World Wisdoms Project Archive
The World Wisdoms Project has been a nonprofit organization that educated and inspired the Northern Colorado multi-faith and belief communities. They recognized the basic humanity and innate spirituality shared by all and the desire for each of us to understand our place in the universe. Through learning programs, exploration of the arts and sciences, experiential opportunities, and social gatherings, they encouraged dialogue and shared experiences that supported personal and collective spiritual transformations. Thus, the nature of wisdom in its many definitions and manifestations might be revealed, realized, and lived. World Wisdoms Project created safe community in which to engage the challenges of our time in the context of sacred beliefs and wisdom. They looked at current events through the lens of spirituality and hoped that by doing so, they were a catalyst for a better community.
As they ended their mission in 2022, they made their archives available to the 301 Faith Partners, who share them here. There are many informative programs that you are free to use. Browse through them to see what inspires you. Use them as a spring board to further exploration. Enjoy them.
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Listening to the Voices of Grief, Gratitude and Hope Through Music and Reflection - Sept. 9, 2021, Presenters: Lesley Struc, Pranesh Maskey, Fancy Bits
Listening to Voices of Prophecy Asking if Religious Belief May Have Influenced the Mindset of White Superiority - February 8, 2022; Panelists: Miguel De La Torre & Amanda Henderson
Listening to Voices from the Past and Present About How Pandemics Have Impacted the Practice of Religion and Belief - March 1, 2022: Presenters: Albert Hernández, Nina Rubin, Douglas Finn
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Town Hall 3: The Roots of White Privilege: Understanding our History, Facing our Future - July 19, 2020 - Presenter: Jeannine Hill Fletcher, Fordham University
Town Hall 4: Action and Allyship - September 3, 2020 - Presenters: Diverse Fort Collins, La Familia, BIPOC Alliance, Northern Colorado Intertribal Powwow Association, New Eyes Village, Fort Collins International Center
Living Spiritually: Spiritual Practice Informing Social Justice -September 23, 2020 - Panelists: Larry Kieft, Sue Kenney, Gaurav Harshe, John Kefalas
You Do What? Spiritual Practice in Times of Crisis; Part 1 - November 18, 2020 - Panelists: Jane Anne Ferguson, Hillel Katzir, Laurel Liefert, Eric Smith
You Do What? Spiritual Practice in Times of Crisis; Part 2 - March 4, 2021 - Panelists: Melanie Rosa, Mac McGoldrick, Viviane Epraimson-Abt, Christine Dianni, Doreen E. Martinez
Awe, Ethics, and River Conservation - April 25, 2021 (rescheduled from 2020) - Panelists: Kurt Fausch and Katie McShane
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Talking “Spiritual” in Secular Settings: Chaplains in our Time and Place - September 22, 2019: Maria McClean Cox, Chaplain, Poudre Valley Hospital; Joseph Moore, Parish Associate, First Presbyterian Church; Atlas Tanudjaja, Queer Buddhist Theologian
Encountering the “Holy” in a Complicated World - November 14, 2019: Laurie Gudim, Spiritual Director and Religious Iconographer ; Sivea Key, Co-founder and Co-leader of the Institute of Living Universal Values; Trinity Wilbourn, Founder and Creative Director, Arkitekt
Encountering Awe: Science, Mysticism, Poetry - February 6, 2020: Steve Lundeen, Professor Emeritus, Physics, Colorado State University; Stephen Hatch, Christian Contemplative, Adjunct Professor, Religious Studies, Naropa University; Dan Beachy-Quick, Poet, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, English, Colorado State University
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Practices of the American Indian Experience - September 13, 2018 - Presenter: Tink Tinker, (Osage Nation), Ph.D., Emeritus Professor, Iliff School of Theology
Pilgrimages in the Jewish and Christian Traditions – Stories of Spiritual Journey - October 11, 2018 - Presenters: George Bannoura, Palestinian Christian; Rabbi Hillel Katzir
A Ministry of Presence: Spiritual Care for All - Joachim Viens – Memorial Lecture - April 9, 2019 - Presenter: Dr. Winifred Sullivan, B.A, Cornell, J.D. University of Chicago, PhD from University of Chicago
