Thanksgiving, 2022
Matthew Fox
November 24, 2022
In our recent daily meditations, we have been praising and therefore thanking Earth and Air, Fire and Water. As Thomas Berry put it in a recent
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In Praise of Praise
Matthew Fox
November 15, 2022
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel instructs us that “Praise precedes faith.” To practice faith—any faith tradition—we need to bring the experience of praise to the table. That is
Spiritual Lessons from Animals, continued
Matthew Fox
October 6, 2022
Further spiritual lessons that animals share with us include the following: That climbing Jacob’s ladder is unnatural. Have you ever known an animal (other than
Animals as Spiritual Teachers in Christianity
Matthew Fox
October 3, 2022
Yesterday we considered some teachings from the Jewish tradition about how animals are teachers of spirituality. We need wisdom and spiritual teachings today as individuals and as communities. So
Joy + Justice = Compassion
Matthew Fox
September 10, 2022
To commit to Joy and Justice and Celebration, as Barbara Ehrenreich does, is to commit to Compassion. As Meister Eckhart tells us, “what happens to another, whether it
Speaking of Praise, Rilke Again
Matthew Fox
August 27, 2022
The poet Rainer Maria Rilke underwent a very painful childhood. He was locked in the attic by his mother for long periods of time and was
Cosmos & Psyche a la Meister Eckhart, continued
Matthew Fox
August 20, 2022
We are meditating with Meister Eckhart, invoking his deep sense of our relationship to the cosmos, psyche and cosmos are linked together. This is especially
Cosmos & Psyche a la Meister Eckhart
Matthew Fox
August 19, 2022
In a time of the Webb Telescope beaming light and pictures of the first galaxies into our living rooms, we might ask what would the
Merton & Eckhart on Nothingness & Solitude
Matthew Fox
August 12, 2022
Merton expounds on the experience of nothingness: But to each of us there is a point of nowhereness in the middle of movement, a point
Merton & Eckhart on Nothingness, continued
Matthew Fox
August 11, 2022
In yesterday’s poem, composed from his hospital bed, Merton addresses “Eckhart’s castle.” Eckhart’s talk about the soul as a “castle” relates to the Biblical phrase,
