Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church invites you to go on the Journey of the Universe. This Emmy-award winning documentary narrates the 14 billion year story of the universe’s development in a way that is accessible to everyone. The film tells a comprehensive story drawing on astronomy and physics to explain the emergence of galaxies and stars, geology and chemistry to understand the formation of Earth, biology and botany to trace life’s evolution, and anthropology and history to see the rise of humans. Journey weaves science and humanities in a new way that allows for a comprehensive sense of mystery and awe to arise. This approach expands the human perspective beyond an anthropocentric worldview to one that values life’s complexity and sees the role of humans as critical to the further flourishing of the Earth community. There are hundreds of thousands of people around the planet who are participating in this transformative work for the environment, energy, agriculture, economics, education, and the arts. This also includes work for sustainable cities and improved racial relations. Many of these specialists are interviewed in a 20 part educational series of filmed conversations. All sessions (documentary & educational series) will be held simultaneously at the University of St. Thomas, Robertson Hall, as well as online, via web meeting, from 6:30 – 8 p.m. Time for discussion is included in the schedule. Please register at www.eventbrite.com (search for Journey of the Universe in Houston, TX) if you will attend any session, whether attending in person or online. Light refreshments will be provided at the university. Join us on the journey of the universe! See details below.

Educational Series (most Mondays & Fridays through April 17):

• Mar 3 – Beginning of the Universe & Galaxies Forming
  6:30 – 8 p.m.      Joel Primack, Distinguished Professor of Physics, UC-Santa Cruz
  Todd Duncan, Science Integration Institute

• Mar 6 – TheEmanating Brilliance of Stars & Birth of the Solar System
  6:30 – 8 p.m.      Joel Primack, Distinguished Professor of Physics, UC-Santa Cruz
  Todd Duncan, Science Integration Institute
  Craig Kochel, Geology Dept., Bucknell University

• Mar 20 – Life’s Emergence & Learning, Living, and Dying
  6:30 – 8 p.m.      Terry Deacon, Anthropology Dept., UC-Berkeley
  Ursula Goodenough, Biology Dept., Washington University

• Mar 24 – The Passion of Animals & The Origin of the Human
  6:30 – 8 p.m.      Scott Sampson, Utah Museum of Natural History
  Melissa Nelson, American Indian Studies, San Francisco State University
  John Grim, School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University

• Mar 27 – Becoming a Planetary Presence & Transition
  6:30 – 8 p.m.      Cynthia Brown, Dominican University of California
  Mary Evelyn Tucker, Forum on Religion & Ecology, Yale University

• Mar 31 – Breakthrough Communities & Eco-Cities
  6:30 – 8 p.m.      Carl Anthony, Breakthrough Communities
  Richard Register, Ecocity Builders

• Apr 3 – Ecological Economics & Permaculture
  6:30 – 8 p.m.      Richard Norgaard, Energy & Resources Program, UC-Berkeley
  Penny Livingston, Regenerative Design Institute

• Apr 7 – Indigenous Ways of Knowing & Sustainable Energy
  6:30 – 8 p.m.      Nancy Maryboy, Indigenous Education Institute
  David Begay, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Northern Arizona University
  Paula Gonzalez, EarthConnection

• Apr 10 – Healing and Revisioning & Arts and Justice
  6:30 – 8 p.m.      Belvie Rooks, Growing a Global Heart
  Marya Grathwohl, Earth Hope
  Drew Dellinger, Planetize the Movement

• Apr 17 – Myths, Metaphors, and Identities & Teaching Journey of the Universe
  6:30 – 8 p.m.      Sachiko Kawaura, Dept. of Psychology & Human Relations, Nanzen University
  Nancy Abrams, author, The New Universe & the Human Future
  Bindu Hamanty, teacher
  Tom Collins, Religion & Philosophy Dept., The Lawrenceville School