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:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230304T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230304T143000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230224T231539Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230301T040036Z UID:10000473-1677934800-1677940200@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Mathematics\, Narratives\, & Life: Reconciling Science and the Humanities DESCRIPTION:The triumph of scientific materialism in the Seventeenth Century not only bifurcated nature into matter and mind\, as Whitehead pointed out. It divided science and the humanities. The core of science is the effort to comprehend the cosmos through mathematics. The core of the humanities is the effort to comprehend history through narratives. The life sciences can be seen as the zone in which the conflict between these two very different ways of comprehending the world collide. Evolutionary theory developed out of natural history as defended by Schelling\, but efforts have been made to formulate neo-Darwinism through mathematical models. However\, it is impossible to eliminate stories from biology. As Stuart Kauffman pointed out\, mathematical models attempt to pre-state all possibilities\, but in evolution there can be adjacent possibles that can be embraced by organisms but cannot be pre-stated. To account for these it is necessary to tell stories. \n\n\n\nYellow chamomile head showing the Fibonacci numbers in spirals consisting of 21 (blue) and 13 (aqua). Such arrangements have been noticed since the Middle Ages and can be used to make mathematical models of a wide variety of plants. [source]\n\n\nMathematics provides analytic precision allowing long chains of deduction\, but tends to deny temporal becoming and cannot do justice to the openness of the future\, while narratives focus on processes and events\, but lack exactitude that would allow precise deductions. In advancing mathematics adequate to life\, Robert Rosen argued that living beings as anticipatory systems must have models of themselves\, and strove to develop a form of mathematics able to model this. It has been convincingly argued that narratives are central to human self-creation and they are lived out before being explicitly told. There models of themselves are first and foremost\, narratives. If this is the case\, might not living beings as biological entities be characterized by proto-narratives in their models of themselves? Biosemiotics\, largely inspired by C.S. Peirce\, provides a bridge between mathematical and narrative comprehension\, conceiving them as different forms of semiosis. The study of life through biosemiotics should reveal how mathematics and narratives should be understood in relation to each other. This could have implications for how we understand mathematics and narratives and their relation both to each other and to reality\, and thereby how we should understand science and the humanities and their relationship. \n\n\n\nIn this presentation and conversation\, Dr. Arran Gare and Dr. Matthew Segall will examine work in theoretical biology that might advance these efforts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArran Gare is an Australian philosopher and Reader (Associate Professor) in Philosophy and Cultural Inquiry at Swinburne University. His main areas of research are environmental philosophy\, history and philosophy of science\, mathematics and metaphysics\, the history and philosophy of culture\, and Chinese philosophy. He is aligned with the tradition of process metaphysics\, and has published widely on these topics and am the author of a number of books\, including Postmodernism and the Environmental Crisis (London: Routledge\, 1995)\, Nihilism Inc.: Environmental Destruction and the Metaphysics of Sustainability (Sydney: Eco-Logical Press\, 1996). and The Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Civilization: A manifesto for the future (London: Routledge\, 2017). He also founded the Joseph Needham Center of Complex Processes Research and the online journal Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy. His current work is devoted to providing the philosophical foundations for a global ecological civilization. \n\n\n\n\n\nArran Gare\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMatt Segall is Assistant Professor in the Philosophy\, Cosmology\, and Consciousness program at California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco where he teaches graduate level courses on process philosophy and German Idealism. His recent book\, Physics of the World-Soul: Alfred North Whitehead’s Adventure in Cosmology\, put Whitehead’s process cosmology into conversation with various contemporary scientific theories\, such as general relativity and quantum theory. This book is exemplary of much of Matt’s recent work\, which puts ideas from process philosophy into conversation with the natural sciences. \n\n\n\n\n\nMatt Segall\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTo reserve your seat and receive the Zoom information\, click the Going button and enter your name and email. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis event is sponsored by the Science Advisory Committee of the Cobb Institute. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/mathematics-narratives-life-reconciling-science-and-the-humanities/ CATEGORIES:Webinar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Mathematics-Narratives-Life-featured-image-1300×500.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230302T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230302T090000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230109T083150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T233404Z UID:10000414-1677744000-1677747600@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Process & Coffee DESCRIPTION:Process & Coffee is about spiritual integration and exploration. We meet weekly to dive into books by mystics and sages. The discussion that follows helps to deepen our own spiritual lives. \n\n\n\nClick here to learn more or join. