Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
The Creation Spirituality Lineage Calling All Social and Environmental Activists, Mystic Explorers, Justice Makers, Cosmic Thinkers, Earth Keepers

Week of 2/3-8/2025: The Four Paths & Overcoming Evil
February 3, 2025: Deepening Our Spiritual Warriorhood with John of the Cross & OthersA reader asked, “How can we sustain ourselves in such trying times?”
Previous Meditations

Speaking of Notre Dame AND Trump, A Report from Andy Borowitz
In two recent DM’s, we meditated on the meaning of Notre Dame’s reopening and before that on Trump’s

Notre Dame Rising from the Ashes, Part II
We are meditating on the meaning of the resurrection of Notre Dame Cathedral at this time. Henry Adams

Week of 12/2-7/2024: How to Survive and Live Fully following the Election
December 2, 2024: Cosmology, Spirituality, & the Power of the 4 Paths to Awaken HumanityOne of the teachings of

Notre Dame Rising from the Ashes
This weekend the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris reopens. It is a major event for France and maybe

Election Follow-Up
In yesterday’s DM I wrote of the one-month anniversary of Trump’s re-election. One response went like this: Excellent Matthew

On the One-Month Anniversary of Trump’s Return
Today marks one month since Americans voted to return Trump to the White House. For me, and for many,

How We Fall in Love with the World—in Spite of History
This week in our meditations I have invoked cosmologist Brian Swimme and Seneca educator Sister Jose Hobday. Science and

The Prayer to the Four Directions as Taught Me by Sister Jose Hobday
Sister Jose Hobday was a Seneca woman chosen by her tribe at 7 years old to be a

Cosmology, Spirituality, & the Power of the 4 Paths to Awaken Humanity
One of the many gifts I have received from the teachings of Thomas Aquinas is his observation that

Week of 11/25-30/2024: A Letter to Men & A Letter to Women
November 25, 2024: The Hidden Spirituality of Men: A Word to my BrothersSeventeen years ago, Matthew wrote The

A Word To My Sisters, continued
We are meditating on the role played by young men in light of the recent election. For this reason

The Hidden Spirituality of Men: A Word to My Sisters
Dear Sisters, In reflecting on the recent election, one significant issue is the role men played in electing

A Prayer on Thanksgiving Day, 2024, a la Julian of Norwich
This is surely the most difficult Thanksgiving of my 83 years of spinning around the sun. One shudders

The Hidden Spirituality of Men: A Word to My Brothers, Part III
I am sharing a letter I wrote 17 years ago on the publication of my book, The Hidden Spirituality

Hidden Spirituality of Men: A Word to My Brothers, Part II
I am sharing a letter I wrote 17 years ago to my brother men as part of our

The Hidden Spirituality of Men: A Word to my Brothers
I came across this letter that I wrote 17 years ago. It seems relevant today still, especially because

Week of 11/17-23/2024: Exploring Healthy Masculinity
November 18, 2024: Donald Reeves, Friend, Spiritual/Religious Pioneer and ProphetMatthew tells us about his remarkable friend, a vicar

What makes a “Real Man”?
We continue our meditations on healthy masculinity since it was young men in particular who essentially elected Mr.

A Sign of the Times: Moving from Unhealthy to Healthy Masculinity
We are meditating on the healthy masculinity—what I call the “sacred masculine”–because one of the clear lessons from

Practices for Recovering an Authentic Masculinity
One of the dimensions of my book on the The Hidden Spirituality of Men that most delighted the hostesses of

Alternatives to Patriarchy and Strongmen and Male Low Esteem
Yesterday I had the privilege to dialogue with two women, Jan Jorgensen and Anasuya Issacs of She SAID Talks, who

Donald Reeves, Peace-Building, Bach’s Music & Repairing Democracy
In yesterday’s DM, I paid homage to my friend Donald Reeves who was a no-nonsense critic of injustice

Donald Reeves, Friend, Spiritual/Religious Pioneer and Prophet
I recently learned that an important spiritual leader and friend died a few weeks ago on Halloween. It

Week of 11/11-16/2024: Navigating These Times
November 11, 2024: Veterans Day 2024Matthew reflects on the veterans in his family. A long-ago uncle served as

Love, Mysticism, Anger: Healing of Democracy via the Irrational?
Yesterday we considered Otto Rank’s medicine for an ailing democracy. Rank was living at a time like ours, the

Otto Rank on Curing a Weakening Democracy
There will be post-mortems emerging on the recent election surely. But one concern is this: 87 million Americans eligible

What Happened Ten Days Ago Today?
Ten days ago a majority of Americans linked hands with Christian nationalists, neo-Nazis, and Putin–the first invader of

Are We Made For These Times? More Practices from Kaira Jewel
Are we really made for these times? Are we up to it spiritually? What does it take spiritually speaking to

From Buddhism: More Spiritual Practices To Deal with Grief
This past year a very fine book came out with a title that seems to speak to our

Veterans Day, 2024
I am thinking on this Veterans Day 2024 of the veterans in my family, and how they would