra-ordinary time." Our question: what is my current "growing edge," spiritually?

Here are links from our wide-ranging conversation.

Laura quotes and mentions Lewis Hyde's - A Primer for Forgetting.

We talk of the photo of the earth taken from space that Joseph Campbell found inspiring.

And the inspiring TV series from Carl Sagan (1980)

And the wonderful film, using Teilhard's prayer, The slow work of God.

The beginnings of Quakerism. The Catholic Worker House in LaCrosse, WI.

Robin Wall Kimmerer, Parker Palmer and Michael Morwood

Sunday Readings

Laura is leading a workshop next month at the "Natural Spirituality Conference" which highlights how God speaks through dreams and dream like stories. Attendees are invited into small groups that explore their night time dreams together throughout the weekend. Info at nsrgathering.org/conference.html

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