War as Rupture of Relationships
Matthew Fox
March 9, 2022
Seeing the devastation that Putin’s war is wrecking on a country and on individual lives is alarming. Hearing the stories of just some of the 2
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War and Becoming Stripped to Our Literal Substance before God
Matthew Fox
March 8, 2022
Howard Thurman talks frequently about how our spiritual journey is about becoming “stripped to our literal substance before God.” Often war and other crises do that
More Teachings from the Mystics on Living Deeply in a Time of Danger
Matthew Fox
March 7, 2022
Yesterday we invoked the poet and mystic Rainer Rilke along with Julian of Norwich and other mystics about the profound relationship of both lamentation and
Praise and Lament in a Time of Darkness
Matthew Fox
March 6, 2022
Rainer Maria Rilke, whom Robert Bly used to call “the greatest poet of the last 500 years,” gives us useful and profound advice for living
“I’m willing to freeze for peace”: Sacrifice & Generosity
Matthew Fox
March 5, 2022
Among the 100,000+ Germans marching in Berlin against the Ukrainian War, one sign said, “I’m willing to freeze for peace.” This is significant because Germany—and
Music as Prayer in Hard Times
Matthew Fox
March 4, 2022
We are living through a fierce moment in history. On the one hand, we have a new report from scientists from the United Nations on
A Poem/Litany/Prayer to the Sacred Masculine, continued
Matthew Fox
March 3, 2022
Continuing our meditations on past themes and titles in the DM that speak to the underlying dynamics of the Ukrainian war, we offer the following
A Poem/Litany to the Sacred Masculine, continued
Matthew Fox
March 2, 2022
We continue our meditations on the crisis of the masculine in our times, a crisis that is thousands of years old and that Mother Earth
Ash Wednesday, 2022: Why Not Give Up Patriarchy for Lent?
Matthew Fox
March 1, 2022
Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, a feast day in Christianity where one is anointed on the forehead with ashes to remind us that “dust you are
Humanity’s Masculinity Problem, Continued
Matthew Fox
February 28, 2022
Putin’s war against Ukraine goes on. It is about envy toward an aspiring and practicing democracy next door to Russia. And it is about nostalgia for a
