Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
The Creation Spirituality Lineage Calling All Social and Environmental Activists, Mystic Explorers, Justice Makers, Cosmic Thinkers, Earth Keepers
Chimps & Us, Stadiums, Sports and Wars continued
In the past two DMs we have been dealing with Brian Swimme’s story of how differently 50,000 chimps and 50,000 humans will act in a
Previous Meditations
Doxa, Moxa and Christmas, continued
Two days ago we celebrated Christmas in our DM with a meditation on what I called Doxa and Moxa, which become simple
Week of 12/19-25: Advent, Apophatic God, Christmas, Glory
December 19, 2022. Advent, Solstice, and the Apophatic Divinity.Today we explore the Divinity of mystery, that Divinity of
Christmas: 2022, Doxa and Moxa
To our readers: Usually on Sunday we offer an “index” of the meditations of the previous week. But this
From Advent to Christmas Eve & the Birth of the Rebel Jesus
Today is Christmas Eve. Today we begin to break the dark silence of Advent just as the post-solstice movement
Apophatic Divinity: God as Nothingness
Thomas Aquinas says that “God is said to be nonbeing (non existens) not because God is lacking in
Apophatic Divinity, continued
In this dark season of the year that is also Advent that leads into Christmas in the Christian
Winter Solstice, 2022: The Apophatic and Uncreated God
If God is the uncreated one, then we cannot know God since everything we know is created and
Advent, Solstice, Eckhart on the Apophatic God
Even though Meister Eckhart celebrated richly the God of light and wonder and creation, he also laid out
Advent, Solstice and the Apophatic Divinity
We have spoken about the feminine side to advent, a time of waiting, of pregnancy, of gestating in the
Week of 12/12-12/17: Advent, Repose, the Divine Feminine, Wildness and Creativity
December 12, 2022. Merton on Repose, Silence, and Advent, continued. Merton said that churches should provide places of
With Pregnancy Comes the Wild: Clarissa Estes, Thomas Berry
To speak of gestation and creativity and birthing as being integral to advent is to speak of the
Creativity and the Time of Advent, Hanukkah and Christmas
Hanukkah is often celebrated as a time of miracles for the story tells us that following the expulsion
Our Lady of Guadalupe: Remembering Our Cosmic Mother
We are meditating on the feminine dimension to Advent and winter and repose. Two days ago we celebrated
Advent and the Coming of the Godhead
In yesterday’s DM we considered how Advent, night and repose can be seen as feminine according to Thomas
Merton on Advent, Night and Repose as Feminine
There is something feminine and maternal about Advent and winter. One reader of our daily meditations wrote in the
Merton on Repose, Silence, and Advent, continued
Merton says that silence is necessary and churches should provide plenty of it: Let there always be quiet, dark
Week of 12/5-12/10: An Exploration of the Qualities of Peace and Repose
December 5, 2022. Advent, Winter, Darkness, and Repose.In this meditation, we look at the quality of “repose” and
Thomas Merton on Repose, Silence and Advent
Today, December 10, is the anniversary of Thomas Merton’s entering the monastery in 1940 and also the 54th
The Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads on Peace and Repose
We have considered Meister Eckhart’s teachings on peace and repose which seem especially meaningful not only at this
Black Elk on Peace and Repose
In yesterday’s DM we meditated with Meister Eckhart on what I call the “panentheistic pleasure” of repose. And
The Panentheistic Pleasure of Repose
We are considering with Meister Eckhart the deeper meaning of winter, Advent and entering the darkness of the
Repose among all Creatures and Divinity Itself
In this season of winter and darkness and advent, we continue our meditation with Meister Eckhart on repose, keeping in
Advent, Winter, Darkness, and Repose
Two days ago in our daily meditations, we spoke of how winter and the darkness “contain their own wisdom
Week of 11/28-12/3: Grief Work, Deep Ecumenism, and Honoring Winter’s Darkness
November 28, 2022. On Grief Work, Youth Work, and Adam Bucko’s New Book.In this meditation, in the wake
More Gifts from Winter, Advent and the Return of the Dark
A return to the dark is also a return to our origins. Most of us were conceived in the
Winter, Advent and Honoring the Dark
This time of advent and of winter and of solstice approaching affords us an invitation to enter into
Deep Ecumenism, continued
We continue contemplating the topic of deep ecumenism, with an excerpt from Occupy Spirituality by Matthew Fox and
Bucko & Fox on Practicing Spiritual Democracy
Adam Bucko and I conclude our book on Occupy Spirituality with a chapter entitled “Occupy Generation and the Practice of
Heartbreak, Grief Work and Engaged Contemplation, continued
In light of the mass shooting at the gay club in Colorado Springs and other murders among college
On Grief Work, Youth Work, & Adam Bucko’s Latest Book
We have seemingly interrupted our meditations on Praise to reflect on the heart-breaking events of murder at the gay Club
