The Wound Giving Birth
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
March 21, 2026
Since yesterday’s DM, I kept musing about being sheltered/hidden inside the wounds of Jesus. A very strong image, but also quite a weird one from
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Deep Feeling, Not Sentimentalism
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
December 17, 2025
How can one differentiate between deep feeling and sentimentalism? I have run the risk of throwing out deep feeling together with sentimentalism, so I will
Experiencing Dark Times
Gianluigi Gugliermetto
April 29, 2025
Who likes to live in dark times? When the fool rules instead of the wise; when evil is called “good” and good is called “evil;”
Politics, Science, Spirituality and Spiritual Warriors
Matthew Fox
January 9, 2025
In yesterday’s DM, I made reference to the anniversaries of January 6 and November 5 as being demarcations for our time of political apocalypse and
Having Faith in Nights—Even Dark Nights
Matthew Fox
December 17, 2024
This season of the return of Light (solstice) and the miracle of Light (Hanukkah) and the announcement of angels of doxa or glory and the birth of Christ
Week of 7/22-27/2024: Sadness among our Youth & Renewed Hope in the Face of Momentous Current Events
Matthew Fox
July 28, 2024
July 22, 2024: The Unhappiness of Young Adults World Over: A Scientific StudyA recent article shares with us disturbing news about the state of young
Week of 4/8-14/2024: The Way of the Mystic as an Antidote to Despair
Matthew Fox
April 14, 2024
April 8, 2024: Can the Best of Humanity Please Show Up?In an op-ed article in the New York Times, Jose Andres, founder of World Central
What is Death? Lessons in the Via Negativa from Holy Week
Matthew Fox
March 30, 2024
What is death? It seems most creatures are not preoccupied with that question. Instead, they are very busy getting on with life securing their individual place in
Some of the Ways We and the Earth Experience the Via Negativa
Richard Reich-Kuykendall
August 3, 2023
Today we will consider some of the different ways we and the earth experience the Via Negativa. In his book, The Coming of the Cosmic Christ,
“Thou Shalt Dare the Dark” (Via Negativa)–part 2
Richard Reich-Kuykendall
August 1, 2023
We continue our meditation on Matthew Fox’s writings of the way of darkness, silence, and solitude, suffering, loss and grief. In the pathway that is
