Creative Glory

God calls Through the earth And every blade of grass Proclaims God's creative glory Inspired by Thomas Merton - “When we are alone on a starlit night, when by chance we see the migrating birds in autumn descending on a grove of junipers to rest and eat; when we see children in a moment when …

A Year of Inspirers 2021 (1) – love and illumination, and the desert – T.S.Eliot

For me, T.S.Eliot is the writer of time, of love, of spirituality, and of "the desert". He writes about the spiritual desert -"The Waste Land" - as he calls it in one of his most influential early works. Lines from "Choruses from The Rock" These lines were inspired by his poetry: Movements of Time I. …

Inspiring Quotations: “From dust I arise”

From dust I rise,    And out of nothing now awake;These brighter regions which salute mine eyes,    A gift from God I take.The earth, the seas, the light, the day, the skies,The sun and stars are mine if those I prize. This comes from Thomas Traherne's wonderful poem 'The Salutation' which I have posted about in …

“In the Beginning…”

. “In The beginning . God Created . The heavens And the earth.” . from Genesis . Image by Arek Socha from Pixabay

Beyond and Within

. The One Who is beyond . The heavens Is found . In the depths Of the heart . Symeon the New Theologian . Image by altbus1 from Pixabay

Inspiring Quotations: Do Not Despise What Is Made…

"God does not despise what He has made"Julian of Norwich