BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Cobb Institute - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Cobb Institute X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://cobb.institute X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Cobb Institute REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260210T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260210T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20260205T010735Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260209T233514Z UID:10001210-1770717600-1770724800@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences | Jared Morningstar DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2026-02-10/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Jared-Morningstar-Imagination-Ritual-and-Non-Ordinary-Experiences-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260203T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260203T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20260129T003530Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260202T231100Z UID:10001208-1770112800-1770120000@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Just a Little Walk with Jesus: A Lenten Adventure | Bruce Epperly DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2026-02-03/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Bruce-Epperly-Just-a-Little-Walk-with-Jesus-A-Lenten-Adventure-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260127T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260127T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20260110T024559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260110T024559Z UID:10001207-1769508000-1769515200@cobb.institute SUMMARY:China in Process: Reflections from a Recent Journey | Meijun Fan\, Zhihe Wang\, Cliff Cobb\, Jay Jones DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2026-01-27/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Meijun-Fan-et-al.-China-in-Process-Reflections-from-a-Recent-Journey-Header-Option-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260120T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260120T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20251216T011549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251217T044743Z UID:10001205-1768903200-1768910400@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Theology Alive in Church Life | Leslie King DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2026-01-20/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Leslie-King-Process-Theology-Alive-in-Church-Life-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260113T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260113T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20251217T050407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251217T050626Z UID:10001206-1768298400-1768305600@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Special Event Featuring the Graduates of the 2025 Certificate Program in Process Thought and Practice DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2026-01-13/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Special-Event-Featuring-the-Graduates-of-the-2025-Certificate-in-Process-Thought-and-Practice-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251216T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251216T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20251202T224149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260113T002255Z UID:10001204-1765879200-1765886400@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Asexuality and Aromanticism: An Exploration of the Personal and Collective Costs of Compulsory Sexuality and Amatonormativity | Cindy Mundahl DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-12-16/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Cindy-Mundahl-Asexuality-and-Aromanticism-An-Exploration-of-the-Personal-and-Collective-Costs-of-Compulsory-Sexuality-and-Amatonormativity-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251209T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251209T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20251105T221322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T225054Z UID:10001200-1765274400-1765281600@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Alfred North Whitehead and Owen Barfield on the Romantic Imagination as a Window into the Intrinsic Value of Nature | Matt Segall DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-12-09/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Matt-Segall-Alfred-North-Whitehead-and-Owen-Barfield-on-the-Romantic-Imagination-as-a-Window-into-the-Intrinsic-Value-of-Nature-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251202T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251202T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20251118T012555Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251201T031154Z UID:10001203-1764669600-1764676800@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Personhood Without Boundaries: Steps to a Transreligious Planetary Communion | Gunnar Gabriel DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-12-02/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Gunnar-Gabriel.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251125T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251125T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20251114T212341Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T235543Z UID:10001202-1764064800-1764072000@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Buddhism and Ecofeminism in the Age of Planetary Polycrisis | Kazi Adi Shakti DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-11-25/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Kazi-Adi-Shakti-Process-Buddhism-and-Ecofeminism-in-the-Age-of-Planetary-Polycrisis-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251118T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251118T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20251114T210010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251114T210010Z UID:10001201-1763460000-1763467200@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Living and Breathing Gratitude | With Panel of Process Thinkers\, Poets\, Musicians\, and Activists DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-11-18/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Living-and-Breathing-Gratitude-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251111T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251111T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20251031T203446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T233548Z UID:10001199-1762855200-1762862400@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Love Leads the Way: The Continuing Legacy of Amy Carmichael\, the Down-to-Earth Mystic | Jeremiah Rajanesan DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-11-11/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Jeremiah-Rajanesan-Love-Leads-the-Way-The-Continuing-Legacy-of-Amy-Carmichael-the-Down-to-Earth-Mystic-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251104T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251104T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20251015T054503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251031T111242Z UID:10001198-1762250400-1762257600@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Explorations: Sheri Kling & Special Guests DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-11-04/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Sheri-Kling-Special-Guests-Renewing-Faith-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251028T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251028T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20251009T000501Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251020T223125Z UID:10001196-1761645600-1761652800@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Explorations: Mary Fridley & Carrie Lobman DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-10-28/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Mary-Fridley-Carrie-Lobman-Playing-in-Life-Performing-Philosophy-Creating-Development-An-Introduction-to-Social-Therapeutics-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251021T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251021T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20251015T052000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251015T052000Z UID:10001197-1761040800-1761048000@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Explorations: Jeremy Lent DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-10-21/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Jeremy-Lent-Envisioning-an-Ecological-Civilization-in-Theory-and-Practice-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251014T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251014T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20250905T222403Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251012T061058Z UID:10001183-1760436000-1760443200@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Explorations: Mary Evelyn Tucker DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-10-14/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Mary-Evelyn-Tucker-Ecological-Civilization-Problems-and-Promises-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251007T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251007T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20250926T234016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T195835Z UID:10001194-1759831200-1759838400@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Explorations: Evaggelos Vallianatos DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-10-07/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Evaggelos-Vallianatos-Freedom-Clear-Thinking-and-Inspiration-from-5000-Years-of-Greek-History-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250930T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250930T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20250925T234525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250929T195416Z UID:10001193-1759226400-1759233600@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Explorations: David Menefee-Libey DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-09-30/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/David-Menefee-Libey-Teaching-Undergraduates-About-U.S.-Politics-in-Fraught-Times-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250923T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250923T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20250912T062227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250924T230835Z UID:10001186-1758621600-1758628800@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Explorations: Grace Grace Grace DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize.\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-09-23/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Grace-Grace-Grace-Symbols-Signals-Sigils-Media-Artistic-Perspectives-on-Perception-Understanding-and-Becoming-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250916T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250916T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20250912T061233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250924T230818Z UID:10001185-1758016800-1758024000@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Explorations: Mary Elizabeth Moore DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. \n\n\n \n \n  URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-09-16/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Mary-Elizabeth-Moore-Forging-Process-Paths-to-Justice-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250909T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250909T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20250904T192405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250924T230802Z UID:10001182-1757412000-1757419200@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Explorations: Susan Strauss DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-09-09/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Susan-Strauss-Story-Can-Do-Experience-Morals-Tricksters-in-the-Age-of-Distraction-Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250729T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250729T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20250724T200601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250726T003333Z UID:10001180-1753783200-1753790400@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Explorations: Summer Finale in Music DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-07-29/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Jay-McDaniel-2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Cobb Institute":MAILTO:events@cobb.institute END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250722T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250722T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20250711T205315Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250715T220329Z UID:10001173-1753178400-1753185600@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Explorations: Bruce Epperly DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-07-22/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Bruce-Epperly.png ORGANIZER;CN="Cobb Institute":MAILTO:events@cobb.institute END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250715T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250715T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20250626T212703Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250630T174205Z UID:10001172-1752573600-1752580800@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Explorations: Rabbi Or Rose DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-07-15/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Rabbi-Or-Rose-Studying-Heschel-in-a-Time-of-Polarization-Bloodshed-and-Warfare-Header.png ORGANIZER;CN="Cobb Institute":MAILTO:events@cobb.institute END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250708T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250708T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20250611T223532Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250620T201714Z UID:10001168-1751968800-1751976000@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Explorations: Walter Fluker DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-07-08/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Walter-E.