The Creation Spirituality Lineage Calling All Social and Environmental Activists, Mystic Explorers, Justice Makers, Cosmic Thinkers, Earth Keepers Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox |
Keeping–and Not
Keeping–the People Informed about Mother Earth 11/16/2023 |
To rediscover life means not to take it for granted. Not the Earth. Not our relations with all other creatures with whom we are utterly interdependent, and all other humans with whom, whether we agree with them or not, we need to
co-survive. |
My brother’s letter, which initiated the recent DMs on how the emergency facing Iceland got them to “end bickering” and work together, ended this way: A heartwarming event, along with the potential loss of a full town. Now, we are waiting. But also, we continue to hear the |
Shamanic cultural ambassador Sakha Snow Raven, of the Sakha Republic in Arctic Siberia, adapts the words of Chief Seattle to a traditional song/ritual form of her people. SNOW RAVEN |
expert geologists, and there are many of them, describing in precise terms what is happening. We are all being kept informed. The coming together and ending of bickering was indeed a heart-warming event. So too is having media hosting scientists and experts who are doing their best to interpret what is coming next from Mother Earth, and keep the people informed. |
Watching their hometown sinking into the ground: cultural ambassador Gylfi narrates the experience of residents of Grindavik. Just Icelandic | Is the media in America keeping us informed of what is coming next to Mother Earth and climate change? I sure wish it did–we certainly have the science we need. Alas, however, last week in the Republican |
presidential debate overseen by NBC News, there was not one single question asked about climate change. Shame, shame, shame on
NBC. The questions and handling of the debate far exceeded the quality of the previous debates on Fox News–yet not a single question about the number one existential question facing humanity today? ...And
facing creation today, meaning all the other species with whom we share this planet and who are going extinct by the millions? |
It seems creation spirituality is demanded of all citizens today, including all journalists, news broadcasters and hosts of presidential debates. Do journalism departments in academia teach value questions? Is the survival of Mother Earth a value? |
Not one Republican candidate admitted the reality of climate change in the August 2023 debate; Vivek Ramaswamy called it a hoax. Enough said? MSNBC |
See Matthew Fox, Original Blessing.
And Fox, “Your Mother is Dying,” in Fox, The Coming of the Cosmic Christ, pp. 11-34. Also see Fox, Hildegard of Bingen, A Saint for Our Times: Unleashing Her Power in the 21st Century, pp. 33-44.
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Colombia, USA, Singapore, Italy, Mexico, Poland, and Switzerland, all teaching in their own countries about the climate crisis and how trees can help us to fight it. Photo by Plant-for-the-Planet Official on Flickr. |
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Queries for Contemplation Do you agree that a presidential debate in 2023 that does not ask even one question about Climate Change and the future of Mother Earth is a scandal? Phone or write to NBC News. And to journalism departments. |
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Original Blessing: A Primer in Creation Spirituality
Matthew Fox lays out a whole new direction for Christianity—a direction that is in fact very ancient and very grounded in
Jewish thinking (the fact that Jesus was a Jew is often neglected by Christian theology): the Four Paths of Creation Spirituality, the Vias Positiva, Negativa, Creativa and Transformativa in an extended and deeply developed way.
“Original Blessing makes available to the Christian world and to the human community a radical cure for all dark and derogatory views of the natural world wherever these may
have originated.” –Thomas Berry, author, The Dream of the Earth; The Great Work; co-author, The Universe Story |
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The Coming of the Cosmic Christ: The Healing of Mother Earth and the Birth of a Global Renaissance
In what may be considered the most
comprehensive outline of the Christian paradigm shift of our Age, Matthew Fox eloquently foreshadows the manner in which the spirit of Christ resurrects in terms of the return to an earth-based mysticism, the expression of creativity, mystical sexuality, the respect due the young, the rebirth of effective forms of worship—all of these mirroring the ongoing blessings of Mother Earth and the recovery of Eros, the feminine aspect of the Divine.
“The eighth wonder of the world…convincing proof that our Western religious tradition does indeed have the depth of imagination to reinvent its faith.” — Brian Swimme, author of The Universe Story and Journey of the Universe. |
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Hildegard of Bingen, A Saint for Our Times: Unleashing Her Power in the 21st Century
Matthew Fox writes in Hildegard of Bingen about this amazing woman
and what we can learn from her.
In an era when women were marginalized, Hildegard was an outspoken, controversial figure. Yet so visionary was her insight that she was sought out by kings, popes, abbots, and bishops for advice.
“This book gives strong, sterling, and unvarnished evidence that everything – everything – we ourselves become
will affect what women after us may also become….This is a truly marvelous, useful, profound, and creative book.” ~~ Andrew Harvey, author of The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism. |
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Join the Global Ministries University celebration as Matthew Fox joins the GMU faculty with a lecture on “Creation Spirituality and Religion and Science”. Registration is now full for this virtual event but you may subscribe to be notified to watch it on the GMU YouTube Channel. Friday, November 17, 7:30 am PT. Register HERE. |
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Creation Spirituality Conversations |
Hunger for Wholeness: What is Wholeness in the Midst of Crisis with Matthew Fox (Part 1) In the midst of increased violence between Israel and Palestine, Ilia Delio and theologian
Matthew Fox discuss the state of the world today and how to have courage in Part 1 of their conversation. Ilia and Matt discuss his mentor, Marie Dominique Chenu, the influence of liberation theology on social justice in the church today, and what can still be learned.
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