Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
The Creation Spirituality Lineage Calling All Social and Environmental Activists, Mystic Explorers, Justice Makers, Cosmic Thinkers, Earth Keepers
Aquinas & Teilhard Envisioning the World as Love
In yesterday’s DM, we posed a question triggered by the teachings of Teilhard de Chardin–Should we not only recognize that “God is Love”, but also
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Is the World Love as Teilhard Teaches?
In Saturday’s meditation, I cited Teilhard de Chardin, scientist, mystic, and Jesuit priest, who said that we should
Week of 4/8-14/2024: The Way of the Mystic as an Antidote to Despair
April 8, 2024: Can the Best of Humanity Please Show Up?In an op-ed article in the New York
The Mystics Reinforcing the Via Positiva
We began the week meditating on the Solar Eclipse that many experienced as a mystical experience. Mystics—including all of
From Despair to Cosmic Beauty, Awe, Celebration & Gratitude
Thomas Aquinas teaches that despair is the “most dangerous” of all sins. It is not the worst—injustice is—but it
The Mystic, the Best in Us, Tackles Despair, the Worst in Us
T. S. Eliot says this about the mystics: “Mystics are the only hope—or else despair.” The mystic offers medicine
Can a Solar Eclipse Assist in Making Mystics & Lovers of Us All?
Called “the most viewed astronomical event in history,” the solar eclipse on April 8 for those who were
The Mystic in Us: The “Best in Humanity”?
In yesterday’s DM, citing Jose Andres, we asked that the best of humanity please stand up. What is
Can the Best of Humanity Please Show Up?
In Saturday’s DM, we cited the founder of World Central Kitchen, chef Jose Andres, whose organization has provided
Week of 4/2 – 6/2024: Reflections on Resurrection
April 2, 2024: Resurrection Appearance Stories Yesterday & TodayMatthew was visiting a rabbi friend who is dying. The
Jose Andres: Wisdom & Hope for a Transformed Humanity
Jose Andres is founder of World Central Kitchen and a well-known chef. He knew and worked alongside the seven
Human Transformation, Emmaus & Efforts to Feed the Starving in Gaza
In yesterday’s DM, I ask whether human nature itself has been transformed by the Resurrection and Resurrection appearances. We
The Resurrection Story & the Transformation of Human Nature
We ended yesterday’s DM with New Testament scholar Bruce Chilton explaining the Resurrection by its results and impact
Resurrection Appearances: The Heart of the Resurrection Story
In yesterday’s DM, we considered Resurrection stories today and yesterday from the perspective of appearances of the deceased.
Resurrection Appearance Stories Yesterday & Today
Recently, a rabbi friend who is dying invited me to visit him. He is a person I admire deeply
Week of 3/25-31: Aquinas, Holy Week & Easter
March 25, 2024: Aquinas on Spirit as Feminine, Creativity, & God as ‘Artist of Artists’Matthew tells us that
Easter & Resurrection: Hope and Promise in Dark Times
Resurrection is an archetype filled with meaning and promise that can move us beyond fear and doubt, to
What is Death? Lessons in the Via Negativa from Holy Week
What is death? It seems most creatures are not preoccupied with that question. Instead, they are very busy getting on
Good Friday, 2024: A Meditation on Death
As I write this, my sister-in-law lies very near to death, having just received the last rites of
The Four Paths and Holy Week: A Meditation
This is Holy Week and today is Holy Thursday. Holy Week is more of a liturgical art form to
Aquinas on the Marriage of Imagination & Our Prophetic Vocation
In recent daily meditations, we have been considering the immense role that the Via Creativa plays in Thomas
Aquinas and the Via Creativa, continued
Aquinas sees all creation carrying the mark of creativity, because “things were made like God not only in
Aquinas on Spirit as Feminine, Creativity, & God as ‘Artist of Artists’
We continue our meditation on the proto-feminism of Thomas Aquinas. His emphasis on art and creativity as a spiritual
Week of 3/18-23/2024: Celebrating the Feminism and Deep Ecumenism of Thomas Aquinas
March 18, 2024: Honoring Thomas Aquinas’s Non-Dualism & Proto-FeminismA woman devoted to women’s rights asked Matthew to make
Aquinas, Chenu, Feminism, Sheldrake on Nature as Revelation
Aquinas’s respect for matter, nature and science is laid bare in this one teaching from him: ”Revelation comes
Cosmology, Science & A Spirituality of Matter in Aquinas
We have been meditating on Aquinas as a proto-feminist, a practitioner of Deep Ecumenism, a lover of creation
More Feminism and Deep Ecumenism and Science from Aquinas
Further evidence of the proto-feminism of Thomas Aquinas includes his reminding his readers on several occasions that the
Aquinas, Feminism, Deep Ecumenism
Yesterday I received an e mail from a reader of our DM who told me that my perspective
Aquinas, Ruether, Misogyny & the November Election
Yesterday we meditated on Thomas Aquinas’s courageous and controversial move against dualisms of matter vs spirit and body
Honoring Thomas Aquinas’s Non-Dualism & Proto-Feminism
I opened an e-mail early this morning, from a woman leader who is very committed to women’s rights,
Week of 3/11-16/2024: Our Work as an Act of Holiness
March 11, 2024: Why Human Work Counters Despair & Is a Path to HolinessWe have been reflecting on