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-process-coffee-23/2023-03-02/ CATEGORIES:Learning Circle ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Process-and-Coffee-featured-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230228T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230228T120000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230214T161133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230314T041117Z UID:10000471-1677578400-1677585600@cobb.institute SUMMARY:John Cobb & Friends Gathering: Timothy Murphy DESCRIPTION:Topic: Sharing Process Values in the Real World: A Minister/Activist’s Journey \n\n\n\nPresenters: Timothy Murphy \n\n\n\nRev. Dr. Timothy Murphy has been Pastor and Teacher of Plymouth Church (UCC) in Fort Wayne\, Indiana since 2018. Before that he had served as Transitional Pastor of All Peoples Christian Church in Los Angeles\, CA. He earned his Ph.D. at Claremont Graduate University. He has served as Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion and Politics at Claremont School of Theology\, where he taught courses in Religion\, Ethics\, and Politics. For three years he was Executive Director of Progressive Christians Uniting\, a faith and social justice organization based in southern California\, focusing on mass incarceration and climate change. From 2007-2010\, he was the Minister for Youth and Social Justice at Pilgrim UCC in Carlsbad\, CA. Holding standing in both the United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)\, Timothy has served in various congregational and ministry settings in Kentucky\, Missouri\, Texas\, and California. He is author of Counter-Imperial Churching for a Planetary Gospel: Radical Discipleship for Today and Sustaining Hope in an Unjust World: How to Keep Going When You Want to Give Up\, and a children’s story book\, Jesus Learns to Glow.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInformation about how to access each gathering is made available via email. To find out about a single meeting\, send an email to events@cobb.institute. If you would like to receive regular meeting announcements and updates about the Institute\, please join our list of Friends. \n\n\n\nCan’t make it to the live session? Click here to access our archive of Cobb & Friends recordings. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/john-cobb-friends-gathering-2023-02-28/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Cobb & Friends ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Cobb-Friends-featured-image-1300x500-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Cobb Institute":MAILTO:events@cobb.institute END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230223T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230223T093000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230109T091025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230517T164748Z UID:10000464-1677141000-1677144600@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Readings on Faiths Around the World DESCRIPTION:Readings on Faiths Around the World is a book group that reads and discusses books covering the vast diversity of world faiths. Beginning Thursday\, January 19th and ending February 23rd\, we will read and discuss Bart D. Ehrman’s How Jesus Became God together. The group will meet weekly online via Zoom at 8:30 AM Pacific / 10:30 AM Central. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFIND OUT MORE & JOIN\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis learning circle is made possible by a collaboration among friends: URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-readings-on-faiths-around-the-world-3/2023-02-23/ CATEGORIES:Learning Circle ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Readings-on-Faiths-Around-the-World-featured-1200x600-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230223T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230223T090000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230109T083150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T233404Z UID:10000413-1677139200-1677142800@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Process & Coffee DESCRIPTION:Process & Coffee is about spiritual integration and exploration. We meet weekly to dive into books by mystics and sages. The discussion that follows helps to deepen our own spiritual lives. \n\n\n\nClick here to learn more or join. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-process-coffee-23/2023-02-23/ CATEGORIES:Learning Circle ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Process-and-Coffee-featured-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230221T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230221T120000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230208T062435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230314T041130Z UID:10000469-1676973600-1676980800@cobb.institute SUMMARY:John Cobb & Friends Gathering: Bonnie Rambob DESCRIPTION:Topic: A Pastor/Teacher Reflects on Children’s Spirituality and “Screen” Culture \n\n\n\nPresenters: Bonnie Rambob \n\n\n\nRev. Bonnie Rambob shifted her paid job during the pandemic from parish ministry to teaching kindergarten at her local public school. Bonnie enjoys working in\, writing about\, podcasting on\, and exploring areas such as: multi-faith leadership\, the spirituality of children and parenting\, process theology\, political activism\, and progressive Christianity. She co-hosts the podcasts\, Haystacks\, a podcast for former and fringe Seventh-day Adventists\, and Irenicast\, a progressive Christian podcast. She is also co-editor of the book Partnering with God. Bonnie loves climbing trees\, knitting\, and hiking with her partner and two young adult sons. She is a presenter on Day 3 of the 50th Anniversary Conference of the Center for Process Studies on the topic “Proximity and Relational Learning Communities: A Process Perspective on Social Presence.”  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInformation about how to access each gathering is made available via email. To find out about a single meeting\, send an email to events@cobb.institute. If you would like to receive regular meeting announcements and updates about the Institute\, please join our list of Friends. \n\n\n\nCan’t make it to the live session? Click here to access our archive of Cobb & Friends recordings. