Theodore Richards

Author of 8 books. Poet, philosopher, professor, educator. Founder of The Chicago Wisdom Project & ReImagine Consulting & Coaching. Husband & father.

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I’m on Bluesky https://t.co/Io9xaAF1TD

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“If I walk two steps toward Utopia, Utopia walks two steps away. If I walk ten steps toward Utopia, it walks ten steps away. So what good is Utopia? It’s good for walking.”

Eduardo Galeano on the value of imagination

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You can find my latest work on Substack:

Reimagining with Theodore Richards
Poetics, spirituality, and ideas in an age of apocalypse. Reimagining our stories; reimagining education; reimagining our world.

https://t.co/wOpeCNE26h

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"Gilgamesh, Where Are You Hurrying To?”
Searching for Immortality in a Pandemic

By Theodore Richards

https://t.co/jKKNEabYuB

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The Abandoned School: Education as a Context for Liberation & Oppression: https://t.co/R5t2IrstuT

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Due to family matter, my Saturday workshop is canceled. But you can still sign up for my Wednesday lecture/discussion here: https://t.co/Ne7yzr0bWP

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This article (originally published in The Wayfarer) is a story of how we have destroy the things that are most precious when we lose our sense of relationship.

https://t.co/Nz6E9KYIo8

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Click here for more information about my upcoming workshop: https://t.co/qEtuygf8yX

@TheWellCSJ
#apocalypse
#cosmology

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Lecture and discussion at @TheWellCSJ in La Grange, IL. You can join in-person or on zoom. Workshop to follow on Saturday. More info and buy tickets here: https://t.co/Ne7yzr0bWP

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My brother died eleven years ago today. I wrote this poem that day. https://t.co/meTlD24Bb1

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Poetics of the Apocalypse at my Autumn Equinox retreat, The Great Reimagining. Thanks to Siena Retreat Center for hosting me.

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I want to know what happened to Icarus
after his wings melted away,
When he fell into the fathomless sea.
This is where the story begins.

Read/Follow on Substack: https://t.co/lMTqBxwOQC

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Our work right now is bringing forth our own story in the context of the stories that got us here. Learn more here: https://t.co/Br2tPGz8Tn

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I’m teaching a class called “Reimagining the Classroom” for the Chicago Teachers’ Union. Continuing education credit available for Illinois educators but anyone can take the course. Register here: https://t.co/4IdDVDrgKS

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Activist, theologian, educator, and author Matthew Fox will be making a special appearance as part of my course, “Reimagining our World(view): Creation Spirituality in a Time of Apocalypse”.

#CreationSpirituality
#MatthewFox

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A poem. For parents who get those emails and for those who still try to hold the broken things of this world. https://t.co/L5nhyOKRjT

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This September I am teaching about our apocalyptic moment and the emergence of a new world(view):

Four-week course through Creation Spirituality Communities: https://t.co/lxk0DscNtE

Weekend retreat at Siena Retreat Center: https://t.co/nCBFPZ6KfP

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I am teaching a class in September (online) called "Reimagining Our World(view): Creation Spirituality in an Age of Apocalypse.”

#CreationSpirituality
#cosmology
#mysticism
#apocalypse

Register here: https://t.co/Qce1CrO0qR

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My latest article on Substack. “Another Man’s Bread: Italy, Exile, & Dante’s Descent.” https://t.co/LSKoD7f4re

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In Palermo, a Catholic Saint Joins the Hindu Pantheon

The Sicilian capital, Palermo, has a long history of cultural melding. Its new arrivals from Sri Lanka have embraced St. Rosalia.

https://t.co/kis35n7Cji