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 …

I Have Seen The Invisible Qualities

. Sky speaks to me wind whispers her breezes Clouds move inside my mind and all this seems good: I have seen the invisible qualities of God And I have understood. ~

God Is

This flower This light God is In every moment And in every moment I am In God Inspired by Thomas Merton: "This flower, this light, this moment, this silence = Dominus est..."

The Whole of the World is Wrapped in God

The grass trembles In the May breeze How easy it is To discover The fragile free mind Here in the hills uncover The gift I had lost of joy The unkindness of life Had made me lose faith In the goodness of soul Yet here the whole Of the world Is wrapped in God Like …

All of God’s Goodness is Here

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

Unexpected Presence

Longing for the touch of love he sought in the woods In the heavens In the hills Revelation came As an unexpected presence Who would not stay long But for that blessed time Show mercy Without end. ~ Inspired by The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi ~

The Way of Resurrection

Being In nature . God He did not consider . Equality With God . A greatness To grasp . But chose To be a slave . Serving All human beings . And humbled By obedience . He came To a cross . Of others’ Devising . Discovering Death . And the way Of resurrection. . …

Charged with Glory

. All things Have their glory . Charged with love Charged with God . If we But knew . How to receive Their story. . Inspired by "God's Grandeur" by Gerard Manley Hopkins, which you can read here. Image by Werner Redlich from Pixabay