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On the One-Month
Anniversary of Trump’s Return 12/05/2024 |
As the results of the election ripple out, learn the deeper stakes involved. Get your copy of Trump & the MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election today! Choose your format in the book block below.
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Today marks one month since Americans voted to return Trump to the White House. For me, and for many, it has been a time of processing my grief and getting ready to live with a new version of America than I thought we lived in. |
One where a majority–but certainly no mandate as less than 50% of voters voted for him–of Americans gave power back to a president who ignited an insurrection against the government and lied for years because he did not have the decency or manliness to admit he lost an election. One who, along |
“As Trump pushes to consolidate power, he is being met with a push for democracy.” Rachel Maddow, MSNBC |
with many of his MAGA followers, is eager to replace the Constitution, flawed as it is, with Project 2025 and its christofascist makers, a blueprint for fascism, and the killing of our republic. And is hiring its authors for many important government positions. The silver lining is that the
Democrats are strong in the House of Representatives and can perhaps slow down the inevitable until elections of 2026 two years from now. And the press still has some voice. And citizens can resist. And some of his hires are incompetent. Many lessons are to be taken from this election, not least of which is
that many democracies are under similar pressure at this time in history. And that many more millions of Americans (90 million) chose to sit the election out than to vote for the winner (77 million) or the loser (74 million). I received this letter from my friend, Jenny Hereth, an accomplished artist and former
faculty member. It speaks to the via transformativa of our times. |
Detail of promotional poster for Teenage Archetype Cards by Jennifer Hereth. From the artist’s Facebook page, by permission. | Took my 93-year-old Dad
on thanksgiving to see the Bonhoeffer film which is all over Chicago. Growing up a Lutheran minister's daughter I remember dusting Bonhoeffer’s books on my Dad’s bookshelf and knowing the story of his |
heroism. I thought it was excellent for this time especially because I believe churches with Trump supporters will go see it and be moved!!! Power of art and storytelling! Similarities Trump to Hitler very strong! And beautiful tribute to the spirituality of the black church!! Also may shore up non-trump supporters how important standing up and keeping the faith. Then took my dad out and listened to stories of church members walking out of his sermons on the southside of Chicago in 1960s because when he used the word “love” in the pulpit they knew he meant “nigger love”! Long way of saying I recommend the film and see it as positive popular art right now!!! I also received a note from a person whose son worked in a major democratic campaign and had this to say about my book on Trump/MAGA/Antichrist: I wanted to let you know that my son and I
had a big talk last night about how you were completely correct about the religious vote for trump. There was a lot going on in election team and no one was reading, everyone on survival mode. |
I’m wondering if it can be packaged as more of a survival guide to living under Trump. I believe in you and your work. Are we moving on from our grieving? Grief does not rapidly disappear, and many people process grief on different time scales. One knows when
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Brent Palmer of WIBW 13 NEWS | Topeka, KS speaks
with Phelicia Glass on ways of moving through grief and re-engaging with political action post-election. |
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time to return to the work at hand, each one on their own clock. Rather than getting rid of it, we may be called to carry the grief with us while we work all the harder and with opened and expanded imagination. After all, “hope is a verb with the sleeves rolled
up.” |
See Fox, “Befriending Darkness, Letting Go and Letting Be: The Via Negativa,” in Fox, Original Blessing, pp. 132-177.
And Fox, “How A Radical Letting Go Becomes a True Letting Be,” in Fox, Passion For Creation: The Earth-Honoring Spirituality of Meister Eckhart, pp.213-225.
And Fox, Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in Soul & Society.
And Fox, Trump & MAGA as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election.
Banner Image: The Resistance arises: Women’s March Rally at the Heritage Foundation, Washington DC, November
9, 2024. Photo by Elvert Barnes on Flickr.