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/john-cobb-friends-gathering-2023-02-21/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Cobb & Friends ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Cobb-Friends-featured-image-1300x500-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Cobb Institute":MAILTO:events@cobb.institute END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230221T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230221T093000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230517T053851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230517T053858Z UID:10000655-1676968200-1676971800@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Learning Circle: An Awakening Planet? DESCRIPTION:A Discussion Group Contemplating the Vision of Teilhard de Chardin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacilitated by Dr. Ernie Tamminga\, this group meets every two weeks to carefully consider how and whether Teilhard de Chardin’s hope-filled perspective on the human evolutionary future can still inspire us in a time full of conflicts and division. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFIND OUT MORE URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-an-awakening-planet-2/2023-02-21/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Learning Circle ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/An-Awakening-Planet-featured-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230216T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230216T093000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230109T091025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230517T164748Z UID:10000463-1676536200-1676539800@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Readings on Faiths Around the World DESCRIPTION:Readings on Faiths Around the World is a book group that reads and discusses books covering the vast diversity of world faiths. Beginning Thursday\, January 19th and ending February 23rd\, we will read and discuss Bart D. Ehrman’s How Jesus Became God together. The group will meet weekly online via Zoom at 8:30 AM Pacific / 10:30 AM Central. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFIND OUT MORE & JOIN\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis learning circle is made possible by a collaboration among friends: URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-readings-on-faiths-around-the-world-3/2023-02-16/ CATEGORIES:Learning Circle ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Readings-on-Faiths-Around-the-World-featured-1200x600-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230216T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230216T090000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230109T083150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T233404Z UID:10000412-1676534400-1676538000@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Process & Coffee DESCRIPTION:Process & Coffee is about spiritual integration and exploration. We meet weekly to dive into books by mystics and sages. The discussion that follows helps to deepen our own spiritual lives. \n\n\n\nClick here to learn more or join. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-process-coffee-23/2023-02-16/ CATEGORIES:Learning Circle ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Process-and-Coffee-featured-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230215T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230217T180000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20221117T042509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230120T235847Z UID:10000345-1676451600-1676656800@cobb.institute SUMMARY:50th Anniversary Conference of the Center for Process Studies DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsored by the Center for Process Studies\, the Cobb Institute\, the Institute for Ecological Civilization\, and the Institute for the Postmodern Development of China\, the “50th Anniversary Conference of the Center for Process Studies” celebrates the 50-year legacy of CPS and its creative transformation in the context of a new generation of process thinkers. \n\n\n\nThree core layers of investigation\, each with four respective sessions\, are proposed in light of this purpose: \n\n\n\n\nReenchanting Religion: Process Theologies in the 21st Century | Feb 15th\n\n\n\nScience and Philosophy: Nature and the Nature of Reality | Feb 16th\n\n\n\nProcess in Practice: Society\, Sustainability and Ecological Civilization | Feb 17th\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFind Out More & Register URL:https://cobb.institute/event/50th-anniversary-conference-of-the-center-for-process-studies/ CATEGORIES:Conference ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/50th-Anniversary-Conference-featured-image-1300x500-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230214T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230214T120000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230208T063627Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230314T041211Z UID:10000470-1676368800-1676376000@cobb.institute SUMMARY:John Cobb & Friends Gathering: What is My Vocation? A Conversation with John Cobb & Friends DESCRIPTION:Topic: What is My Vocation? A Conversation with John Cobb & Friends \n\n\n\nPresenters: See Below \n\n\n\nFrom John Cobb’s Pilgrim Place campus in Claremont we’ll be ZOOM’ing a live conversation with some “process” friends. Cobb Institute chairperson Jay McDaniel will be guiding our “Conversation in Process.” As preparation he recommends that we read John Cobb’s reflections\, “What Is My Vocation?” \n\n\n\nConversation partners will include John Cobb\, Ignacio Castuera\, Meijun Fan\, Al Gephart\, John Fahey\, Marcus Ford\, Jacki Gingrich\, Ron Hines\, Catherine Keller\, Janice Lau\, Richard Lau\, Sandra Lubarsky\, Bob Mesle\, Mary Elizabeth Moore\, and Zhihe Wang. Via our usual ZOOM link all of our Friends will be welcome to contribute to the conversation!  