We Have a New Pope
Matthew Fox
May 9, 2025
Two days ago, Gianluigi invited me to return to write a DM when the white smoke rose from the Vatican, and the world had a
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The Power of Art to Melt Hearts, Minds, & Icy Politics
Matthew Fox
April 2, 2025
We have been meditating on turning to art to speak an alternative language in a time of Evil. We have considered the brilliant satire of
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
More on Love & Collective Atonement from Jews of Conscience
Matthew Fox
April 19, 2024
We are meditating on God as Love and the World as Love—the latter being a statement proposed by Teilhard de Chardin in light of the
Greening Power, Peace, Creativity, Angels
Matthew Fox
January 10, 2024
We have spent the better part of the past two weeks meditating on a marvelous new painting by Alex Grey which he calls a “homage
Replacing Dualism & War with Non-dualism, Interdependence, Compassion
Matthew Fox
November 17, 2023
Dualism is the basis of all war. It creates either/or thinking. Subject/object thinking is necessary for carrying on wars. Mysticism is non-dualism. Julian of Norwich invented the word oneing. How
From Bickering & War to Common Work & Common Survival
Matthew Fox
November 14, 2023
Yesterday I shared with you what I felt was an important observation about humans getting over our action-reaction, reptilian response to one another, moving beyond
Good News of Human Nobility & Compassion from 150 Rabbis
Matthew Fox
November 10, 2023
We ended yesterday’s DM with this question for pondering: How is humanity today, how are we today, doing in expressing our divine nobility by way
An Imam and a Rabbi Speaking Out Together on the War in Gaza
Matthew Fox
October 31, 2023
We are meditating on our species’ capacity for compassion. Meister Eckhart says, “What happens to another, whether it be a joy or a sorrow, happens
Compassion and Earth vs. War and Retribution
Matthew Fox
October 27, 2023
Yesterday’s DM ended this way: Where are our “defense departments” when we need them? Can’t the climate crisis awaken all humans everywhere to address the common foe:
