God's Word is in All Creation

God's Word is in All Creation

No creature has meaning

without the Word of God.

God's Word is in all creation, visible and invisible.

The word is living, being,

spirit, all verdant greening,

all creativity.

This Word flashes out in

every creature.

this is how the spirit is in

the flesh -- the Word is invisible from God.

~Poetry of Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

A lovely little creature "God's Word is IN" ~ Lakeview Methodist Conference Center near Palestine, TX

The only noise now was the rain ...

“The only noise now was the rain, 

Lakeview Methodist Conference Center

 pattering softly with the magnificent indifference of nature 

for the tangled passions of humans.”

~ Sherwood Smith

Life ... on the Path

Prayer Trail at Lakeview Methodist Conference Center near Palestine, TX

  In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, 

and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. 

Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.  

~Mahatma Gandhi

Late Afternoon HAIKU at the Wesley Center

spring lake silence shines
ripples kiss the rocky edge
bird reflects on life
~Cindy Serio

Word for the Day by Gratefulness.org

The louder our world today is, 

the deeper God seems to remain in silence. 

Silence is the language of eternity; 

noise passes. 

~Gertrud von Le Fort~

Go to Word for a Day

driven forward ... in the silence

I am being driven forward

Into an unknown land ...

Shall I ever get there?

There where life resounds,

A clear pure note

In the silence ...

~Dag Hammarskjold, Markings~

The Great Silence 2013: A Contemplative Retreat

This year a small group of people met April 16-18, 2013 to share silence in community at Lakeview Methodist Conference Center near Palestine, Texas.  Wednesday was a beautiful day with sunny skies and a few clouds.  As we experienced a shift into deeper silence and the mystery of God through the night, nature drew us into stormy weather on Thursday.  What a difference a day makes!

The Beginning of Love ...

A Flying Bird and Reflection on Hood Canal, Washington

The beginning of love 

is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, 

and not to twist them 

to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.
~Thomas Merton

Silence is the language of Eternity ...

The louder our world today is, the deeper God seems to remain in silence.

 Silence is the language of eternity; noise passes.

~ Gertrud von Le Fort

Be ...

Be Still and Know that I am God

Be Still and Know that I am

Be Still and Know

Be Still

Be

If music, visual images and nature are a pathway to "Be-ing" for you, listen and watch this video on Youtube called Be Still and Know That I Am God.  Thanks to The Celtic Christian Tradition on Facebook for finding this beautiful offering through which to encounter God in the stillness!