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInformation about how to access each gathering is made available via email. To find out about a single meeting\, send an email to events@cobb.institute. If you would like to receive regular meeting announcements and updates about the Institute\, please join our list of Friends. \n\n\n\nCan’t make it to the live session? Click here to access our archive of Cobb & Friends recordings. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/john-cobb-friends-gathering-2023-02-14/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Cobb & Friends ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Cobb-Friends-featured-image-1300x500-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Cobb Institute":MAILTO:events@cobb.institute END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230213T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230213T180000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230119T045437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230120T235750Z UID:10000465-1676304000-1676311200@cobb.institute SUMMARY:John Cobb’s 98th Birthday Celebration DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate Dr. Cobb’s 98th birthday with friends from the process community! Claremont United Church of Christ has graciously opened up their space for this celebration. We’ll be in the Roberts Room from 4pm – 6pm on Monday\, February 13th. This celebration kicks off the full week of events in connection with the Center for Process Studies 50th Anniversary Conference. \n\n\n\nAttendance is free\, but in order to know how many people to expect RSVPs are required. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRSVP NOW URL:https://cobb.institute/event/john-cobbs-98th-birthday-celebration/ CATEGORIES:Celebration ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/John-Cobbs-98th-Birthday.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230209T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230209T093000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230109T091025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230517T164748Z UID:10000462-1675931400-1675935000@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Readings on Faiths Around the World DESCRIPTION:Readings on Faiths Around the World is a book group that reads and discusses books covering the vast diversity of world faiths. Beginning Thursday\, January 19th and ending February 23rd\, we will read and discuss Bart D. Ehrman’s How Jesus Became God together. The group will meet weekly online via Zoom at 8:30 AM Pacific / 10:30 AM Central. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFIND OUT MORE & JOIN\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis learning circle is made possible by a collaboration among friends: URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-readings-on-faiths-around-the-world-3/2023-02-09/ CATEGORIES:Learning Circle ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Readings-on-Faiths-Around-the-World-featured-1200x600-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230209T090000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230109T083150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T233404Z UID:10000411-1675929600-1675933200@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Process & Coffee DESCRIPTION:Process & Coffee is about spiritual integration and exploration. We meet weekly to dive into books by mystics and sages. The discussion that follows helps to deepen our own spiritual lives. \n\n\n\nClick here to learn more or join. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-process-coffee-23/2023-02-09/ CATEGORIES:Learning Circle ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Process-and-Coffee-featured-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230207T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230207T120000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230131T232423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230131T232427Z UID:10000468-1675764000-1675771200@cobb.institute SUMMARY:John Cobb & Friends Gathering: Thomas Jay Oord DESCRIPTION:Topic: Open & Relational Theology: A State of the Movement Address \n\n\n\nPresenters: Thomas Jay Oord \n\n\n\nThomas Jay Oord is a theologian\, philosopher\, and scholar of multi-disciplinary studies. He is an award-winning author who has written or edited more than twenty-five books. Find out more about him at his website at thomasjayoord.com. Oord also directs a doctoral program at Northwind Theological Seminary and the Center for Open & Relational Theology. He won the Outstanding Faculty Award twelve times as a full-time professor and now speaks at institutions across the globe. Oord is known for his contributions to research on love\, open and relational theology\, science and religion\, and freedom and relationships for transformation.  \n\n\n\nOn February 10-11 the Center for Open and Relational Theology will host the International Online Open and Relational Theology Conference (ORTLine23)\, and on July 10-14 it will host the Open and Relational Theology Conference (ORTCON23). For an article on the growing influence of “open and relational” theologians\, see https://ctr4process.org/open-and-relational-theologians-among-most-influential-in-recent-decades/. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInformation about how to access each gathering is made available via email. To find out about a single meeting\, send an email to events@cobb.institute. If you would like to receive regular meeting announcements and updates about the Institute\, please join our list of Friends. \n\n\n\nCan’t make it to the live session? Click here to access our archive of Cobb & Friends recordings. