Rev. Dr. Matthew Fox

09/06/2026

Let’s suppose that we identify complexity as a spiritual value, under certain conditions. And that complexity is especially important within the realm of the Via Transformativa (see yesterday’s DM). What does this imply? A famous anecdote in Italian history regards an anti-communist politician w...

09/06/2026

Complexity is hardly a word associated with spirituality. Its opposite, “simplicity,” often is. Having a simple heart, simplifying one’s lifestyle, and so on and so forth. “Complexity” smacks of problems, and we have enough of those already. In the spiritual world, we look for release, acc...

09/06/2026

In 2022, Orbis Books published a book in their Modern Spiritual Masters Series featuring selected pages from Matthew Fox’s writings. This kind of publication represents an achievement, especially for those few who make the list during their lifetime. The list itself ranges from late 19th-century a...

09/04/2026

With Matthew Fox and Colleagues

09/04/2026

I learned this morning (Tuesday) that Kentucky farmer, poet and prophet Wendell Berry died at 92 years of age. To me, he was one of the great creation spirituality thinkers and practitioners of our generation. In his poetry, essays and books he spoke on behalf of the mountains being r***d by coal mi...

09/04/2026

Two years ago, I wrote a book that grew out of an unexpected encounter with a 500-year-old painting in the cathedral in Orvieto, Italy. Luca Signorelli’s extraordinary fresco, The Preaching and Deeds of the Antichrist, stopped me in my tracks.

09/04/2026

Our time is special for its emphasis on deep ecumenism or interfaith. Deep ecumenism, like the women’s movement (and I hope a healthy men’s movement), is a sign of hope in our times. I was reminded of that once again in the recent exchange between Mirabai Starr and me, sponsored by the Interfait...

09/04/2026

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Hello! Thank you for your interest in joining the launch team for my book Trump and the MAGA Movement as Antichrist: Recognizing the Archetype of Evil in Our Time! I'm thrilled and honored that you're here and ready to help spread the word. Your support is enormously helpful and greatly appreciated....

08/31/2026

Psychologist, healer, theologian, painter, musician… most likely Hildegard would not have recognized or claimed these titles for herself, for a number of different reasons. Yet we can see that she was all of these things, and we can glean from her achievements in all these fields some relevant mea...