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Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
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Week of 10/10 - 10/15: Saving Our Earth and Our Democracy |
Each Sunday, we are offering a brief summary of the meditations from the previous week as a kind of “index” inviting you to return to a previous meditation which may call to you. |
We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest. Ella's Song, arranged by Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, performed by Sweet Honey in the Rock. YouTube |
October 13, 2022. On Florida’s Endangerment. Matthew Fox shares dire predictions of the loss of Floridian land over the course of the next 20 years as global warming and intensifying hurricanes continue to take their toll. We are encouraged to vote for politicians who care about the future of the
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October 15, 2022. Cataclysms and the Good Fruit They Bear. We explore the questions: Is there anything that can be learned from cataclysms
and catastrophes? Is there any good that can come from these sad disasters? We meditate on a quotation from French playwright Antonin Artaud: “It is good that from time to time cataclysms occur that compel us to return to nature, i.e., to rediscover life.” |
Order of the Sacred Earth: An Intergenerational Vision of Love and Action
By Matthew Fox, Skylar Wilson, and Jen Listug In the midst of global fire, earthquake and flood -
as species are going extinct every day and national and global economies totter - the planet doesn't need another church or religion. What it needs is a newOrder, grounded in the Wisdom traditions of both East and West, including science and indigenous. An Order of the Sacred Earth united in one sacred vow: “I promise to be the best lover and defender of the Earth that I can be.”
Co-authored by Matthew Fox, Skylar Wilson, and Jennifer Listug, with a
forward by David Korten, this collection of essays by 21 spiritual visionaries including Brian Swimme, Mirabai Starr, Theodore Richards, and Kristal Parks marks the founding of the diverse and inclusive Order of the Sacred Earth, a community now evolving around the world.
“The Order of the Sacred Earth not only calls us home to our true nature as Earth, but also offers us invaluable guidance and company on the way.” ~~ Joanna Macy,
environmental activist and author of Active Hope. | |
Prayer: A Radical Response to Life
How do prayer and mysticism relate to the struggle for social and ecological justice? Fox defines prayer as a radical response to life that includes our “Yes” to life (mysticism) and our “No” to forces that combat
life (prophecy). How do we define adult prayer? And how—if at all—do prayer and mysticism relate to the struggle for social and ecological justice? One of Matthew Fox’s earliest books, originally published under the title On Becoming a Musical, Mystical Bear: Spirituality American Style, Prayer introduces a mystical/prophetic spirituality and a mature conception of how to pray. Called a “classic” when it first appeared, it lays out the difference between the creation spirituality tradition and
the fall/redemption tradition that has so dominated Western theology since Augustine. A practical and theoretical book, it lays the groundwork for Fox’s later works.
"One of the finest books I have read on contemporary spirituality." - Rabbi Sholom A. Singer
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Naming the Unnameable: 89 Wonderful and Useful Names for God...Including the Unnameable God
What do we mean by “God” in today’s world? Do we even need “God” anymore? How many names for Divinity are there? Do the names for God change as we mature as individuals, evolve
as a species, and face a critical “turning time” in human and planetary history?”
Too often, notions of God have been used as a means to control and to promote a narrow worldview. In Naming the Unnameable, renowned theologian and author Matthew Fox ignites our imaginations by offering a colorful range of Divine Names gathered from scientists and poets and mystics past and present, inviting us to always begin where true
spirituality begins: From experience. Ultimately, no name for God suffices. We are challenged to continue to probe the rich ecology of human spirituality to ask questions, embrace paradox, and listen silently to the deepest of life’s mysteries. | |
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Join Matthew Fox for the monthly online Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat, discussing Original Blessing. Thursday, October 20, 4:00pm-6:00pm PT. Register HERE.
Join Matthew Fox for the monthly Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat, discussing Matthew Fox: Essential Writings on Creation Spirituality. Thursday, November 17, 4:00pm-6:00pm PT. Register HERE.
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Creation Spirituality in Conversation |
| Andrew Harvey, author of The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism, interviews Matthew Fox on The Essential Writings of Creation Spirituality, July 26, 2022. |
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