Liberating Oscar the Grouch & Becoming Camels
Matthew Fox
December 7, 2021
I shared in a recent DM how writing my book The Pope’s War forced me to study Opus Dei and other extreme right organizations that
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Bede Griffith on the Search for Intuition & the Divine Feminine
Matthew Fox
November 13, 2021
Bede feels that we are especially out of balance in the West insofar as we are out of touch with intuition and the Divine Feminine.
Why Bare the Mind? Eckhart and Mindfulness, continued
Matthew Fox
October 25, 2021
The purpose of undergoing “baring the mind” of which Eckhart speaks is to undergo deep unity and to render our work and our service more
Hildegard of Bingen on Emptying and the Via Negativa
Matthew Fox
July 28, 2021
Like Howard Thurman, who speaks in his book on Jesus and the Disinherited to “people with their backs against the wall,” Hildegard of Bingen teaches
Thurman on the Via Negativa, continued
Matthew Fox
July 27, 2021
Thurman insists that emptying becomes a new source of energy, a new encounter with the Divine. It holds within it the possibility of “readying the
Howard Thurman on the Via Negativa
Matthew Fox
July 25, 2021
In light of several billionaires buying their way currently into space, we are challenging their priorities with a warning from Thomas Merton: That the far
Darkness, Depth and Silence
Matthew Fox
June 14, 2021
We have been considering how the term “ground” implies darkness and depth. Whether we are speaking of the human soul, the depths of the earth,
Honoring Our Ancestors: Rod McAfee
Matthew Fox
April 12, 2021
Lately in our DM’s we have been sharing stories about Jesus’ life, death and resurrection and commenting on how diverse the stories are that have
Suffering, Loss and the Recovery of Goodness
Matthew Fox
February 2, 2021
People who have been abused and undergone trauma often need to work hard to rediscover the goodness of existence. One person I know was contemplating
Julian on Surviving a Pandemic
Matthew Fox
January 29, 2021
Julian’s first advice about surviving a pandemic is not to deny the suffering that accompanies it. No denial! But her second advice and medicine for
