Lightful Presence

To live here To die there ~ It is being That matters ~ The spirit’s Lightful presence ~ In this plain day Amongst shining trees ~ And flowers Everywhere. ~ Inspired by https://thecontemplativewriter.com/2018/05/22/thomas-mertons-prayer-for-pentecost/

All of God’s Goodness is Here

Now is the time Of buttercups and butterflies ~ God’s innovation Each new year ~ Now there is no need to fear For all of God’s goodness is here. ~

The Way of Resurrection

Being in nature God ~ He did not consider Equality with God ~ A greatness To grasp ~ But chose to be a servant For all human beings ~ And humbled by obedience He came to a cross ~ Of others’ devising Discovering death ~ And the way Of resurrection. ~ From Philippians 2.6-11 ~ …

The Gift of the Morning

The gift of the morning Arrives in light An early dawning From depths of night And I gaze through the window To the gathering day And wonder and worship And ponder and pray. ~ Inspired by https://darylmadden.wordpress.com/2018/07/11/light-and-air/

I Feel I Am Connected

The wild birds Inhabit these hills And I, a walker, Glancing down the valley Dazzled by gleaming lights Flung across the fields like necklaces I feel I am connected With the wind The grass under my feet God's sky above my head. . "The universe is composed of subjects to be communed with, not objects …

Transformation Prayer

May the mortality Of our natural space Be transformed By the divinity Of God’s infinite Grace. . Image by IndiraFoto on Pixabay

Here Where I Belong

To what or whom Do we belong? Sky beckons me With its vast immensity Where I could lose All security Yet the familiarity Of cloud and tree Reminds me Of my natural song Here Where I belong. ~

Creation Here Thrives

Traherne Windows Cycle #3 Creation here thrives - The swifts The beetle, so magnificent The moths The humble ant - Each speaks Their word from God Which is alive. This is the next poem in the Traherne Windows Cycle, which was inspired by stained glass windows in Hereford Cathedral by Tom Denny, celebrating the writings …

Fertile Teaching

Look At the grass Every blade Reaching Upwards To heaven As if in its greenness Was a fertile teaching. ~

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 …