Light and shadow carve the stone of the cliff face morning and evening. The light is stronger than the stone. Each day sun and wind work their art on the sea, a different masterpiece every day. Creating God, I am your canvas. Your light, your wind, your grace raining down paint your Word on me, […]
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I am the wick — Steve Garnaas-Holmes, USA
I am the wick You are the flame I am the silence You are the presence I am the space You are the stillness I do not know how to pray as I ought But I hold still and you pray in me. I am the seen You are the rest Visit Steve’s blog, Unfolding Light, […]
Read full textUmbilical Creation: celebrating dependence — Steve Garnaas-Holmes, USA
God, I confess my idolatry: the illusion of independence. On this day I declare my dependence. I am free. I am capable, and responsible; but I am dependent. I am dependent on generations, on neighbours, on peoples I can’t know, in many lands, on nations and their peace, on the earth and its fruits, its […]
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God of my breath, may the leaves of your trees in their billions open in me. The waves of the sea eternally bowing in prayer move in me. The cry of the hawk echoing in the canyon resound in me. The blessing rain coming down like tears, like hair, like a mother’s milk, come down […]
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