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/john-cobb-friends-gathering-2022-02-07/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Cobb & Friends ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Cobb-Friends-featured-image-1300x500-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Cobb Institute":MAILTO:events@cobb.institute END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230207T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230207T093000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230517T053851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230517T053858Z UID:10000654-1675758600-1675762200@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Learning Circle: An Awakening Planet? DESCRIPTION:A Discussion Group Contemplating the Vision of Teilhard de Chardin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacilitated by Dr. Ernie Tamminga\, this group meets every two weeks to carefully consider how and whether Teilhard de Chardin’s hope-filled perspective on the human evolutionary future can still inspire us in a time full of conflicts and division. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFIND OUT MORE URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-an-awakening-planet-2/2023-02-07/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Learning Circle ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/An-Awakening-Planet-featured-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230202T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230202T093000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230109T091025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230517T164748Z UID:10000461-1675326600-1675330200@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Readings on Faiths Around the World DESCRIPTION:Readings on Faiths Around the World is a book group that reads and discusses books covering the vast diversity of world faiths. Beginning Thursday\, January 19th and ending February 23rd\, we will read and discuss Bart D. Ehrman’s How Jesus Became God together. The group will meet weekly online via Zoom at 8:30 AM Pacific / 10:30 AM Central. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFIND OUT MORE & JOIN\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis learning circle is made possible by a collaboration among friends: URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-readings-on-faiths-around-the-world-3/2023-02-02/ CATEGORIES:Learning Circle ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Readings-on-Faiths-Around-the-World-featured-1200x600-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230202T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230202T090000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230109T083150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T233404Z UID:10000410-1675324800-1675328400@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Process & Coffee DESCRIPTION:Process & Coffee is about spiritual integration and exploration. We meet weekly to dive into books by mystics and sages. The discussion that follows helps to deepen our own spiritual lives. \n\n\n\nClick here to learn more or join. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-process-coffee-23/2023-02-02/ CATEGORIES:Learning Circle ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Process-and-Coffee-featured-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230131T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230131T120000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230121T003129Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230314T041154Z UID:10000467-1675159200-1675166400@cobb.institute SUMMARY:John Cobb & Friends Gathering: Andrew Davis & Andrew Schwartz DESCRIPTION:Topic: Center for Process Studies Celebrates 50 Years \n\n\n\nPresenters: Andrew Davis & Andrew Schwartz \n\n\n\nAndrew Schwartz is the executive director of the Center for Process Studies\, and Andrew Davis is the Center’s program director. Check out the CPS website for details of a week that celebrates the 98th birthday of John Cobb\, and pays tribute to David Ray Griffin\, co-founders of the Center\, a faculty program of the Claremont School of Theology. You may register for this in person event in Claremont to get in touch with current and emerging leaders who are extending the process legacy. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInformation about how to access each gathering is made available via email. To find out about a single meeting\, send an email to events@cobb.institute. If you would like to receive regular meeting announcements and updates about the Institute\, please join our list of Friends. \n\n\n\nCan’t make it to the live session? Click here to access our archive of Cobb & Friends recordings. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/john-cobb-friends-gathering-2023-01-31/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Cobb & Friends ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Cobb-Friends-featured-image-1300x500-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Cobb Institute":MAILTO:events@cobb.institute END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230126T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230126T093000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230109T091025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230517T164748Z UID:10000460-1674721800-1674725400@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Readings on Faiths Around the World DESCRIPTION:Readings on Faiths Around the World is a book group that reads and discusses books covering the vast diversity of world faiths. Beginning Thursday\, January 19th and ending February 23rd\, we will read and discuss Bart D. Ehrman’s How Jesus Became God together. The group will meet weekly online via Zoom at 8:30 AM Pacific / 10:30 AM Central. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFIND OUT MORE & JOIN\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis learning circle is made possible by a collaboration among friends: URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-readings-on-faiths-around-the-world-3/2023-01-26/ CATEGORIES:Learning Circle ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Readings-on-Faiths-Around-the-World-featured-1200x600-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230126T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230126T090000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230109T083150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T233404Z UID:10000409-1674720000-1674723600@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Process & Coffee DESCRIPTION:Process & Coffee is about spiritual integration and exploration. We meet weekly to dive into books by mystics and sages. The discussion that follows helps to deepen our own spiritual lives. \n\n\n\nClick here to learn more or join. