Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
The Creation Spirituality Lineage Calling All Social and Environmental Activists, Mystic Explorers, Justice Makers, Cosmic Thinkers, Earth Keepers
The Empty Tomb and Deep Ecumenism
Retrieving the Empty Tomb of Jesus as a primary Christian symbol has many facets, including exploring deep ecumenism. Symbolically, the Empty Tomb is identical with
Previous Meditations
Retrieving the Cosmic Christ
Yesterday’s Daily Meditation was about the need to emphasize again — or perhaps for the first time in
Retrieving the Empty Tomb
At a time when Christian Nationalism is rampant, we may ask ourselves if Christianity has any resources to
A Second Announcement & Earth Day, 2025
First, I want to acknowledge the loss of Pope Francis who died yesterday. He was a champion for the
Two Announcements for DM Readers
I have two announcements to share, one this Monday morning and one on Tuesday. The first is this.
Week of 4/14-19/2025: Empathy, Dark Nights, Holiness & Resurrection
April 14, 2025: Rabbi Heschel & Hildegard of Bingen on Dark Nights & HolinessReflecting on the dark night
Easter 2025: Resurrection of the Body, Body Politic, Mother Earth?
Easter is many things to many people. And to some people it is nothing or next to nothing. Let us
Good Friday, 2025
Today is Good Friday, a day to meditate on evil and sacrifice and the price good people pay
America Beware: Opus Dei Is Back in the News Again
In yesterday’s DM we considered the truly scary crackpot evangelical Christianity that is making headway in the Trumpian
The War Against Empathy (in the Names of Trump & Christ)
Yesterday we meditated on the essential lesson of Passover: that of empathy. Empathy is the “central message” of the
Two Brilliant Pieces on Passover & Palm Sunday in the “Secular” Press
I was thrilled to read two substantive articles on this week’s Passover and Palm Sunday/Holy Week celebrations this
Rabbi Heschel & Hildegard of Bingen on Dark Nights & Holiness
These days of the Dark Night of soul, society and our species, I find myself returning frequently to
Week of 4/6-12/2025: The Evils of Musk & Justice Roberts vs. the People Rising in Resistance
April 6, 2025: Protests Galore: Hundreds of Thousands Turn Out Around the Country*On Saturday, there were more than
The Good News in Hildegard’s Paintings of Evil
I promised in yesterday’s DM that Hildegard was offering us good news along with the bad as she
The Moral Stench from the Trump/Musk Regime Spreads
Like many in America and around the world today, I feel the darkness that is the regime of
The Ideology Behind Musk, DOGE & “Death Sentence for Millions”
In yesterday’s DM, we learned that one of our current co-occupants of the White House is the grandson
What Is Driving Elon Musk (& co-president Donald Trump)?
An important article published Monday in the New York Times deserves our attention. Titled “The Failed Ideas That Drive Elon Musk,”
Simplistic Pollsters Asking about Impeaching Justice Roberts
Recently I was asked by a Democratic pollster if I agreed with the MAGA crowd that Chief Justice
Protests Galore: Hundreds of Thousands Turn Out Around the Country
Small towns, large cities, courthouses, Tesla dealerships, community centers, the national mall, countless signs invoking values and imaginative
Week of 3/31-4/5/2025: Positive Masculinity, the Power of Art & Some Good News
March 31, 2025: More Artists on Evil: An Opera on the Anti-Christ Playing in BerlinMatthew tells us that
Positive Masculinity for Young Men on TikTok
In yesterday’s DM, I told the story of a professor of education at Colby College who is encouraging
Challenging Unhealthy Masculinity & a Cult of Toughness
One of the most important issues of our day is the funk that many young men find themselves
A Good Day For Democracy, Bad for Mad Hatter & His Boss
Yesterday marked a positive moment for rescuing American democracy from the cynicism and greed of the richest man
The Power of Art to Melt Hearts, Minds, & Icy Politics
We have been meditating on turning to art to speak an alternative language in a time of Evil.
Michael Moore Invites You to a Contest: Painting The Donald
Have you been feeling just a little moral outrage lately about the current goings-on by he new regime
More Artists on Evil: An Opera on the Anti-Christ Playing in Berlin
In Saturday’s DM, I emphasized how Evil is often best spoken of by artists. (Hildegard and Luca Signorelli being
Week of 3/24-29/2025: The Annunciation, Good vs. Evil, and Art
March 24, 2025: Good News in the Midst of Evil News: The Feast of the AnnunciationThe mystics call
Talking about Evil
Yesterday I brought to your attention two brilliant pieces of writing by Patrice Mersault about dealing with the
Angels, Demons, and News of Our Time
It seems that angels and demons are in the news this week. Two amazing Substack posts came my way
The 4 Paths As Spiritual Practices For Hard Times
The Four Paths of Creation Spirituality are themselves spiritual practices that lead to bringing compassion into the world. Not
The Annunciation: One Artist’s Take on the Times We Live In
Yesterday I invited you to meditate on this new painting of the annunciation by Javier Garcia Lemus, an
