♦ OUR PROGRAMS & PRESENTATIONS
Chronological archive of online and downloadable projects (2004 — 2023)
Archive of webpages for venues of different kinds to choose from:
College and University Academic Programs
K-12 Children's Programs
Unitarian Universalist Churches and Fellowships UU Best Practices
Christian Churches and Organizations
Unity, New Thought, & Religious Science
Secular, Humanist, and Freethought
Environmental & Nature Centers
Men's Groups
AUDIO PODCASTS (3 series):
"America's Evolutionary Evangelists" (58 episodes; 2009-2016)
"Inspiring Naturalism" (28 episodes; 2010-2016)
"Evolving Faith" (10 episodes; 2010-2016)
YOUTUBE CHANNELS:
The Great Story (Michael's channel)
Ghosts of Evolution (Connie's channel)
MORE AUDIO & VIDEO SERIES:
"Evolutionary Christianity" AUDIO series (38 episodes, hosted by Dowd)
"Climate, Trees, and Legacy" VIDEO series (more than 40 episodes by Connie Barlow)
"Evolutionize Your Life" AUDIO & VIDEO
Lizard Legacy (reptilian brain)
Furry Li'l Mammal (old mammalian brain)
Monkey Mind (new mammalian brain)
Higher Porpoise (prefrontal cortex)
"God in Big History" VIDEO series (5 episodes by Michael Dowd)
♦ WORDS OF PRAISE about us, our
programs, and our traveling ministry
Science & Spirit Leaders
Educators, Academics, and Researchers
Unitarian Universalists
Christians
Unity / New Thought / Religious Science
Retreat Centers, Environmental Groups, and Others
Enthusiasm for Our Traveling Ministry
♦ GREAT STORY BEADS. How the major events
in evolutionary history and our own
personal stories can be celebrated as beads on a loop or necklace — for adults and for children.
Timeline of transformational moments in 13
billion years of cosmic history.
North America Story Beads (Cenozoic Era: the last 65 million years).
Praise for Great Story Beads
♦ WRITINGS, DRAMATIC SCRIPTS, SONGS, and CURRICULA
CONNIE BARLOW: academic and popular writings
MICHAEL DOWD: academic and popular writings (Dowd wikipedia page)
Experiential Processes
"Coming Home to North America"
"We Are Made of Stardust!"
Death through Deep-Time Eyes
The "River of Life" Ritual (based on Dawkins, Ancestor's Tale)
Participatory Great Story Parables
SONGS for Celebrating The Great Story
MUSIC VIDEOS for contemporary church or secular services
Writings by Others
Curricula for Kids and Teens
"Evolutionary Christianity" audio series (with study guides for participants and GROUP LEADER)
♦ GREAT STORY PARABLES. Find here more than a
half dozen short stories that playfully
or reverentially celebrate major events in evolutionary history and teach values important
for these times. Written by a number of contributors, these parables are a new genre of
science writing. Audience: children and adults.
"Buddha Bowl" by Paula Hirschboeck
"Earth Had a Challenging Childhood"
by Connie Barlow
"The Lucky Little Seaweed" by Mark McMenamin
"Ozzie and the Snortlefish" by Denny O'Neil
"Startull: The Story of an Average Yellow Star"
by Connie Barlow
"The Dance" by Larry Edwards
"Earth's Eyes" by Leslie Pilder
"Pluto's Identity Crisis" by Connie Barlow
"Who Am I?" by Connie Barlow
"A Leaf of Grass" by Connie Barlow
"A Long Winter" by Connie Barlow
"The Dance of Islands and Continents"
by Connie Barlow
"Death of the Dinosaurs" by Connie Barlow
♦ EXPERIENTIAL SCRIPTS
"We Are Made of Stardust"
"A Feast of Elements"
"Coming Home to North America: A Co-Creative
Ritual Experience"
"The Story of North America (for Elementary School Classes)"
"The Great Journey: A Ritual"
"Gift of Tiamat: A Winter Holidays Ritual"
"Stardust Service for Ash Wednesday"
♦ METARELIGIOUS ESSAYS. Contributed essays that show how an understanding of the
evolutionary story of cosmos, earth,
life, and humanity can enrich one's religious/spiritual experience.
Biblical Christian by Michael Dowd
Catholic by Sister Gail Worcelo
Buddhist by Paula Hirschboeck
Unitarian by Patricia Gordon
Quaker by Mary Coelho.
Pagan by Glenys Livingstone.
Religious Naturalist by Connie Barlow
more Religious Naturalist essays and sermons by a variety of authors
Links to two fabulous metareligious interviews by Brian Swimme:
1997 interview in "U.S.
Catholic"
2001 interview in "What
Is Enlightenment?"
♦ CHARTS for teaching and appreciating The Great Story.
♦ STORIES OF AWAKENING
♦ SACRED SITES OF THE EPIC OF EVOLUTION
Great Unconformity of the Grand Canyon
Arkansas River Pleistocene Dreamtime
Spotted Salamander Pond: Gaian Symbiosis in Miniature
Back to the Ediacaran in a Pool of Ophyridium Blobs
A Mammoth Memorial Service (South Dakota)
Lake Missoula / Scablands / Columbia Flood Basalt
Cretaceous Interior Seaway, KS
America's First Dinosaur Discovery (Haddonfield, NJ)
Dinosaur Ridge, CO
"Wall of Diversity", American Museum of Natural History, NYC
Little Colorado River, AZ
Passenger Pigeon Monument, Wayalusing State Park, WI
Sand Path at Down House, Darwin's Home in England
Ice Age Refuge: Apalachicola State Park, northern Florida
Archaean Encounter at Yellowstone
NASA's Apollo Flight Center, Houston TX
Type Specimen of an Ancestral Whale
TRIBUTE PAGES FOR MENTORS PASSED:
William R. Catton
Paul S. Martin
Celia Hunter
♦ RECOMMENDED LINKS & RESOURCES
♦ Science-rich Educational Videos on CLIMATE CHANGE