CORRECTION: Yesterday’s Daily Meditation inadvertently misspelled
the name of poet Derek Walcott. We regret the error. | A Caring Note from the DM Team: The results of the U.S. election are affecting us all in a variety of ways, and challenging times certainly lie ahead. If the burden becomes overwhelming, we urge you, please, to seek support. Here are a few resources that can help:
National Helpline for essential services: 211 or 211.org National Suicide/Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.org. Veterans Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255 LGBTQ Youth Lifeline: Call 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678678. Trans Lifeline: Call 877-565-8860 National Sexual Assault Hotline: Call
800-656-4673 |
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Queries for Contemplation |
What stage are you at in your grief about November 5? And about what has transpired since and is coming? How are you handling your grief and preparing for upcoming resistance? Does Bonhoeffer inspire you?
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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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Passion for Creation: The Earth-Honoring Spirituality of Meister Eckhart
Matthew Fox’s comprehensive translation of Meister Eckhart’s sermons is a meeting of true prophets across centuries, resulting in
a spirituality for the new millennium. The holiness of creation, the divine life in each person and the divine power of our creativity, our call to do justice and practice compassion–these are among Eckhart’s themes, brilliantly interpreted and explained for today’s reader.
“The most important book on mysticism in 500 years.” — Madonna Kolbenschlag, author of Kissing Sleeping Beauty
Goodbye. |
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Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in Soul and Society
Visionary theologian and best-selling author Matthew Fox offers a new theology of evil
that fundamentally changes the traditional perception of good and evil and points the way to a more enlightened treatment of ourselves, one another, and all of nature. In comparing the Eastern tradition of the 7 chakras to the Western tradition of the 7 capital sins, Fox allows us to think creatively about our capacity for personal and institutional evil and what we can do about them.
“A scholarly
masterpiece embodying a better vision and depth of perception far beyond the grasp of any one single science. A breath-taking analysis.” — Diarmuid O’Murchu, author of Quantum Theology: Spiritual Implications of the New Physics |
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Trump & The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election Matthew Fox tells us that he had always shied away from using the
term “Anti-Christ” because it was so often used to spread control and fear. However, given today’s rise of authoritarianism and forces of democracide, ecocide, and christofascism, he turns the tables in this book employing the archetype for the cause of justice, democracy, and a renewed Earth and humanity. For immediate access to Trump
& The MAGA Movement as Anti-Christ: A Handbook for the 2024 Election, order the e-book with 10 full-color prints from Amazon HERE. To get a print-on-demand paperback copy with black & white images, order from Amazon HERE or IUniverse HERE. To receive a limited-edition, full-color paperback copy, order from MatthewFox.org HERE. Order the audiobook HERE for immediate download. |
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The Return of Father Sky: A Cosmic Mystery for Kids of All Ages
The second book in the Father Fox’s Fantastical Fables series, The Return of Father Sky helps boys and girls to celebrate a new relationship with the masculine by way of Father
Sky, whose return excites joy and wonder and possibility that enlarge the soul to welcome others and all creation. Written in a rhyming Dr. Seuss-like style, this full-color, beautifully illustrated book, written by world- renowned theologian Matthew Fox weaves together modern science and classic spirituality in a whimsical, entertaining format to illustrate important truths to readers aged 4 and up. With artwork curated from illustrators around the world, this book expresses the joy and wonder
of all peoples and cultures, planting seeds of respect, cooperation and hope to work together for the healing of our planet. |
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Join Matthew Fox, Rev. Nóirín Ní Riain, and celebrated Irish performers Owen Ó Súilleabháin, and Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin in an Interfaith Advent celebration of Irish sacred music and storytelling to honor the varied Festivals of Light and explore the mysteries they reveal. Saturday, December 7, 9:00am – 11:00am PT. Register HERE. |
Join Matthew Fox for an on-site and online Advent Retreat titled “A Great Coming: Creation Spirituality and the Renewal of Religion, Humanity and Holy Mother Earth,” hosted by Immaculate Heart Community, Los Angeles. Saturday, 12/14, 9 AM -5 PM; Sunday, 12/15, 9-11 AM.
Register HERE. |
Join Matthew Fox as he discusses his two children’s books, Father Fox's Fantastical
Fables – In the Beginning There was Joy and The Return of Father Sky in an Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat, online. December 19, 4:00pm-5:30pm PT Register HERE. |
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