Some thoughts on Occupy and Creation Spirituality from Matthew Fox

DEAR FOLKS, I am introducing you to one of the wisest men I have had the privilege of knowing and teaching with for many years. In l981, I met Matt when he was then heading a graduate program at little Mundelein College, now part of Loyola U on our North side. I taught with him through l982, then he moved to Holy Names College, Oakland. His course was called Creation Centered Spirituality. There I also met Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry who eventually wrote The Universe Story. Brian has made a movie called "The Journey of the Universe" and now a book of that name.  Work with these people, including eventually the so-called "witch" Starhawk provided me with some of the most creative and spiritual experiences of my life. John G

Some thoughts on Occupy and Creation Spirituality from Matthew Fox

Spiritual Dimensions of Occupy

Dear Folks, Some interesting responses to Occupy Wall St (OWS) have, recently, been spiritual in content. A few weeks ago, the Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire told Rachael Maddow that, after talking to many occupiers, he noted an underlying thceme that has been missing in our political life, that these people are experiencing community and with it a shared concern for one another, in contrast to the growing narcissism from the Right that says, I made mine; you make yours. If not, then fail, and even die in your uninsured condition. Last night I heard on MSNBC that the Archbishop of Canterbury said, "If Jesus were alive today, he would be with the 99ers." A small article appeared in the last few days in the Chicago Tribune pointing out that many Christian churches in both New York, in Portland, Ore, and other towns have opened up their church buildings and other buildings to the 99ers. An editorial in the National Catholic Reporter, Dec 8-22, first notes "Truth is the superich and the superinfluential have walked off with our government....The rest of us have largely lost our voices... The OWS protests have put front and center the growing divide between two classes of Americans --the one percent superrich and the other 99 percent....Maybe,just maybe, by November 20l2 enough of us will have had enough to demand a radical reordering of an election process that has stolen our voices and government."

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