THE EVOLUTIONARY TIMES
Issue 1
News from the mobile ministry of Rev. Michael Dowd
Dear Fellow Evolutionaries,
After crisscrossing the continent non-stop for six years to evangelize an inspiring, deeply meaningful view of evolution, Connie and I are pleased to present the premiere issue of "The EVOLUTIONARY TIMES".
http://ThankGODforEVOLUTION.com/newsletter/200811Periodically, we will publish news from our ongoing mobile ministry along with other leading voices from the emerging movement of millions in the middle who see science and religion as two sides of the same essential coin of human existence.
In this premier issue you'll find:
- VIDEO TESTIMONIALS for attendees at one of our Oklahoma weekend workshops.
- Praise from scientists (and skeptics) for EVOLUTION THEOLOGY
- A "best of" my blog, The EVOLUTIONARY EVANGELIST
- Guest contributor TOM ATLEE, author of "The TAO of DEMOCRACY"
- A tribute to THOMAS BERRY
- Teach Both Sides of What Controversy?
- 4 Reasons Why Nothing Matters More Than What We Think About Evolution
- CONNIE'S CORNER: What's new on TheGreatStory.org
Without a doubt, we live in evolutionary times. Our distant future will be determined by the connections we make and actions we take now. We hope that "The EVOLUTIONARY TIMES" will become one of your favorite ways to share the good news.
Co-evolutionarily yours,
Michael Dowd
Michael@ThankGODforEVOLUTION.com
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Welcome to the first issue of The EVOLUTIONARY TIMES! We're so pleased to have this new tool to help bring our ever-evolving story to you.
We are Michael Dowd and Connie Barlow, full-time itinerant evolutionary evangelists. Since April 2002 we have traveled North America non-stop, sharing in religiously inspiring ways the 14 billion year history of the Universe given by mainstream science. Some of you know us from one of our presentations or workshops. Others we’ve met thanks to my new book THANK GOD FOR EVOLULTION. To All, it's been an honor and a privilege to meet and become part of so many of your lives over the past six and a half years on the road.
This newsletter will now be our main means of communicating with the millions in the middle who, like us, find inspiration, comfort, and encouragement in our common creation myth -- The Great Story of cosmos, Earth, life, and humanity told in meaningful and empowering ways. Here you will find key links to informative blog posts, news coverage, our itinerary, mention of what’s new on our websites, and suggestions for how you can join us and play an important part in furthering this movement.
OUR TWO-FOLD VISION: (1) By 2050, we see the majority of religious and non-religious people worldwide joyfully embracing an evolutionary, ecological worldview. (2) We also imagine, by mid-century, that humanity, in symbiotic partnership with our technologies and social structures, will have largely transitioned to a mutually enhancing relationship with the larger body of life of which we are part.