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
Week of 11/21-11/26: Praise and Thanksgiving; Grief and the Need for Rites of Passage
November 21, 2022. Thomas Berry’s Invitation to Praise the Earth.In this meditation we are invited to remember to
Caring for the Earth & Other Preferential Options for the Young
Caring for Mother Earth in a perilous time of climate change is surely caring for the young. Not to
A Preferential Option for the Young?
In my autobiography I called for “a preferential option for the young” to be a value alongside that
Thanksgiving, 2022
In our recent daily meditations, we have been praising and therefore thanking Earth and Air, Fire and Water. As
More on Grieving the Loss of Young Life
We are grieving the loss of still more young life at the hands of a young, 22-year-old, killer.
Grief in Colorado Springs: The Latest Mass Shooting in America
We have been meditating on the gift that our Earth and Air and human existence is, a 13.8
Thomas Berry’s Invitation to Praise the Earth
In our recent daily meditations, we have been reflecting on Praise as in Rabbi Heschel’s observation that “praise
Week of 11/14-11/19: On Praise, Air, Sacred Stories, and Festivals
Each Sunday we offer a brief summary of the meditations from the previous week as a kind of
Yeats on Celebration, Praise and Festivity
Speaking of festivity and celebration, I am moved by Yeats’ simple poem: We must laugh and we must
A Festival of Faiths: Sacred Stories
It was my pleasure this past week to participate in the “Festival of Faiths” in Louisville, Kentucky. This annual
Let Us Praise the Air, Part II
Wonders—and questions–about Air abound. We are learning to praise Air and not take it for granted. Science tells us
Let Us Praise the Air
We are meditating on that interior experience we call praise, and its opposite which is essentially taking for
In Praise of Praise
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel instructs us that “Praise precedes faith.” To practice faith—any faith tradition—we need to bring the
Peter Gabel: His Writings, Part III
We are remembering the prophetic voice and loving person that Peter Gabel was. In his book, Another Way of
Week of 11/7-12: Governing Ourselves, the Inner Life, and Peter Gabel
November 7, 2022. The Bigger Issues on This Season’s Ballot (bigger than food and gas prices)In this meditation
In Memoriam: Peter Gabel, Part II
Many people tuned in online from around the country to Peter Gabel’s memorial service last week, myself included.
Peter Gabel: Pioneer & Prophet in Law & Education
Peter Gabel was co-founder with Rabbi Michael Lerner of Tikkun magazine, an important journal that tackles so many of today’s
More on Humanity’s Interior Life or Lack Thereof
When anger and rage and resentment and violence are prominent in politics and the media, when they are
Consciousness & Conscience: The Interior Life of Humans
Maybe one reason we humans are bad at governing and being governed is that we ignore our inner
Governing Humans is Hard for Humans
We humans are not always good at governing ourselves and getting along. It’s a struggle. We have tried and
The Bigger Issues On This Season’s Ballot (bigger than food and gas prices)
Bigger issues are at stake in election 2022 than food and gas prices. What are some of these
On Crime and Inflation
One political party proposes that the primary issues of the current midterm elections are these: 1. The price
On Voting
Please Vote. And get others to vote. Vote for the Planet, for the future therefore, and for the young
bell hooks and Thomas Aquinas on Truth and Justice
Cultural critic bell hooks is in agreement with Aquinas who, as we saw yesterday, says that truth and
Hannah Arendt & Thomas Aquinas on Truth, Justice & Politics
In a recent DM we learned from Hannah Arendt that the sense by which we take our bearings in
Lies, Violence and Politics
Lies beget violence. Lies have consequences. We saw this on January 6 live in our living rooms. The insurrection was
Cynicism, Politics and Violence — Signs of Our Times
In Saturday’s DM, we meditated with Hannah Arendt on her book, In Lying and Politics, which seems especially fitting
Week of Oct. 24-29: Wisdom Teachings, Democracy, and the Mid-Term Election
Each Sunday, we are offering a brief summary of the meditations from the previous week, as a kind
Mid-Term Elections: Hannah Arendt on Lies and Politics
It has been said that the head of the church of Donald J. Trump deserves the title of
The Meaning of the Mid-Term Elections, part IV
We are meditating on what the mid-term elections are about this year. We are choosing whether to have
