Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
The Creation Spirituality Lineage Calling All Social and Environmental Activists, Mystic Explorers, Justice Makers, Cosmic Thinkers, Earth Keepers
Governor Pritzker Speaks Truth to All Americans
Thanks are due to Rachel Maddow who, in opening her show last night, showed clips from Illinois governor JB Pritzker’s state of the state speech
Previous Meditations
Imam Muhsin Hendricks & Other Spiritual Warriors Among Us
Speaking of our “spiritual warriorhood,” another example entered the news this week when the world’s “first openly gay
When Presidents Celebrated the “Advancement of Human Nature”
In a thoughtful essay entitled “A Patriotic Opposition,” William Kristol writes about how “we oppose the current administration
Evil on the March, Resistance Too?
One year after Navalny’s death, authorities in Russia continue to go after people associated with his movement. One article
Alexei Navalny: More Courage, Sacrifice, Conscience, Spiritual Warriorhood
In Saturday’s DM, entitled “Honoring the Courage of Those Who Sacrifice & Follow Conscience,” we remembered the heroism
Week of February 10-15, 2025: Fighting Back Despair, Honoring Courage
February 10: T.S. Eliot on the Mystics as Medicine for Despair “The mystics — or else despair,” said
Honoring the Courage of Those Who Sacrifice & Follow Conscience
Three days ago, we honored the 20th anniversary of Sister Dorothy Stang’s martyrdom among the peasant farmers living
Love & Justice, J.D. Vance vs. Pope Francis
A criticism has arisen among a few responders to the DM that I should not use the language
On Praying the News in Times of Danger and Darkness
The purpose of our daily meditations have been, from the beginning, to assist one another to pray the
Today: The 20th anniversary of Spiritual Warrior Sr. Dot’s Martyrdom
On this day twenty years ago, a 74-year-old white-haired North American woman was gunned down by hired assassins
Mystics, Lovers, Warriors, Community, Work as Love
We are considering the role of the mystic in a time of unraveling of order and therefore a
T.S. Eliot on the Mystics as Medicine For Despair
There is considerable despair in the air these days. And for obvious reasons that do not need renaming here.
Week of 2/3-8/2025: The Four Paths & Overcoming Evil
February 3, 2025: Deepening Our Spiritual Warriorhood with John of the Cross & OthersA reader asked, “How can
Bad Religion’s Role in the Current Coup
The fact that Russell Vought, the newly voted-in Director of the OMB, is a fierce Christian Nationalist cannot
The Coup & You & US: Time For Spiritual Warriorhood
Ours is a time for spiritual warriors—that is for sure. Every citizen who gives a damn about honesty and
Actions People are Taking to Combat Today’s Purge, Coup & Democracide
Yesterday I received a response to my DM on “What a President Would Say if He Were the
If the Anti-Christ Were President, He Might Be Thinking This….
I will destroy democracy and replace it with an Autocracy or Oligarchy of billionaires who will be beholden
The Four Paths: Practice for the Spiritual Warrior in Us All
As the news gets more and more dire about the takeover of American democracy by politicians in bed
Deepening Our Spiritual Warriorhood with John of the Cross & Others
In Saturday’s DM, responding to a reader’s request for guidance on how to sustain oneself in fierce times,
Week of 1/27-3/1/2025: Conscience, Community Support & Self Care
January 27, 2025: Deep Ecumenism, Spiritual Warriorhood & Humankind’s FutureIf one wants to lead a spiritual life, courage
Sustaining Your Spiritual Warrior in Times of Darkness
As I opened my email this morning, the following headlines greeted me: “This Will Only Get Worse: Trump’s
OSE: Community Support in Trying Times
Tuesday was a powerful day for me because it was the last Tuesday of the month, so our
Democracide on the Move, Rachel Maddow says, “Game On!”
Today we are all being subjected to an onslaught and firehose of rapid-fire decisions being made by a
More Thoughts on Conscience
In yesterday’s DM, we emphasized the missing conscience of so many congresspeople at this time in history. Conscience that
Politicians Sans Conscience: An American Emergency
Yesterday we meditated on Deep Ecumenism, Spiritual Warriorhood, and Humankind’s Future and how all of us on earth have
Deep Ecumenism, Spiritual Warriorhood & Humankind’s Future
In Saturday’s DM we meditated on “Ecumenism, Spiritual Warriorhood, and Common Survival,” and invoked the Episcopal and Roman
Week of 1/20-25/2025: The Continued Call for Spiritual Warriors
January 20, 2025: Speaking of Spiritual Warriors: MLK, Jr. Day, 2025MLK was a powerful example of a spiritual
Ecumenism, Spiritual Warriorhood, and Common Survival
Beginning with my DM entitled “Dorothy Stang & the Lion Power of a Spiritual Warrior” which occurred on January
Speaking of Spiritual Warriorhood: A Bishop Speaks Truth To Power
We have been meditating on the need for all of us to be true to our vocations as
The Demise of the Word “Obviously”
The new White House occupant, on his very first day in office, released all the perpetrators of the
Buddhist Teachings on the Spiritual Warrior
We continue, at this critical time in America’s and the world’s political life and under the urgency of
