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 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 Hidden Spirituality of Men. He shares a
Previous Meditations
Week of 8/26-31/2024: The Black Madonna & the Antichrist; Remembering Rabbi Michael Lerner
August 26, 2024: On the Black Madonna in a Time of Kamala HarrisHealthy men are not threatened by
The Death of a Prophet and Friend, Rabbi Michael Lerner
I received this announcement just now from Rabbi Arthur Waskow of the “Shalom Report.” Dear Companions and Beloveds,Rabbi
Evil, the Antichrist, & Kali, the Black Madonna of the East
[FROM THE ARCHIVE, March 20, 2020] I am an elder. I will have traveled around the sun 84 times
Honoring the Black Madonna and MLK Jr.
[FROM THE ARCHIVE: January 16, 2024.] The Black Madonna is an important presence for our time. Andrew Harvey points
Three Responses to My New Book on Trump, MAGA & Anti-Christ
I am sharing with DM readers today three interesting and early responses to my new book on Trump &
Henry Adams, Kamala Harris & the Divine Feminine, continued
Henry Adams, whose grandfather and great-grandfather were both presidents, wrote poignantly of the role of Mary in his
On the Black Madonna in a Time of Kamala Harris
A sign of healthy masculinity is welcoming the strong feminine, as I point out in my book on
Week of 8/19-24/2024: Hope from Brazil, Inspiration from the DNC, plus Matthew’s New Book!
August 19, 2024: Leonardo Boff: Hope from Brazil re Kamala Harris for PresidentMatthew shares an article written by
Kamala Harris, the Black Madonna, & Trump’s Yesteryear’s Masculinity
Last night’s fulsome finale to the DNC Convention culminating in Kamala Harris’s powerful speech was a moving event. I
Reflections on the Democratic Convention, Aquinas Included
We began this week by sharing two DMs from Brazilian theologian Leonardo Boff on the meaning of a
My New Book on Trump & MAGA as Anti-Christ, continued
In yesterday’s DM, I introduced you to my new book, Trump & the MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook
Announcing My New Book on Trump, MAGA & the Anti-Christ
I have some exciting news that is well timed, given that the Democratic National Convention is in session.
Boff of Brazil & Kamala Harris as President: Part II
In yesterday’s DM, I shared much of an article by Brazilian theologian Leonardo Boff entitled: “A Female President
Leonardo Boff: Hope from Brazil re Kamala Harris for President
This weekend I received the following article from my friend in Brazil, theologian Leonardo Boff. I have cut
Week of 8/12-17/2024: Sports & Spirituality, Joy & Justice
August 12, 2024: Olympic Games Ended: A Meditation on Sport & CompetitionAs a theologian, Matthew offers his view
On Joy in Today’s World: Return to Joy?
[FROM THE ARCHIVE: The Mystics on Play: August 16, 2019] The Harris-Walz presidential campaign has talked about itself
Joy & Justice: American Mystic-Warrior, Kristal Parks
[FROM THE ARCHIVE: August 13, 2019] One dimension to The Harris-Walz presidential message that people are finding refreshing is
A Feminine Feast Day & Honoring the Elephant Nation
Today is the 74th anniversary of the doctrine of the Feast of the Assumption of Mary declared in 1950
Sports as Prayer & St. Paul on Athletics & Spirituality
Sports can be prayer because they can be a radical response to life. Sport can be art as
Sport and Spirituality, continued
There is joy in watching the beauty, the excellence, the accomplishment, the bodies, the boldness, the hard work,
Olympic Games Ended: A Meditation on Sport & Competition
Today (Sunday) marks the end of the Paris Olympic Games. By the time you read this, many people will
Week of 8/5/24–8/10/24: Caring, Weirdness, & 2 Kinds of Catholicism
August 5, 2024: Joe Biden’s Vatican II Catholicism vs. J.D. Vance’s Other Catholicism Sixty-two years ago, Pope John
Caring: The Opposite of Weird? continued
One way to define a term is to go to its opposite first. We are asking: What might be
Election-Time Weirdness: Is Caring the Opposite of Weird?
In yesterday’s DM, we considered VP nominee Tim Walz’s naming of weirdness as characterizing much of his opponents’
VP Nominee Tim Walz: The Man Who Called Weird “Weird”
The newly nominated vice-presidential candidate chosen by Vice President Kamala Harris turns out to be the folksy and
An Excommunicated Papal Nuncio & VP Religious Allegiance
Vice presidents are in the news currently while we are comparing Joe Biden’s Catholicism and that of VP
Biden’s Catholicism in Contrast to that of JD Vance’s, continued
Yesterday we considered how JD Vance’s conversion to Catholicism five years ago seems to be of a very
Joe Biden’s Vatican II Catholicism vs. JD Vance’s Other Catholicism
Joe Biden’s Catholicism, like that of Nancy Pelosi and many Catholic politicians of the past fifty years, was
Week of 7/29-8/3/2024: The Cosmos, Creativity, Olympics
July 29, 2024: A Plan for Inspiring the YoungWe continue to look at ways we might support our
Olympic Games, bell hooks & Thomas Aquinas on Truth & Justice
[FROM THE ARCHIVE: November 3, 2022] We continue our spiritual journey with bell hooks and another philosopher, Thomas
