Searching the Roots of Fear and Pessimism
Matthew Fox
May 25, 2023
There is a sadness I feel when I encounter people whose lives are driven by fear. A sadness comes over me because of what is
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There is a sadness I feel when I encounter people whose lives are driven by fear. A sadness comes over me because of what is
We spoke yesterday about how sometimes we choose fear. Why would anyone choose fear over love? Sometimes, to make money. Big money and big power. Riling up fear
A fine article in the Washington Post this weekend by Christine Emba explored the cause of the American gun fetish. In America today there are about 393 million
We are meditating on holiness in our time and what the signs are that reveal it. And Dr. King’s message that we must love something more
We are considering how Courage, like Joy, is one of the signs of holiness in our time. In yesterday’s meditation, Martin Luther King Jr. reminded us
We are meditating together on the meaning of holiness and signs of holiness in our times. This because we are also asking how best to combat
For several weeks we have been dealing with the theme of Holiness and how Joy, in a time of cynicism and despair like ours, is
We are talking about Joy in the context of Evil and its remedies, one of which, in Rabbi Heschel’s understanding, is holiness. But holiness, I
Eckhart talks about joy and justice frequently. First, we render Divinity joyful by our work for justice. When our “work is done through justice and results in
We are meditating on touching our Joy in spite of darkness and times of acedia. I offer a second concrete story here. One Fall semester I
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