-Fluker-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Cobb Institute":MAILTO:events@cobb.institute END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250701T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20250611T205505Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250620T201847Z UID:10001167-1751364000-1751371200@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Explorations: Gary Dorrien DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-07-01/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2025-07-01-Process-Exploratios-Gary-Dorrien-header.png ORGANIZER;CN="Cobb Institute":MAILTO:events@cobb.institute END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250624T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250624T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20250619T174929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250620T201110Z UID:10001170-1750759200-1750766400@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Explorations: Monalisa Tuitahi DESCRIPTION:Program:\n Process Explorations\n\n Series Theme:\n Building Alternative Futures\n\n Session Topic:\n Imagination\, Ritual\, and Non-Ordinary Experiences\n\n Presenter(s):\n Jared Morningstar\, Independent Scholars; Communications Director at the Center for Process Studies\n\n  \nIn this session of Process Exploration\, Jared Morningstar shares his recent research exploring connections between ritual practice and imagination. Drawing upon ideas from process and Islamic philosophies\, Jared provides a broad overview and analysis of the field of ritual studies before discussing the significance of non-ordinary experience for insight and self-transcendence. In the second half of the presentation\, Jared explores imagination as a primordial human faculty which interprets and transmutes the unique experiences provided by ritual practices. Imagination\, he argues\, is central to our ability to make meaning and self-actualize. \n\n  \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJared Morningstar is an independent scholar and public intellectual based in Chicago whose work explores philosophies and wisdom traditions that are attuned to our time of profound cultural\, ecological\, and spiritual transition. His research focuses especially on process philosophy and theology\, classical and contemporary Islamic thought\, metamodernism\, comparative religion\, and non-ordinary experiences. Across his writing and public scholarship\, he explores how religious traditions can be articulated to respond constructively to contemporary challenges such as nihilism\, interreligious conflict\, ecological crisis\, and the so-called “meaning crisis.”  Jared’s work has appeared in a variety of publications including Metamodern Theory and Praxis\, Process Perspectives\, and Emerge alongside the edited volumes Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives and Amipotence: Expansion & Application. He is a frequent lecturer and conference presenter and has appeared on numerous podcasts and public forums to discuss religion\, process thought\, Islam\, and metamodernism. He holds degrees in Religion and Scandinavian Studies from Gustavus Adolphus College and currently works with the Center for Process Studies and the Psychedelic Medicine Association. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-06-24/ CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Monalisa-Tuitahi-Navigating-the-Current-Immigration-Landscape-Header.png ORGANIZER;CN="Cobb Institute":MAILTO:events@cobb.institute END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250617T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250617T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20250604T013322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250617T140121Z UID:10001147-1750154400-1750161600@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Explorations: Christina Hutchins DESCRIPTION:Pods Embed Error: Pod not found. \n  URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-06-17/ LOCATION:Online Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Christina-Hutchins.png ORGANIZER;CN="Cobb Institute":MAILTO:events@cobb.institute END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250610T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250610T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20250606T045758Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250611T222522Z UID:10001161-1749549600-1749556800@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Explorations: Chris Doran DESCRIPTION:Pods Embed Error: Pod not found. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-06-10/ LOCATION:Online Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Process-Explorations-header-purple.png ORGANIZER;CN="Cobb Institute":MAILTO:events@cobb.institute END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250603T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250603T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20250515T233300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250520T202707Z UID:10001146-1748944800-1748952000@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Explorations: Bonnie Tarwater DESCRIPTION:  \n \nTheme: Responding to a Fractured World: Re-think\, Re-act\, Re-create \nTopic: Church for Our Common Home and the John Cobb Eco Farm and Retreat Center \nPresenter(s): Bonnie Tarwater \n  \nThis presentation will share about the ministry of Church for Our Common Home and the John Cobb Eco Farm and Retreat Center and offer photos in a PowerPoint. In 2015 Dr. John B. Cobb Jr. invited me to head the Anima Track at the Seizing an Alternative Conference. This contributed to my own consciousness raising experince about the severity of our earth crisis and the founding of Church for Our Common Home dedicated to Mother Earth\, the divine feminine\, loving community\, and the arts. I did not grow up with any religion and moved eighteen times in my first eighteen years in five different