Meeting Recordings - 2023
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December
12/19
Our Community of Process and Practice
Jill Thompson, Director of Programs for the Alzheimer’s Association Arkansas Chapter
Jay McDaniel, Board Chair of the Cobb Institute and Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at Hendrix College in Arkansas
12/12
Cradled in the Arms of Compassion
Frank Rogers, Muriel Bernice Roberts Professor of Spiritual Formation & Narrative Pedagogy at Claremont School of Theology
12/5
Christmas in Process: From Cosmos to Cradle
Bruce Epperly, Author, Seminary Teacher, Pastor, and Lectionary Commentator
November
11/21
Right Sharing of World Resources
Jacqueline Stillwell, General Secretary of Right Sharing of World Resources
11/14
Towards a Philosophy of Cosmic Life
David Bartosch, Distinguished Research Fellow at Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai in South China
11/7
Pomona’s Kindness Carnival
A Report from the Folks Who Made it Happen
October
10/31
Icon Writing as Spiritual Practice
Becky Goodwin, United Methodist Pastor
Paul Colbert, Episcopal Priest
10/24
Maintaining Moral Balance in Israel/Palestine
Kevin Carnahan, Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Central Methodist University in Fayette, Missouri
10/17
Process Theology and Extraterrestrial Life: A History
Andrew M. Davis, Program Director of the Center for Process Studies
10/10
Process Thought & Aesthetic Qualities and Beyond
Elvi Bjorkquist, Artist, Graphic Designer, and Graduate of the Cobb Institute Certificate Program
10/3
Intuiting Life: Process-Philosophical Perspectives on Biology
Matt Segall, Assistant Professor in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness program at the California Institute of Integral Studies
Spyridon A. Koutroufinis, Privatdozent (Associate Professor) for philosophy at the Technical University of Berlin
September
9/26
Balancing Economic Development and Ecological Restoration in China
Vivian Song, Program Director at the Yunhe Center in China
9/19
John Coltrane's Love Supreme: A Process Approach to (Popular) Music
Sam Coker, Graduate of Hendrix College and Garrett-Evangelical seminary, with a Master of Divinity and a Master of Theological Studies
9/12
Wisdom of Trees, Ants, and Human Communities
Mary Elizabeth Moore, Dean Emeritus of Boston University School of Theology
9/5
Grief, Beauty, and a Process Theology For the People
Patricia Adams Farmer, Author of Embracing a Beautiful God
AUGUST
8/29
Critical Thinking as an Integrative Process
Lynn De Jonghe, Founding Head of East Bay Sierra School
8/22
Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in the Digital Age
Ellen Brown, Founder of the Public Banking Institute
8/15
Is God in Control? A Pastoral Appreciation of the Process Understanding of God
Barkley Thompson, Rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Little Rock, Arkansas
8/1
Center for Process Studies Ventures Forward
William Andrew Schwartz, Executive Director of the Center for Process Studies
JULY
7/25
Process Certificate Program: Prospects for its Future
Leslie King, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Waco, Texas
Rolla Lewis, Professor Emeritus in Educational Psychology at California State University, East Bay
7/18
The Bible in Process Perspective: Learning from Stories
Bruce Epperly, Author, Seminary Teacher, Pastor, and Lectionary Commentator
JUNE
6/27
Babbling on About Pluralism
John Becker, Research Fellow of the Institute for Postmodern Development of China
6/20
Awakening Our Deep Earth Connections by Reading Poetry in Community
Kathleen Wakefield, Poet
6/13
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds
Merlin Sheldrake, Biologist and Research Associate of the Vrije University Amsterdam
Matt Segall, Assistant Professor in the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness program at the California Institute of Integral Studies
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6/6
My 20 year Spiritual Adventure in China
David Schwerin, Founder DJ Investment Advisors
MAY
5/30
Pando: Leveraging Society’s Pillars for Change!
Eugene Shirley, Founding President of Pando Populus
Heidrun Mumper-Drumm, Chair of LA’s Chief Sustainability Officer Task Force
Ed Bacon, Vice-Chair of Pando Populus
5/23
21 Psalms for the 21st Century
Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki, Founder of the Common Good Film Festival, and Co-director Emerita of the Center for Process Studies
5/16
The Death of Omnipotence and the Birth of Amipotence
Thomas Jay Oord, Theologian, Philosopher, and Scholar of Multi-disciplinary Studies
5/9
Confessions
John Cobb, Founder of the Cobb Institute
5/2
Cobb & China
Meijun Fan, Program Director for the Institute for Postmodern Development of China
APRIL
4/25
Responding to a Weeping Planet: Practical Theology as a
Discipline Called by Crisis
Mary Elizabeth Moore, Dean Emerita and Professor of Theology and Education, Boston University School of Theology
4/18
Processing Grief: An Afro-futurist Perspective
Monica A. Coleman, John and Patricia Cochran Scholar for Inclusive Excellence and Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Delaware
4/11
Process & Law: The New Ecological Social Contract
Herman Greene, Founder and President of the Center for Ecozoic Studies
4/4
Passover, Ramadan, and Holy Week: An Interfaith Conversation
Ellyn Polsky, Sophia Said, and Jay McDaniel
MARCH
3/28
Economic Strategies We Can Learn from First Nations Peoples
Mark Anielski, President and Chief Well-being Officer of Anielski Management Inc.
3/21
Medieval Monastic and University Spirituality: Management Practices for Ecological Civilization?
Ron Nahser, Founding Provost of Presidio Graduate School
3/14
Creating Your Own Theology in Light of Suffering
Tim Burnette, Core Curator of Way Collective in Santa Barbara, California
3/7
Creating Your Own Theology in Light of Suffering
Bethany Sollereder, Lecturer in Science and Religion at the University of Edinburgh
FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY
2/28
Sharing Process Values in the Real World: A Minister/Activist’s Journey
Timothy Murphy, Pastor of Plymouth Church (UCC) in Fort Wayne, Indiana
2/21
A Pastor/Teacher Reflects on Children’s Spirituality and “Screen” Culture
Bonnie Rambob, Kindergarten Teacher, Author, and Podcaster
2/14
What is My Vocation? A Conversation with John Cobb & Friends
Conversation partners include the following: 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
2/7
Open & Relational Theology: A State of the Movement Address
Thomas Jay Oord, Theologian, Philosopher, and Scholar of Multi-disciplinary Studies
JANUARY
1/31
Center for Process Studies Celebrates 50 Years
Andrew Schwartz, Executive Director of the Center for Process Studies
Andrew Davis, Program Director for the Center for Process Studies
1/24
Common Good Film Festival Preview
Jeremy Fackenthal, Director of the Common Good Film Festival
Jim Fahey, Assistant Director of the Common Good Film Festival