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-process-coffee-23/2023-01-26/ CATEGORIES:Learning Circle ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Process-and-Coffee-featured-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230124T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230124T120000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230121T002454Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230314T041142Z UID:10000466-1674554400-1674561600@cobb.institute SUMMARY:John Cobb & Friends Gathering: Jeremy Fackenthal and Jim Fahey DESCRIPTION:Topic: Common Good Film Festival Preview \n\n\n\nPresenters: Jeremy Fackenthal and Jim Fahey \n\n\n\nJeremy Fackenthal and Jim Fahey will preview the 22nd annual festival with us. The films celebrate the wisdom of Alfred North Whitehead\, and will be held February 17-20\, 2022 at the Laemmle Theater in Claremont\, California. See details at the festival website. \n\n\n\nJeremy Fackenthal is the director of the Common Good Film Festival (CGFF)\, the managing director of the Institute for Ecological Civilization\, and is an independent documentary filmmaker and videographer. Jeremy completed a PhD in Philosophy of Religion and Theology at Claremont Graduate University\, and began using his philosophical background beyond the academy to raise questions and craft narratives. In recent years\, Jeremy’s work has included video content produced for clients and shorter independent projects. In 2017 Jeremy shot and edited Spitting Fire\, a short documentary on spoken word poetry as a means of personal formation for adolescents. His current ongoing project is a fea­ture-length documentary on the life and work of Walter Benjamin and the possibility of art as a site for radical political action. \n\n\n\nJim Fahey is an emerging film critic and curator who works as CGFF’s assistant director. He has spent the past year building his resumé at the University of Edinburgh\, where he completed a Master’s program in Film\, Exhibition & Curation. During that time he served as a film critic for The Student\, the longest-running student newspaper in the UK\, and also began Airplane Mode\, a film-review blog currently available on Substack. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInformation about how to access each gathering is made available via email. To find out about a single meeting\, send an email to events@cobb.institute. If you would like to receive regular meeting announcements and updates about the Institute\, please join our list of Friends. \n\n\n\nCan’t make it to the live session? Click here to access our archive of Cobb & Friends recordings. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/john-cobb-friends-gathering-2023-01-24/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Cobb & Friends ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Cobb-Friends-featured-image-1300x500-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Cobb Institute":MAILTO:events@cobb.institute END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230124T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230124T093000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230517T053851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230517T053858Z UID:10000653-1674549000-1674552600@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Learning Circle: An Awakening Planet? DESCRIPTION:A Discussion Group Contemplating the Vision of Teilhard de Chardin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacilitated by Dr. Ernie Tamminga\, this group meets every two weeks to carefully consider how and whether Teilhard de Chardin’s hope-filled perspective on the human evolutionary future can still inspire us in a time full of conflicts and division. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFIND OUT MORE URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-an-awakening-planet-2/2023-01-24/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Learning Circle ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/An-Awakening-Planet-featured-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230119T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230119T093000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230109T091025Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230517T164748Z UID:10000459-1674117000-1674120600@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Readings on Faiths Around the World DESCRIPTION:Readings on Faiths Around the World is a book group that reads and discusses books covering the vast diversity of world faiths. Beginning Thursday\, January 19th and ending February 23rd\, we will read and discuss Bart D. Ehrman’s How Jesus Became God together. The group will meet weekly online via Zoom at 8:30 AM Pacific / 10:30 AM Central. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFIND OUT MORE & JOIN\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis learning circle is made possible by a collaboration among friends: URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-readings-on-faiths-around-the-world-3/2023-01-19/ CATEGORIES:Learning Circle ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Readings-on-Faiths-Around-the-World-featured-1200x600-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230119T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230119T090000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230109T083150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T233404Z UID:10000408-1674115200-1674118800@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Process & Coffee DESCRIPTION:Process & Coffee is about spiritual integration and exploration. We meet weekly to dive into books by mystics and sages. The discussion that follows helps to deepen our own spiritual lives. \n\n\n\nClick here to learn more or join. