On Death and Dying and Grief
Matthew Fox
January 22, 2024
Yesterday was a unique day in my household. From 1 to 2 PM I gave a Zoom talk at an annual two-day conference called The Conference
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Billionaire Buyer Turning Another American Newspaper Rightward?
Matthew Fox
January 19, 2024
Yesterday I received an alert from a friend in Baltimore to the news that the Baltimore Sun had been bought by a local right-wing activist
“Resounding Melody”: Hildegard, Mary Oliver, and Word Made Flesh
Matthew Fox
January 18, 2024
For Hildegard, words are alive, and take many forms. Word is music, a “resounding melody” inherent in every being and found in every corner of
Gifts Given: In Gratitude to Mary Oliver
Matthew Fox
January 17, 2024
Today is the fourth anniversary of Mary Oliver’s death. She died January 17, 2019. She did not die before her work was finished, her work of paying
The Black Madonna and MLK Jr.’s Holiday
Matthew Fox
January 16, 2024
Part of the contribution of Christena Cleveland in her book God Is a Black Woman is to invite a new appraisal of that archetype within her own
On Martin Luther King Jr., His Movement & His Mentors
Matthew Fox
January 15, 2024
Today we celebrate one of the greatest Christian saints of all time: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. King had at least three mentors: Jesus, Howard
Hildegard on Humans as Co-Creators Whose Vocation is to Create
Matthew Fox
January 12, 2024
Hildegard sees creativity at the core of our vocation as human beings, and pictures God saying, I have been moved by the form of humankind, I
Hildegard on Greening Power, Spirit, Nature & Creativity
Matthew Fox
January 11, 2024
We continue our journey deeper into Hildegard’s teachings on viriditas which is a major theological category invented by Hildegard. In Latin it means literally “greening power.” Greening was a
Greening Power, Peace, Creativity, Angels
Matthew Fox
January 10, 2024
We have spent the better part of the past two weeks meditating on a marvelous new painting by Alex Grey which he calls a “homage
Grey & Hildegard: Angel Wings, Human Works, “Singing Justice”
Matthew Fox
January 9, 2024
Yesterday’s meditation on Alex Grey’s painting on Greening Power ended with Hildegard’s telling us how armies of angels are busy singing “every kind of music.” Why
