God Preaches:
A noted clergyman.²
All things bright & beautiful—
All Creatures great & small—
All things wise & wonderful:
The lord God made them All—³
All these Shreds: Fingerprints of God.⁴
In contemplation of Created things
By steps we may ascend to God!⁵
We Float into Creator Spirit’s
Deep embrace knowing no effort
Earns that all-surrounding Grace.⁶
The Soul can split the sky in two—
And let the face of God shine through—⁷
God is the moving Energy of life—of nature,
That shows in every herb—in every creature,
Filling it with an evolving sense of Duty:
God moves through us—and uses us for Beauty!⁸
What is God? Eternal One Life
Under all forms of life.⁹
We don’t worship God—
We perceive & attend God—we learn from God—
With forethought and work we shape God—
In the end, we Yield to God.¹⁰
¹ Caedmon’s Hymn tr. Original
² Emily Dickinson, Some Keep the Sabbath
³ Cecil Francis Alexander, All Things Bright and Beautiful
⁴ Maggie Nelson, Bluets
⁵ John Milton, Paradise Lost
⁶ Denise Levertov, The Avowal
⁷ Edna St. Vincent Millay, Renascence
⁸ Vera S. Flandorf, The Search: In Twelve Modes
⁹ Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now
¹⁰ Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower