The Creation Spirituality Lineage Calling All Social and Environmental Activists, Mystic Explorers, Justice Makers, Cosmic Thinkers, Earth Keepers Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox |
The Church For the Fellowship of All Peoples as a Landmark, continued 10/19/2023 |
Today the stakes are so high. Our species has come a long way, but we seem to be losing our way as well. True elegance seems displaced by loudness and bragging, bigotry and bombastic appeals to the reptilian brain, to more
hatred and wars and projection and “I win, you lose” mentalities. |
In the Middle East today, decades of violence toward Palestinians are coming home to roost. What Bishop Helder Camera called the “spiral of violence” is in full swing. The first violence is poverty and oppression; the second is the rebellion against it, often led by |
Starhawk speaks at a 2009 rally in memory of nonviolent protestors who died standing up for peace with justice between Israel and Palestine. ISMPalestine |
young people (and in Gaza today 80% of young adults are unemployed and the average salary in Israel is $55k and in Gaza is $1200 annually). The third is the repression of the rebellion. There is no excuse for the barbarism of Hamas attacks last week; but neither is there any moral justification for destroying the lives of all 2.3 million Palestinians in response. |
Ancient ancestors: Chris Stringer, Human Origins expert of the Natural History Museum, discusses recent genetic discoveries of Neanderthal legacy surviving in modern DNA. | I am moved by what science is learning today, that our species is in league with at least 15 other hominid
species who were our cousins: Neanderthal, Denisovan, and 13 more that we have recently identified. |
But the hard fact is this: They are all extinct. All our hominid brothers and sisters are gone. We who call ourselves Homo sapiens are the last ones standing. What do we say to that? That a church–a Gathering–of the Fellowship For All Peoples is possible. It has been incarnated in the city of SF for 79 years. It was a vision 79 years ago and it is today, and by this honor being bestowed upon it becomes more than ever a vision for our future: |
That Fellowship of all peoples is possible wherever we are, however we worship, whomever we love, whatever our culture or language or music or dress or cuisine. Has there ever been a |
Singer Yael Deckelbaum tours the world with a tune composed by an ensemble of Jewish, Christian and Muslim women. |
more pressing time for a Church or Gathering For the Fellowship of all peoples? |
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| “Landmarking the Past: Preparing the Future – 79th Anniversary Celebration” Matthew Fox speaks at the 79th anniversary ceremony of the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples, at which the City
of San Francisco named the Church an historic landmark. |
See Matthew Fox, A Spirituality Named Compassion.
And Fox, Christian Mystics, pp. 203-217.
Banner Image: Compassionate human hands. Photo by Aarón Blanco Tejedor on Unsplash.
Corrections: Yesterday’s DM omitted to credit the ensemble of Jewish,
Christian, and Muslim women who composed the music in Yael Deckelbaum’s video. Also, the banner image caption was inadvertently exchanged with that of another women’s circle led by Jalaja Bonheim: the banner photo was taken in Ithaca, NY. We regret the errors. |
Queries for Contemplation What does a “Church or Gathering for The Fellowship of All Peoples” mean to you? |
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A Spirituality Named Compassion: Uniting Mystical Awareness with Social Justice
In A Spirituality Named Compassion, Matthew
Fox delivers a profound exploration of the meaning and practice of compassion. Establishing a spirituality for the future that promises personal, social, and global healing, Fox marries mysticism with social justice, leading the way toward a gentler and more ecological spirituality and an acceptance of our interdependence which is the substratum of all compassionate activity.
“Well worth our
deepest consideration…Puts compassion into its proper focus after centuries of neglect.” –The Catholic Register |
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Christian Mystics: 365 Readings & Meditations
As Matthew Fox notes, when an aging Albert Einstein was asked if he had any regrets, he
replied, “I wish I had read more of the mystics earlier in my life.” The 365 writings in Christian Mystics represent a wide-ranging sampling of these readings for modern-day seekers of all faiths — or no faith. The visionaries quoted range from Julian of Norwich to Martin Luther King, Jr., from Thomas Merton to Dorothee Soelle and Thomas Berry.
“Our world is in crisis, and we need road
maps that can ground us I wisdom, inspire us to action, and help us gather our talents in service of compassion and justice. This revolutionary book does just that. Matthew Fox takes some of the most profound spiritual teachings of the West and translates them into practical daily mediations. Study and practice these teachings. Take what’s in this book and teach it to the youth because the new generation cannot afford to suffer the spirit and ethical illiteracy of the
past.” — Adam Bucko, spiritual activist and co-founder of the Reciprocity Foundation for Homeless Youth |
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UPCOMING EVENTS See Matthew Fox's full calendar HERE Join Matthew Fox as he discusses “A New Reformation: Creation Spirituality and the Transformation of Christianity” in an Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat, Thursday, October 19, 4:00-6:00 pm PT. To register, click HERE. Join Matthew Fox for two days of learning and practice as he speaks at the online Stanford Medicine Contemplation by Design Summit, Wednesday and Thursday, November 1-2, 2023. Wed 4:00pm-5:30pm PT – Lecture, Q&A – Grounding & Expanding, Psyche & Cosmos, Friendship with Self, Others, the Universe: Toward a “Cosmic Religion” (Einstein) and Human/Planetary Survival Thu 7:30am-8:15am – Guided Practice – Finding the Divine (the “I am”, the Christ, the Buddha Nature, the Tselem or Image of God) Within Thu 12:00pm-1:30pm – Workshop – Recovering the Sacred Masculine and the
Divine Feminine Register HERE. |
Join Matthew Fox as he delivers a Lecture and Q&A: “Towards a New Mythology: New & Ancient Names for God from Mystical Ancestors and Contemporary Science (& Fit for Some Atheists too)” as part of the Unitarian Universalist of Berkeley Lawrence Lecture Series. Friday, November 10, 2023, 7:00pm-8:30pm PT. Register HERE. |
Creation Spirituality Conversations |
Aaron Perry hosts Matthew Fox on the Y On Earth podcast, on “Hildegard von Bingen & Her “Viriditas,” sharing profound wisdom and deep insights about the essential importance of our relationship with Mother Earth, our celebration of the Divine Feminine, and our connection with Creation Spirituality, drawing upon centuries of knowledge and wisdom from indigenous and mystical traditions world-wide… particularly from the Rhineland Mystic Movement of the medieval European Renaissance, and a most extraordinary woman at its helm: Hildegard von
Bingen. |
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