The Stepping Stones to Eternity

I came upon his words and set my mind to understanding . how the world could teach me the mystery of God . . I had heard of nature as the book of God . But never had the notion rooted deep in my mind . Now I was confronted by the words of a …

Looking Beyond (8) – Looking Beyond Nature

For the first 19 years of my life I didn’t look beyond nature. I rarely looked beyond myself. Discovering a connection with the natural world was a revelation, and beyond this was the revelation that also I could connect with God. Just being in a natural environment does not always console us, though sometimes it …

The Six Powers of the Soul

"These six powers are the senses, imagination, reason, understanding, intelligence, and the summit of the mind or the spark of synderesis"Journey of the Mind to God, St. Bonaventure Some of the great spiritual writers of the past had such an insight into the dignity and glory of being human, though they also saw being human …

At the beginning of the day

. At the beginning Of the day . We pray To the very beginning . The source Of the way . Of life And of grace . And we ask For the light of love . To dawn In this place. . Inspired by 'Journey of the Mind to God' by St. Bonaventure

A Year of Inspirers (12) – St. Bonaventure

You may or may not know this beautiful painting by William Blake: ...or this older icon... They both take up a very ancient idea that goes back over thousands of years. “He saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on …

Spiritual Reflection: The Stairway to Heaven

You may or may not know this beautiful painting by William Blake ...or this older icon... The both take up a very ancient idea that goes back thousands of years: “he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it” …

Like Eternity

Like eternity The mind Surveying present And past But the future Who can find? Inspired by words from "The Journey of the Mind to God" by St. Bonaventure

Spiritual Reflection – More than Meets the Eye : Three Ways of Perceiving

  There are things in themselves, there are things understood, and there is the reasoning power applied to what we see.  These are like the stepping stones to eternity...     According to Bonaventure, one of my inspirers, there is “more than meets the eye” to looking! First, he says “the supreme power, wisdom and …

From Blindness to Blessedness

  Some animals are born completely blind and utterly dependent on their parents. Though not all people are literally born blind, artists have seen a kind of blindness in the ways that we sometimes think and act... Bruegel - Parable of the Blind Another way some have found to describe this is the idea of …

Inspiring Books – Journey of the Mind to God (Prologue)

  It’s only 39 pages long but I find it unfailingly inspiring to read.   He knows how to begin!   “In the beginning, I call upon the very first beginning...”   I wrote:   So let us begin             with the beginning   The source of all             from whom streams all   Energy …