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July 8, 2024: Jesus and Democracy according to Meister EckhartAs threats to democracy arise around the globe, and certainly in our country, we look to
Eckhart celebrates the theme of the “royal ‘person” as found in the Scriptures. The royal person in Israel was responsible for justice and keeping the community
We find ourselves these days in a time of soulful struggle over democracy, whether in France, Italy, Hungary or other places. And certainly in a
In his commentary on the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew’s gospel, Aquinas defines compassion this way: To be compassionate is to have a heart
In yesterday’s Father’s Day DM, both essay and video, we celebrated Thomas Aquinas as a spiritual father to myself, and so many other people. In
Teilhard, like Thomas Aquinas before him, waged an incessant battle against dualism. Aquinas did it by moving from Plato and Augustine to Aristotle. Teilhard, for example,
Yesterday we meditated on Rabbi Heschel’s invitation to “behold in order to stand face to face with the beauty and grandeur of the universe.” Meister
If self-hatred leads to fascism, then the cure for fascism is self-love. Meister Eckhart asks, How can anyone be compassionate toward her neighbor who is not
The cure for self-hatred is self-love. It is mysticism therefore. The mystic in us is the lover in us. Love includes loving oneself and loving creation which birthed
I am genuinely excited about a new class I am teaching with Shift Network beginning tomorrow, called “Cultivating Compassion in Spirituality: What Meister Eckhart &
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