Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
The Creation Spirituality Lineage Calling All Social and Environmental Activists, Mystic Explorers, Justice Makers, Cosmic Thinkers, Earth Keepers
MAGA vs. the Common Good: An Amazingly Synchronistic Moment
Our last two daily meditations have been devoted to Thomas Aquinas’s powerful and substantive teachings on the common good. He is given credit after all to bringing
Previous Meditations
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
Week of 11/4-9/2024: Responses to the Election & Rituals for Our Grief
November 4, 2024: On Evil, the Sacred, and What is at Stake in this ElectionWe list what is
Reflections & Responses to Election 2024
We are meditating on the recent historical situation that has rendered Trump and fascism’s election possible. One of
Grief Rituals for a Time of Rupture, Distress & Rising Fascism
There is a grief ritual that I can heartily recommend at this time of profound distress and dread
Election 2024: The Day After
Today is a very dark day—to put it mildly–for America and democracy and the future of Mother Earth
Election Day and My Father’s Birthday
I write this on the morning of Election Day. A lot of waiting and patience awaits us all today
Trump, Evil and the 7 Capital Sins and 7 Distorted Chakras
In my first and major study on Evil, Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in
On Evil, the Sacred, and What is at Stake in this Election
I recognize quite a list of issues and choices at stake in this year’s presidential election. Otherwise I would
Week of 10/27-11/2/2024: Heroes & Fascism vs. Democracy
October 28, 2024: Praying the News: Navalny, Stang, Gutierrez, Trumpian FascismMatthew has a wonderful suggestion. Instead of merely
Equality and Love: Eckhart on Jesus and Democracy, continued
We continue our meditation on Jesus and democracy from yesterday’s DM. If we are so noble as Eckhart speaks
Did Jesus Preach Democracy?
In my recent book on Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election, I
Dark Money, Billionaires, & the Death of Earth & Democracy
Do you wonder why the election is as close as it is? One reason might be this statistic: $2
Fascism AND Christofascism are on the Ballot
Rivers of news reports are flooding out from the media about the explicitly fascist realities of Trump and
Trump’s Fascist Rally at Madison Square Garden
“Fascism on Full Display” says one headline about Donald Trump’s MAGA rally at Madison Square Garden Sunday night. And
Praying the News: Navalny, Stang, Gutierrez, Trumpian Fascism
When we began these Daily Meditations some six years ago, one way I described its purpose was that
Week of 10/21-26/2024: Resentment & Forgiveness, Global Warning, Idolatry
October 21, 2024: The Freedom that Forgiveness BringsAs we reflect on the role resentment and scapegoating play in
A Course in Miracles on The Antichrist: Part II
We continue our meditation on the Course in Miracles’ teaching about the antichrist and linking it to my
The Course of Miracles on The Antichrist: Part I
I have often credited the book, A Course in Miracles, with awakening many people to their mystical selves and this
Phil Wilson’s Blunt Truths on Global Warming, Fascism, Trump
A recent commentary on the current presidential election begins with this headline: “Donald Trump’s MAGA Death Cult Is
Men Leaving the Workforce & Trump’s Appeal to Resentment
One wonders why the presidential race is as close as it is. One reason giving is that many young
Big Heart, Big Sky, & Origins of Life in Father Sky
A big heart is generous and has learned how to forgive. The word “generous” bears within it the word genesis and
The Freedom that Forgiveness Brings
We meditated last week on the role that Resentment and Scapegoating play in our current politics—a role that
Week of 10/14-19/2024: Politics, Resentment & Forgiveness
October 14, 2024: Blessed Indigenous Peoples’ Day 2024!Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Matthew remembers fondly those indigenous elders
From Resentment to Forgiveness: A Path to Freedom
The opposite of Resentment is Forgiveness and Forgiveness can be a path to freedom. The phrase “refusal to forgive”
Resentment & The Politics of Resentment, continued
In yesterday’s DM, biologist Rupert Sheldrake instructed us on how resentment and those who preach it can create
Rupert Sheldrake on the Politics & Science of Resentment
I am asking these days how it is that Donald Trump, for all his obvious shortcomings, has so
Thom Hartmann on a “Secular” or “Political” Antichrist
These days, I find myself bringing forward an ancient archetype from the Biblical apocalyptic tradition about evil, namely
Will America Replace aWeak Democracy with a Strong Theocracy?
Because that is what it will get if it elects Trump and Vance. As I laid out in