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Improving the Dialogue Across Lines of Faith and Belief - September 12, 2017 - Presenter: Elizabeth Sink, Lecturer, Colorado State University
Music in End-of-Life Care - November 7, 2017 - Presenters: Elaine Stratton Hild, Beth Mosko, Lindsay Wilhelm
Songs from the Heart – Chants in Buddhist, Christian, Islamic and Jewish Traditions - November 30, 2017 - Presenters: Jim Tolstrup, Joel Bacon, Shakir Muhammad, and Nadya Gross
Metaphors-Sources of Limitations or Tools of Liberation? - January 25, 2018 - Presenters: Jim Reid, Maria Cox
The Power of Personal Metaphors - April 5, 2018 - Presenters: Maria Cox, Jim Reid
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Quantum Interconnection and a New Perspective on Religious Rituals and Relationality - September 29, 2016 - Heidi Russell, Ph.D., Loyola University
Radical Human Enhancements – Religious Responses - October 4, 2016 - Presenter: Daniel McFee, Ph.D., Mercyhurst University
Christian and Buddhist Contemplative Practices: Immersive Experience - January 28, 2017 - Presenters: Joseph Mudd, PhD Gonzaga University, Mac McGoldrick, faculty Religious Studies CSU
How Wisdom Traditions and the Social Sciences Can Partner for Change - April 6, 2017 - Presenter: Jeannine Hill Fletcher Th.D. Fordham University
Are we Crafting the Communities Our Wisdom Traditions Imagine? - April 20, 2017 - Presenters: Mary Ontiveros, Annette Zacharias, Michele Christensen
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The Science-Religion Conversation: Themes, Challenges and Breakthroughs - September 16, 2015 - Dr. Joachim Viens, director emeritus, Theologian in Residence Program
A Scientist, Economist and Theologian Reflect on Climate Change - November 3, 2015 - Dr. Scott Denning, professor, Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University; Dr. Terri Iverson, assistant professor Economics, Colorado State University; Rev. Dr. Joseph, Wolyniak, Ph.D. candidate, University of Oxford
The History and Development of Meditative Practices - November 18, 2015 - Presenter: Mac McGoldrick, lecturer, Department of Philosophy, Colorado State University
New Understandings of the Brain’s Plasticity and Physical and Emotional Healing - February 4, 2016 - Presenter: Dr. Howard Nornes, professor emeritus, Anatomy/Neurology Colorado State University
Science, Faith and Ken Wilber’s Four Integral Quadrants - March 8, 2016 - Michael Abdo, former abbot of St. benedict’s Monastery, Snowmass Colorado ; Jim Reid, MTh., M.A., LCSW, Over 30 years in religious education
The Upshot: Challenges, Opportunities and Breakthroughs - April 20, 2016 - Presenters: Joachim Viens and Linda Joyce
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Evangelii Gaudium in Context: Theological Responses to Inequality - September 15, 2014 - Presenter: Kate Ward, doctoral candidate and Flatley Fellow in Theological Ethics, Boston College
How Economic Inequality is a Moral Issue - October 30, 2014 - Presenter: Douglas Hicks, Provost, Dean of Faculty, and Professor of Religion, Colgate University
Theological Response to Inequality II - March 2, 2015 - Presenter: Kate Ward, doctoral candidate and Flatley Fellow in Theological Ethics, Boston College
A Conversation About Immigration - March 26, 2015 - Panelists: Michael Baxter, Visiting Associate Professor, Catholic Studies, DePaul University; Kathleen Glynn, Immigration Attorney, Denver; Mike Wilson, Border Humanitarian, Arizona
Economic Reasons Why We Should Say No To An Economy of Exclusion - April 14, 2015 - Charles Clark, Senior Fellow, Vincentian Center for Church and Society, Professor of Economics, St. John’s University
Panel: Stability for People & Stability for Communities - April 28, 2015 - Panelists: Sister Mary Alice Murphy, Consultant for Homeless Services, United Way of Larimer County; Vanessa Finley, Executive Director, Homeward 2020; Ken John, Founder of Homeless Gear
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Whose Story are you Living? - September 19, 2013 ; Presenters: Dr. Joachim Viens, Director Emeritus, Theologian in Residence Program; retired Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Colorado State University, and Jim Reid, Private Practice Therapist
