Resistance and Songs – part 2
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
September 12, 2025
There is no clearer example of how music and songs can be a means for resistance than the Gaza Birds Singing, a group of children
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Celebrating a New Study on Otto Rank
Matthew Fox
September 6, 2025
I rejoice that a new book has appeared on my favorite psychologist, Otto Rank. In Otto Rank and the Creation of Modern Psychotherapy, Robert Kramer has done
Moral Imagination, Immoral Imagination & An Energy Breakthrough
Matthew Fox
June 24, 2025
In my recent DMs, I have been praising the power of human creativity—to make the world a better place. The power of the Via Creativa
Art, Artist & Work in a Time of a Collective Dark Night
Matthew Fox
June 23, 2025
In Saturday’s DM, we meditated on the role of the artist in naming our deepest concerns. We invoked the poetry of W. H. Auden writing
Thank You, Walter Brueggemann!
Matthew Fox
June 9, 2025
Yesterday I learned of the death of theologian Walter Brueggemann at the age of 92. Like many theologians of my generation and beyond, I was
Merton and the Via Creativa
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
May 29, 2025
Thomas Merton is without any doubt one of the most creative individuals that the Earth has seen. His listening to the prompts of the Spirit
Annunciation 2025: A Metaphor for Spirit Birthing Creative Resistance
Matthew Fox
March 25, 2025
In yesterday’s DM, which included paintings from over the centuries, we meditated on today’s feast day. The Annunciation story has clearly inspired many artists over the
Lily Yeh’s Fiery Heart and Willing Hands—and Ours
Matthew Fox
December 27, 2024
In this Christmas season, it is good to bring more alive the mystic—that is the lover—in all of us. As well as the spiritual warrior or
Donald Reeves, Peace-Building, Bach’s Music & Repairing Democracy
Matthew Fox
November 19, 2024
In yesterday’s DM, I paid homage to my friend Donald Reeves who was a no-nonsense critic of injustice and of religious tiredness.  In the previous two
Grief Rituals for a Time of Rupture, Distress & Rising Fascism
Matthew Fox
November 8, 2024
There is a grief ritual that I can heartily recommend at this time of profound distress and dread and even doom.  But also potential grace. I