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-process-coffee-23/2023-01-19/ CATEGORIES:Learning Circle ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Process-and-Coffee-featured-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230112T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230112T090000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230109T083150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231212T233404Z UID:10000407-1673510400-1673514000@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Process & Coffee DESCRIPTION:Process & Coffee is about spiritual integration and exploration. We meet weekly to dive into books by mystics and sages. The discussion that follows helps to deepen our own spiritual lives. \n\n\n\nClick here to learn more or join. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-process-coffee-23/2023-01-12/ CATEGORIES:Learning Circle ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Process-and-Coffee-featured-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230110T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230110T180000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20221227T203254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221227T203550Z UID:10000350-1673370000-1673373600@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Process Pop-Up: Family\, Parenting\, Young Spirituality\, and Process DESCRIPTION:How might a process perspective help parents to raise their children to be spiritual\, resilient\, creative\, and compassionate? Join Jay McDaniel and Bonnie Rambob as they join together to facilitate a conversation about such topics as: \n\n\n\nNurturing the spiritual child—practices for spiritual parentsSpiritual development across life stagesGod as parent—new ways of thinking with process-oriented perspectiveBringing spirituality into parenting after a faith crisis\, holding space for spirit in the desolate wildernessIntergenerational and Interfaith Ministry/Community—the VillageTenderness as tending the hearth at home\n\n\n\n\nRSVP at Process & faith\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the following: URL:https://cobb.institute/event/process-pop-up-family-parenting-young-spirituality-and-process/ CATEGORIES:Pop-Up,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Process-Pop-Up-Parenting-Family-header.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230110T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230110T093000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20230517T053851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230517T053858Z UID:10000652-1673339400-1673343000@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Learning Circle: An Awakening Planet? DESCRIPTION:A Discussion Group Contemplating the Vision of Teilhard de Chardin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacilitated by Dr. Ernie Tamminga\, this group meets every two weeks to carefully consider how and whether Teilhard de Chardin’s hope-filled perspective on the human evolutionary future can still inspire us in a time full of conflicts and division. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFIND OUT MORE URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-an-awakening-planet-2/2023-01-10/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Learning Circle ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/An-Awakening-Planet-featured-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230105T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230105T180000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20221230T195646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221230T205052Z UID:10000351-1672938000-1672941600@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Living Earth Youth Dialogues: Covid & Loneliness DESCRIPTION:Sharing From the Heart is a monthly initiative where young people from China and the United States come together around the pressing ecological\, cultural\, and spiritual issues of our time. Through sharing thoughts\, personal stories\, and actions in local settings\, Chinese and American youth will begin building cross-cultural bonds to support a vision of a new\, ecological civilization. \n\n\n\nBeyond Covid\, there is another lasting and pressing pandemic in the US—the pandemic of loneliness\, isolation\, and political fanaticism. In China\, many young people are facing similar challenges. Many gave up urban life and moved to the countryside in search of community and connection with the land. In this conversation\, we share stories\, experiences and hold space for each other\, letting the digital fireside generate warmth\, hope\, and support. \n\n\n\nSPEAKER: Alexi Caracotsios \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlexi Caracotsios is a lifelong student and educator. Peripatetic by nature\, both mentally and physically\, he has lived in several countries\, is always reading multiple books\, and perpetually engaged in new hobbies\, most of which revolve around music and exploring nature. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFind Out More\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrganizer \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWebsite URL:https://cobb.institute/event/living-earth-youth-dialogues-covid-loneliness/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Conversation Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Header-2-Jareds-Version.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221228T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221228T090000 DTSTAMP:20260420T093326 CREATED:20220605T233322Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220606T012802Z UID:10000171-1672214400-1672218000@cobb.institute SUMMARY:Learning Circle: Process & Coffee DESCRIPTION:Process & Coffee is about spiritual integration and exploration. We meet weekly to dive into books by mystics and sages. The discussion that follows helps to deepen our own spiritual lives. \n\n\n\nTo learn more or join\, send an email to learninglab@cobb.institute. URL:https://cobb.institute/event/learning-circle-process-coffee/2022-12-28/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Learning Circle ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://cobb.institute/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Process-and-Coffee-featured-image.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR