More Stories and Teachings from Teilhard de Chardin
Matthew Fox
June 5, 2024
One story that really rang a bell for me in the new film on Teilhard was this: The original buzz saw he ran into with
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Week of 5/13-18/2024: Learning about & Healing Fascism
Matthew Fox
May 19, 2024
May 13, 2024: Wisdom and the Youth vs. Adultism, continuedAdults aren’t doing a very good job at taking care of the world right now. When
Original Blessing, Self-Love, and the Curing of Fascism
Matthew Fox
May 16, 2024
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
Is “Original Blessing” Part of the Cure to Today’s Fascism?
Matthew Fox
May 14, 2024
Why the rising tide of fascism today? Why the appeal of authoritarianism, strong man politics, “Christian” white nationalism, etc. at this time in history? I would
The Mystic in Us: The “Best in Humanity”?
Matthew Fox
April 9, 2024
In yesterday’s DM, citing Jose Andres, we asked that the best of humanity please stand up. What is the best in humanity? Carl Jung says, “it
Can Grace Mark this New Year, 2024?
Matthew Fox
January 1, 2024
We have been meditating on Grace lately. Such meditations are very worthwhile, especially when ongoing wars in the Ukraine, Middle East, Sudan—display not our “better angels”
Week of 9/18-23: Celebrating our Inner Nobility and the Wonder of Father Sky
Matthew Fox
September 24, 2023
September 18, 2023: Finding the Nobility Inside, cont’dIn responding to Matthew’s book on the Sacred Masculine, a Native American prison chaplain introduced him to the
Finding the Nobility Inside, continued
Matthew Fox
September 18, 2023
This past Saturday, in meditating on a healthier masculinity, we learned of a powerful phrase from a Native American prison chaplain who summarized my book
The Cosmos in Christian and Jewish Liturgy
Matthew Fox
September 6, 2023
The ancient Christian hymn from Philippians celebrates the rejoicing of the entire cosmos: “All beings in the heavens, on earth and in the underworld,” reverence
Week of 8/28-9/2/2023: Celebrating the Cosmos
Matthew Fox
September 3, 2023
August 28, 2023. The Original Blessing of the CosmosIn this meditation we reflect upon the idea that the Cosmos is an Original Blessing, for without
