Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
The Creation Spirituality Lineage Calling All Social and Environmental Activists, Mystic Explorers, Justice Makers, Cosmic Thinkers, Earth Keepers
A Good Film on Teilhard de Chardin Now Available
Recently, I watched a new movie on Teilhard de Chardin.* It was very well done and devoted a lot of time to the story of Teilhard, including his
Previous Meditations
The DM Survey & Modest Changes to the DM Entering into its Sixth Year
Dear DM Readers, First, I want to thank those of you who were able to participate for your
Week of 5/27-6/1/2024: Joy, Panentheism, Beholding & a New Creed
May 27, 2024: On the Origins of Joy: Who Is Our Beloved?Recently Matthew was being interviewed by Andrew
Dorothee Soelle’s Creed in Contrast to the Nicene Creed
Earlier this week, I criticized the Nicene creed for leaving out the teachings of Jesus. Quite a lacuna, I
Heschel, Eckhart, Merton on Beholding
Yesterday we meditated on Rabbi Heschel’s invitation to “behold in order to stand face to face with the
Learning to Behold
In yesterday’s DM, I cited Jesus who told us to “Behold the lilies of the field” and their
When Faith & Panentheism Are Actions, Not Just Beliefs or Dogmas
In yesterday’s DM, we reflected on a detour taken by Christianity in the fourth century when an emperor
The Two-Fold Detour of Christianity in the Fourth Century
Christianity took a two-fold detour in the fourth century. First, when the emperor Constantine became Christian and spread
On the Origins of Joy: Who Is Our Beloved?
Recently, I sat for an interview with Andrew Harvey for a course he is teaching on Joy. I have
Week of 5/20-25/2024: Resisting Religious Fascism & Learning to Play with Dogmas
May 20, 2024: A Mother’s Wisdom in Resisting Ecclesial Complicity & Religious NonsenseOn the 110th birthday of his
Play, Art, Thawing and Melting of Dogmas and Ice, continued
Yesterday, in response to a candid assessment by Pope Francis about the “suicidal’ conservatism of too many American
Playing with Dogmas: Instead of Dogmas in a Box, Dogmas in a Sandbox!
Yesterday, we meditated on the importance of healthy criticism of institutions–but also the dangers of destroying them altogether,
Destroying Institutions: Warnings from History
The Catholic Church is just one of many institutions that are diminishing before our eyes and being tempted
My Up-Close and Personal Experience with Fascism
We are talking about cures for fascism. Fascism is born of fear and the compulsion to control. I have experienced
A Church Protest by Myself and Jerry Mander in the New York Times
In yesterday’s DM, which I wrote on my Mother’s birthday, I shared a story about her response to
A Mother’s Wisdom in Resisting Ecclesial Complicity & Religious Nonsense
In the Saturday DM, I cited Pope Francis criticizing American Catholics bishops for their backwardness. I write this
Week of 5/13-18/2024: Learning about & Healing Fascism
May 13, 2024: Wisdom and the Youth vs. Adultism, continuedAdults aren’t doing a very good job at taking
Pope Francis on 60 Minutes this Sunday
A recent article in the National Catholic Reporter (a mildly progressive lay-run Catholic newspaper) reported that Pope Francis clearly worries about America. The
Some Truths about Fascism
Let me tell you some characteristics of Fascism: Fascism seeks to control. Fascism wants to control women’s bodies.
Original Blessing, Self-Love, and the Curing of Fascism
If self-hatred leads to fascism, then the cure for fascism is self-love. Meister Eckhart asks, How can anyone be
Mysticism, Love & the Curing of Self-Hatred & Therefore Fascism
The cure for self-hatred is self-love. It is mysticism therefore. The mystic in us is the lover in us. Love includes
Is “Original Blessing” Part of the Cure to Today’s Fascism?
Why the rising tide of fascism today? Why the appeal of authoritarianism, strong man politics, “Christian” white nationalism, etc.
Wisdom and the Youth vs. Adultism, continued
We continue our meditation on how the young awaken a sense of morality and justice when adults are
Week of 5/6-11/2024: Compassion, Activism, Wisdom
May 6, 2024: Compassion, Eckhart, and Humanity’s FutureMatthew is teaching a class on what Eckhart and other mystics
Mother’s Day 2024 & a Survey on Our 5th Anniversary
Tomorrow is Mother’s Day. A blessed and grateful and joyful Mother’s Day to all mothers and grandmothers—the literal ones
Values, Education and Heeding the Wisdom of the Young
We ended yesterday’s DM citing congressman Ro Khanna about the sit-ins on campuses around America and the world
Youth: Speaking Truth to Powerful Guardians of Education
The youth need to speak truth to power—someone has to after all. The powerful are often tired guardians of
Young on Campuses and Truth on the Rise: Thoughts from Heschel
If anything characterizes the politics of our time–and the distorted media and social media in our time–it is
Gratitude for Youth Protest on Campuses in a Time of Moral Crisis
Having come of age in the time of protests against the Viet Nam war and ossified education that were happening
Compassion, Eckhart, and Humanity’s Future
I am genuinely excited about a new class I am teaching with Shift Network beginning tomorrow, called “Cultivating
Week of 4/29-5/4/2024: Christofascism, the Un-Supreme Court, & the Wisdom of Dorothee Soelle
April 29, 2024: Five Men on the Once Supreme Court Embarrass Themselves AnewRegarding SCOTUS being willing to consider
