THE GREAT STORY is the story that honors and includes all other stories. Drawing upon the discoveries of the full range of sciences, it is the grand story of cosmos, Earth, life, and humanity. Told in meaningful and dramatic ways, it becomes our collective sacred story — a shared story that cherishes and uplifts all scriptural and traditional stories and offers each of us the opportunity to find meaning and purpose in our lives and our time in history. The extraordinarily positive spiritual and psychological benefits that flow naturally from living within an awareness of this story are experienced as Great News by a growing number of people the world over. Great news, in turn, draws each of us to participate in, what celebrated cultural historian and Passionist priest Thomas Berry calls, "The Great Work" — the work of ensuring a just, healthy, beautiful, and sustainably life-giving world for future generations.