Matthew Fox

No, not the actor Matthew Fox, but the former Catholic priest Matthew Fox. He of the "original blessing" fame. The fame that got him kicked out of the Catholic Church. I remember hearing about him when I was in university and thinking... what a radical bad guy. He's not Catholic. He's a heretic, etc. Now, well... now, I'm reading one of his books called Creativity. It came from a used bookstore and it just sounded good. So far I've only read a couple of chapters in it, but the idea is that our creativity is what makes us human. And that our creativity can also be turned to nefarious purposes. Think of all the "creative" ways people/nations have devised to kill each other.

Nowadays, I don't think of Matthew Fox as a heretic but as a visionary. Sort of like deChardin... someone who is way ahead of his time, but who has a deep truth to community. But isn't that always the case. Nelson Mandela was before his time in South Africa. Gandhi was before his time in India. Martin Luther King was before his time in America. Interesting how the ruling authorities take these prophets out of time... usually killed, often imprisoned, rarely heeded.

I suppose the Catholic Church is no different. There are many people who speak words out of time, out of sync with the Catholic Church of today. Time will tell whether they end up being hailed as prophets in a few years or decades. More likely than not!