Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
The Creation Spirituality Lineage Calling All Social and Environmental Activists, Mystic Explorers, Justice Makers, Cosmic Thinkers, Earth Keepers
Annunciation 2025: A Metaphor for Spirit Birthing Creative Resistance
In yesterday’s DM, which included paintings from over the centuries, we meditated on today’s feast day. The Annunciation story has clearly inspired many artists over the
Previous Meditations
Good News in the Midst of Evil News: The Feast of the Annunciation
We are all feeling the direness of our times, times of crazy and cruel and immoral wars in
Week of 3/17-22/2025: Celtic Wisdom, “I Am” Poems, & Democracy at Risk
March 17, 2025: St. Patrick’s Day 2025: Gifts From the Celtic TraditionIn this time of darkness, Celtic spirituality
Trumpet Sounds, Five Alarm Shouts, of What Is Happening NOW in the U.S.
I share here a litany of warning signs of what is transpiring in America now. I tried to warn people
“I Am” Prayers From Aboriginal Poets of Australia
In a time of evil and antichrist energy active in MAGA in the highest places of our land,
More “I AM” Prayers from the East and from Hildegard & Julian
We have been meditating this week on the “I am” sayings of Celtic prayer and poetry as well
The Bad News Continues and The Good News Stirs
The Bad News continues. Non-stop it seems. Each day brings an onslaught against anything resembling healthy democracy. More insults to
Staying Strong: The “I Am” Poems of Ireland & the Gospels
In yesterday’s DM, we celebrated St. Patrick’s feast day by meditating on a new translation from John Philip
St. Patrick’s Day 2025: Gifts From the Celtic Tradition
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! In a time of darkness and elevation once again of might over right, a
Week of 3/10-15/2025: Corruption & Christian Nationalism vs. the Common Good
March 10, 2025: Senator Blows Whistle on Putin-Like Corruption in First Weeks of New AdministrationSenator Chris Murphy, in
“Christian Nationalism”—and Its Opposite: Join Me Saturday Morning
In yesterday’s DM, I shared the very disturbing news about young MAGA followers who declared “Christian nationalism as
MAGA vs. the Common Good: An Amazingly Synchronistic Moment
Our last two daily meditations have been devoted to Thomas Aquinas’s powerful and substantive teachings on the common good. He
Aquinas on Justice, the Cosmos, the Common Good & the Rich
Aquinas looks to the entire universe for its habits that humans can emulate. He teaches that all of nature
The Common Good, not Greed, as the Root of Government
In the midst of crazy goings-on in our politics and government, led by a mad wannabe king and
Archetypes of the “Trickster” & the “Antichrist” in this Historical Moment
Tonight, Tuesday, is the second round of our gathering called “From Darkness to Dawn” consisting of four “conversations”
Senator Blows Whistle on Putin-Like Corruption in First Weeks of New Administration
Astounding levels of corruption comparable to those of President Putin, have happened in the first six weeks of
Week of 3/3-8/2025: Moral Outrage & Fasting from Billionaires
March 3, 2025: Anti-Christ Strikes Again: Putin, Trump, Vance vs. ZelenskyyIn light of what’s going on in the
Further Fasts For Lent, 2025
In yesterday’s DM we reflected on the current Lenten season and shared two variations on Ash Wednesday practices
Lent Reconsidered: Stardust vs Ashes, Fasting From Billionaires
We are now in the first days of Lent. As I write this, yesterday was Ash Wednesday when traditionally
A Thank You to Rev. Dorsey Blake, Carrier of the Legacy of Howard Thurman
My friend and colleague, the Reverend Dorsey Blake, who was vice president of the University of Creation Spirituality
Lech Wałęsa Writes Trump about the “Horror” of His Attack on Zelenskyy
Lech Wałęsa, Nobel Peace Prize winner, first democratically elected president of Poland and called “hero of Poland’s democracy,”
Aquinas on Oligarchy, Democracy & American Politics Today
In light of the Friday ambush staged by the current occupant of the White House and his henchman
Anti-Christ Strikes Again: Putin, Trump, Vance vs. Zelenskyy
I don’t want to say “I told you so,” but many people are contacting me saying that it
Week of 2/24-3/1/2025: Antidotes to Greed, Madness & Chaos
February 24, 2025: Elon Musk: The Mad King’s Mad Hatter?If Trump is a mad king, then his co-conspirator
Aquinas’s Medicine for Greed–Listen up, y’all!
In the past two DM’s we have talked about how Greed is behind the current Republican budget that
Hildegard & Aquinas Speak Truth to Power Re: Avarice & Greed
The Republican tribe has now passed a budget that cuts $860 billion from Medicaid and $250 billion from
A Meditation on Greed: Hildegard & Aquinas vs. Trump, Musk & Co.
Last night the Republican-led Congress voted to effectively kill Medicaid and food and health care for the poor
Ways to Ground Oneself in Fierce Times of Apocalypse & Antichrist
It is no secret that we are living in a time of apocalypse and antichrist. Hildegard of Bingen painted
How To Stand Up to a Mad King & His Mad Hatter
In Saturday’s and Monday’s DMs, we meditated on whether a particular wannabe king is a Mad King and
Elon Musk: The Mad King’s Mad Hatter?
In Saturday’s DM we meditated on the possibility of America being overseen now not by a president, but
Week of 2/17-22/2005: Evil vs Courage & Spiritual Warriorhood
February 17, 2025: Alexei Navalny: More Courage, Sacrifice, Conscience, Spiritual WarriorhoodWe are all called to be both prophets
