Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
The Creation Spirituality Lineage Calling All Social and Environmental Activists, Mystic Explorers, Justice Makers, Cosmic Thinkers, Earth Keepers
One Year Ago in Orvieto
The evangelical opponents of progressive politics have long adopted the label of “Satan” or “Antichrist” for their enemies. For quite a long time, progressives have
Previous Meditations
Archetypes of the “Trickster” & the “Antichrist” in this Historical Moment
Tonight, Tuesday, is the second round of our gathering called “From Darkness to Dawn” consisting of four “conversations”
Senator Blows Whistle on Putin-Like Corruption in First Weeks of New Administration
Astounding levels of corruption comparable to those of President Putin, have happened in the first six weeks of
Week of 3/3-8/2025: Moral Outrage & Fasting from Billionaires
March 3, 2025: Anti-Christ Strikes Again: Putin, Trump, Vance vs. ZelenskyyIn light of what’s going on in the
Further Fasts For Lent, 2025
In yesterday’s DM we reflected on the current Lenten season and shared two variations on Ash Wednesday practices
Lent Reconsidered: Stardust vs Ashes, Fasting From Billionaires
We are now in the first days of Lent. As I write this, yesterday was Ash Wednesday when traditionally
A Thank You to Rev. Dorsey Blake, Carrier of the Legacy of Howard Thurman
My friend and colleague, the Reverend Dorsey Blake, who was vice president of the University of Creation Spirituality
Lech Wałęsa Writes Trump about the “Horror” of His Attack on Zelenskyy
Lech Wałęsa, Nobel Peace Prize winner, first democratically elected president of Poland and called “hero of Poland’s democracy,”
Aquinas on Oligarchy, Democracy & American Politics Today
In light of the Friday ambush staged by the current occupant of the White House and his henchman
Anti-Christ Strikes Again: Putin, Trump, Vance vs. Zelenskyy
I don’t want to say “I told you so,” but many people are contacting me saying that it
Week of 2/24-3/1/2025: Antidotes to Greed, Madness & Chaos
February 24, 2025: Elon Musk: The Mad King’s Mad Hatter?If Trump is a mad king, then his co-conspirator
Aquinas’s Medicine for Greed–Listen up, y’all!
In the past two DM’s we have talked about how Greed is behind the current Republican budget that
Hildegard & Aquinas Speak Truth to Power Re: Avarice & Greed
The Republican tribe has now passed a budget that cuts $860 billion from Medicaid and $250 billion from
A Meditation on Greed: Hildegard & Aquinas vs. Trump, Musk & Co.
Last night the Republican-led Congress voted to effectively kill Medicaid and food and health care for the poor
Ways to Ground Oneself in Fierce Times of Apocalypse & Antichrist
It is no secret that we are living in a time of apocalypse and antichrist. Hildegard of Bingen painted
How To Stand Up to a Mad King & His Mad Hatter
In Saturday’s and Monday’s DMs, we meditated on whether a particular wannabe king is a Mad King and
Elon Musk: The Mad King’s Mad Hatter?
In Saturday’s DM we meditated on the possibility of America being overseen now not by a president, but
Week of 2/17-22/2005: Evil vs Courage & Spiritual Warriorhood
February 17, 2025: Alexei Navalny: More Courage, Sacrifice, Conscience, Spiritual WarriorhoodWe are all called to be both prophets
What If We Had Not Just a King But a Mad King?
Donald T***p recently named himself a king. His cult followers rejoiced and his Republican sycophants kept their usual silence. What
Governor Pritzker Speaks Truth to All Americans
Thanks are due to Rachel Maddow who, in opening her show last night, showed clips from Illinois governor
Imam Muhsin Hendricks & Other Spiritual Warriors Among Us
Speaking of our “spiritual warriorhood,” another example entered the news this week when the world’s “first openly gay
When Presidents Celebrated the “Advancement of Human Nature”
In a thoughtful essay entitled “A Patriotic Opposition,” William Kristol writes about how “we oppose the current administration
Evil on the March, Resistance Too?
One year after Navalny’s death, authorities in Russia continue to go after people associated with his movement. One article
Alexei Navalny: More Courage, Sacrifice, Conscience, Spiritual Warriorhood
In Saturday’s DM, entitled “Honoring the Courage of Those Who Sacrifice & Follow Conscience,” we remembered the heroism
Week of February 10-15, 2025: Fighting Back Despair, Honoring Courage
February 10: T.S. Eliot on the Mystics as Medicine for Despair “The mystics — or else despair,” said
Honoring the Courage of Those Who Sacrifice & Follow Conscience
Three days ago, we honored the 20th anniversary of Sister Dorothy Stang’s martyrdom among the peasant farmers living
Love & Justice, J.D. Vance vs. Pope Francis
A criticism has arisen among a few responders to the DM that I should not use the language
On Praying the News in Times of Danger and Darkness
The purpose of our daily meditations have been, from the beginning, to assist one another to pray the
Today: The 20th anniversary of Spiritual Warrior Sr. Dot’s Martyrdom
On this day twenty years ago, a 74-year-old white-haired North American woman was gunned down by hired assassins
Mystics, Lovers, Warriors, Community, Work as Love
We are considering the role of the mystic in a time of unraveling of order and therefore a
T.S. Eliot on the Mystics as Medicine For Despair
There is considerable despair in the air these days. And for obvious reasons that do not need renaming here.
