Theme “Nature”
All that is
I close my eyes with gratitude
I open my ears to hear another’s voice
I let go of what I think of how things should be
I feel the wind or rain or sun if I make sure that I do
I dance I move I take heartbeat shaking actions
And beauty
I create
I
The gift of land
I am alive and I am grateful for every breath, every moment, every step
These gifts are given to me, thank you for these gifts.
I am awake and I am in awe of each vision, each experience, each placed foot
These gifts appear for me, thank you for these gifts.
The greatest of all
Earth spirit
A Story Telling Earth
Great Spirit show and sow the seeds
Help us hear the voices of the Earth
I am listening help me hear.
Help my hands respect your very essence
Help my ears to hear again the lessons you have delivered to so may of us so many times
Help my mind to discover the
As leaves flame
As leaves flame yellow, red, and gold,
then fall,
and flames and sweet aromas
rise from autumn bonfires,
so too we kindle our chalice-flame
in thanks for the season’s beauty
and the love that makes us one.
Colours of the rainbow
My bow I set in the clouds to be a sign of the covenant
between myself and the earth. (Genesis 9: 13)
Rainbows have become our symbols of hope,
our defiance of the pestilence that spreads fear,
ruin, and death around our world.
What can be the meanings of those seven colours?
The meanings we could give them
The sacredness of trees
(Christchurch Park, Ipswich)
He was the King of Trees
Keeper of the glades …
(Cat Stevens, ‘King of Trees’, 1974)
In the middle of an oak grove,
with trees of a few years old and trees of centuries,
feel the sacredness, the everlasting power
of the life around you,
and know the transitory nature of your own.
The ancient druids,
Fragrance of apples
The fragrance of apples conjures a dream
of blossom humming with bees,
singing with the voices of chaffinches in its midst;
of young apples forming, growing, ripening
from green to shades of russet and of red.
And then the harvest:
apples to eat as they are,
to cook in pies and crumbles;
apples to quench our
For the waters of the earth
Genesis 1: 2; Psalm 104: 25; Psalm 107: 23–24
O God, whose Spirit moved upon the face of the primeval deep;
whose works and wonders are seen by those who go down to the sea in ships;
whose ocean bounty is gathered with skill and hope and courage,
as it was by the first disciples;
we