countries. Perhaps this contributes to my planetary perspective that celebrates the wonder of our interfaith\, interspecies and interconnected web of life. As a disciple of Jesus and Unitarian Universalist\, Church for Our Common Home is untraditional and esoteric. \nMy husband Dr. Walt Rutherford is a transpersonal psychologist and together we offer traditional as well as pastoral counseling\, spiritual direction\, dream work\, etc. (more info at Our Common Home Counseling Center) Our transdisciplinary ministry offers a wide array of offerings to serve beyond the walls of the traditional church. We literally moved out of our “House Church” into the barn to be with the animals\, 4 pm Sundays\, on Zoom and celebrating the goats\, chickens\, ducks\, cats\, and our huge\, beautiful rabbit Gracie\, the breeze\, trees\, grass………….and we give thanks! \nDr. Cobb attended Church for Our Common Home worship on Zoom almost every Sunday the last few years of his life. My background in the visual and performing arts inspires our “Arts Ministry” and the Our Lady of Guadalupe Barn Mural. We have created an Interfaith Secret Prayer Garden\, and The Mary Magdalene Café and rose garden hosts our weekly Earth Crisis Support Group and Potluck Party (ECSG) after church. We invited other organizations to join us and for the last year we have offered the Interfaith Prayer and Song Vigil for Peace in Corvallis Oregon every Saturday in front of the Court House to support the Corvallis in Solidarity with Palestine Free Gaza Protest. Church for Our Common Home is at the Capital of Salem for Moral Monday’s and the Poor People’s Campaign. \nThe John Cobb Eco Farm and Retreat Center is a five-acre farm in Oregon where we grow beets as big as your head and sunflowers over 12 feet tall. We are doing biodynamic farming a kind of spiritual farming and we call our vegetable garden\, “The Hilda Garden” named after the 12th century mystic Hildegard. The prayer station for 14th century Julian of Norwich and first women to publish a book in English about her visions and near-death experiences invites us into the Labyrinth. Our theology is simply written on the colorfully painted barn mural\, “God Is Love.” May we love God with all our heart\, soul\, strength and mind and the natural world\, who is also our neighbor—often left out—all as our neighbors who are an extension of ourselves. Our vision is to be a sanctuary church for “the least of these” both humans and nonhumans. Praying for peace on earth we give thanks for the Good News of the Gospel that love is stronger than any suffering and even death. \n  \n \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\nRev. Bonnie Tarwater is a Christian Unitarian Universalist minister and founder of Church for Our Common Home in Oregon and offering worship and programs globally on Zoom. Rev. Bonnie is an artist\, musician\, social justice activist\, dream worker and writer. She served as a traditional parish minister for many years and hospice chaplain. Currently\, she serves on several nonprofit boards and works with her husband doing counseling at the Our Common Home Counseling Center. Together they have four grown children and four grandchildren. BA\, Art UCSD; MFA Theater\, American Conservatory Theater; MDiv Claremont School of Theology \n\n\n \n\n\n \n\n \n \nTo receive the Zoom info for this gathering\, click the Going button and enter your name and email. \n\n\n \n \n \nIf you experience any difficulty with the RSVP\, please send an email to events@cobb.institute. If you would like to receive regular announcements and updates about activities and events at the Cobb Institute\, please join our list of Friends. Can’t make it to the live session? Click here to access our recordings archive. \n \n \n \n  URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-06-03/ LOCATION:Online Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Bonnie-Tarwater-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Cobb Institute":MAILTO:events@cobb.institute END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250527T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250527T120000 DTSTAMP:20260407T124226 CREATED:20250428T231752Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250526T234258Z UID:10001145-1748340000-1748347200@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Explorations: Thomas A. Moore DESCRIPTION:  \nTheme: Responding to a Fractured World: Re-think\, Re-act\, Re-create \nTopic: The Exuberant Universe: Re-thinking Creation in a Scientific Age \nPresenter(s): Thomas A. Moore \n  \nThe first chapter of Genesis provides a theological understanding of creation consistent with the accepted cosmology of its place and time. What might a modern concept of creation look like? This talk will explore the modern cosmological riddle misleadingly called the Anthropic Principle (the observation that the laws of physics seem fine-tuned to enable a complex universe) and examine what it means\, what it does not mean\, and how it might connect to process thought and spirituality. We will come to see how some seemingly scientific discussions of cosmology actually are religious arguments in disguise. \n  \n \nAbout the Presenter(s)\n\n\n\n\n\nThomas A. Moore is the Reuben C. and Eleanor Winslow professor of mathematics and natural science at Pomona College. He received his undergraduate education at Carleton College (where he took courses offered by Ian Barbour and Joseph Sittler) and his Ph. D in theoretical physics in 1981 from Yale University (where he also studied Biblical Hebrew with Bonnie Kittel and Brevard Childs). His father was a professor of philosophy and religion in the University of Wisconsin system\, and his mother and spouse are ordained pastors in the United Church of Christ. He has long been interested in questions on the boundary between philosophy and physics\, and\, in addition to teaching upper-level courses in general relativity and particle physics\, he commonly offers an interdisciplinary course in “Science and Religion.” \n\n\n\n\n\n \nTo receive the Zoom info for this gathering\, click the Going button and enter your name and email. \n\n\n \n \nIf you experience any difficulty with the RSVP\, please send an email to events@cobb.institute. If you would like to receive regular announcements and updates about activities and events at the Cobb Institute\, please join our list of Friends. Can’t make it to the live session? Click here to access our recordings archive. \n \n \n \n  URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-explorations-2025-05-27/ LOCATION:Online Via Zoom CATEGORIES:Process Explorations ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Thomas-A.-Moore-The-Exuberant-Universe-Re-thinking-Creation-in-a-Scientific-Age-Header.png ORGANIZER;CN="Cobb Institute":MAILTO:events@cobb.institute END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR