panentheism

My teacher is red, round, and a billion years old. Without saying a word my teacher has taught important lessons about hope, purpose, and ecological connections. Yes, my teacher is a friendly, billion-year-old rock ready to share lessons for well-being that will enrich our journey of life.
I have a small prayer garden at the Bright Star Farm in west Texas. The centerpiece is a soccer-ball size, red granite stone. I've often spent time reflecting on the silent story told by my rocky friend. Thanks for listening!

Segments include:

Meet my billion-year-old friend

A Rocky Road to the Farm

Everything Connects

Made to Do This

Hope for Billions to Come

CITED

“Geology of the Rocky Mountains.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_the_Rocky_Mountains

“Alkali Feldspar Granite.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkali_feldspar_granite

“Alkali feldspar granite, some varieties of which are called 'red granite',[1] is a felsic igneous rock and a type of granite rich in the mineral potassium feldspar (K-spar). It is a dense rock with a phaneritic texture. The abundance of K-spar gives the rock a predominant pink to reddish hue; peppered with minor amounts of black minerals”  

“How Do Rocky Planets Really Form?” https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/how-do-rocky-planets-really-form#

(Maps on YouTube: Ron Blakely, designer, in Geoff Manaugh, “Assembling North America.” https://bldgblog.com/2006)

Jay McDaniel, “Panentheism: Twelve Metaphors.” https://www.openhorizons.org/panentheism-twelve-metaphors.html

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Process Theology deals with two cosmoses. The physical universe being one cosmos, being our temporary home. The outside of the universe being the second cosmos, being our permanent home, being the region from which we came and the region to which we will eventually return. The names given to each cosmos by Process Theology describes what occurs within each cosmos.

Short statements of process theology and myself

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            In this episode we talk with Jay Matenga, Executive Director of the World Evangelical Alliance Mission Commission. Jay is known for bringing unconventional thinking to his work—perspectives that confront status quo assumptions, and call into question what he calls the “industrial ethics” that cause us to be separated from the earth--and from one another. From his grounding in indigenous Maori culture, he offers thought-provoking insights that “cut new grooves of understanding” about how we might live differently with our ecologies.

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Guest: Dr. Jay Matenga - director of Missions & Evangelism for World Evangelical Alliance Executive Director of WEA's Mission Commission
Jay's website & blog 
Dr. Matenga's Doctoral dissertation - The Mutuality of Belonging 

Mentions:
Colossians 1:15-17
UN sustainability goals
Whakapapa - Maori term for genealogy/ legacy /heritage
Dr. Matenga's article discussing Whakapapa
Charles Taylor - Canadian philosopher
Owen Barfield -English lawyer & an Inkling
the Inklings
panentheism - the idea that God is in everything
MacKinsey's 2021 Global Energy Perspective report
critical race theory
zero sum game
ecotone definition
decolonization of knowledge
New Zealand is an example of conversation around biculturalism (definition) and doing recompense (definition)
epistemological rupture
Dr. James Loder - book The Transforming Moment 
interpersonal neurobiology - inter-relational interactions is what shapes us as people 

Keywords: Maori, indigenous, New Zealand, industrial ethics, mauri-ora, whole life mission, animism,

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