Radical Grace: The Theological Teaching of Richard Rohr -September 19, 2013 - Presenter: Robert Ludwig, Loyola University, Chicago
Christianity as a Mysticism: Intimacy with the Divine from Jesus to the Present (10/4/13)
Finding your True Self: Four Noble Truths for Christians (10/7/13)
Evolution and the Search for an Integral Spirituality: The Themes - October 29, 2013 - Dr. Joachim Viens, Director Emeritus, Theologian in Residence Program; retired Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Colorado State University
Ken Wilber’s Philosophy of Spirituality - November 5, 2013 - Presenters: Michael Abdo, former abbot of St. Benedict’s Monastery, Snowmass, CO, with Jim Reid, Private Practice Therapist
Meditation, Practice, and Levels of Consciousness - January 21 and 23, 2014: Session 1 ; Session 2 - Presenter: Father Michael Holleran, former monk of the Carthusian Order and Spiritual Director of the Dragon’s Eye Zendo, New York City
Where We Dwell in Common: Towards a Transdenominational Ecclesiology - February 24, 2014 - Presenters: Dr. Joachim Viens, Director Emeritus, Theologian in Residence Program; Meghan Aelabouni, Pastor, Trinity Lutheran Church; Rebecca McFee, Associate Pastor, First United Methodist Church
Constructing a Religious Identity in a Cosmopolitan World - March 31, 2014 - Presenter: Dr. Jeannine Hill Fletcher, Associate Professor of Theology, Fordham University, New York City
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What Was the Spirit of the Second Vatican Council and What Does It Matter Fifty Years Later? - Sept. 10, 2012 - Presenter: Dr. Joachim Viens, Director Emeritus, Theologian in Residence Program; Retired Assistant Professor, CSU Dept. of Philosophy
The Second Vatican Council: Themes and Issues for Discussion and Reflection - Sept. 18, 2012 - Presenters: Dr. Joachim Viens, Director Emeritus, Theologian in Residence Program; Retired Assistant Professor, CSU Dept. of Philosophy with James Reid, Retired Director of Religious Education, Blessed John XXIII University Parish
Trent at 450, Vatican II at 50: Two Anniversaries of Two Misunderstood Councils - Oct. 1, 2012 - Presenter: Rev. John O’Malley, S.J., Georgetown University
Reformation or Revolution? Historians, the Protestant Reformation, and Vatican II - Oct. 30, 2012 - Presenters: Dr. Diane Margolf, Chair, CSU Dept. of History, with reflections by: Rev. Meghan Johnston Aelabouni, CoPastor, Trinity Lutheran Church, Rev. Rebecca McFee, Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Dr. Joachim Viens, Director Emeritus, Theologian in Residence Program; Retired Assistant Professor, CSU Dept. of Philosophy
The Second Vatican Council and American Religion and Politics - Nov. 13, 2012 - Presenter: E.J. Dionne, Washington Post, Brookings Institution
Events that Expand Our Lives - Dr. Joachim Viens, Director Emeritus, Theologian in Residence Program; Retired Assistant Professor, CSU Dept. of Philosophy with James Reid, Retired Director of Religious Education, Blessed John XXIII University Parish
US Invasion of Iraq: A Lenten Reflection - Spring Semester - Presenter: Michael Baxter
Christian Ecofeminist Theologies - Spring Semester -Presenter: Gretchen Baumgardt PhD, Marquette University
HERE is a link to The World Wisdoms Project Blog - Community Voices on Encounters with the Holy, 2017 to 2022. This is a collection of inspiring, thought-provoking reflections that will nourish you again and again.
Some references from our World Wisdoms Project Community:
Chow, Susan. (2015). Meditation Spirituality and Religion. Retrieved from https://www.news-medical.net/health/Meditation-Spirituality-and-Religion.aspx
Fletcher, Jeannine Hill (2013). Motherhood as Metaphor: Engendering Interreligious Dialogue. New York, NY: Fordham University Press.
Fletcher, Jeannine Hill (2005). Monopoly on Salvation? A Feminist Approach to Religious Pluralism. New York, NY: Continuum.
Fletcher, Jeannine Hill (2017). The Sin of White Supremacy: Christianity, Racism, and Religious Diversity in America. New York, NY: Orbis Books.
Katzir, Hillel (2013). Evolving Covenant: Jewish History and Why It Matters. Bloomington, IN. Xlibris.