I Am . . .

I am the ringing chime
I am the blowing breeze
I am the pileated’s cry
I am the wind in the trees

I am the hush before thunder
I am the trembling leaf
I am the ache beneath wonder
I am the prayer under grief

I am the shadow at evening
I am the gold on the hill
I am the creek softly speaking
I am the soul becoming still

I am the dog at the doorway
I am the lamp in the rain
I am the path through the meadow
I am the song after pain

I am not one thing only
I am neither fixed nor confined
I am the world God is breathing
in my body, spirit, and mind.

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#CreationSpirituality is both a tradition & movement, celebrated by mystics...from every age & culture. It's the Bible's oldest tradition & that of the historical Jesus: Israel's wisdom tradition is creation-centered. CS traditions run thru most of humanity's religions & philosophies.
Image: "A Shepherd of Jerusalem" by William James Webbe.
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#CreationSpirituality welcomes #science b/c CS seeks to know all we can abt #nature & #creation. #Aquinas warned in 13th century: "A mistake abt creation results in a mistake abt God." So too, insight abt creation results in insight abt God. bit.ly/4hkaVA6
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UNC botanist takes water sample. Wikimedia

#CreationSpirituality is ecologically minded & committed. It works hard and with growing imagination to slow climate change & other expressions of injustice, while interfering with the suffering of Mother Earth and her creatures. bit.ly/4hkaVA6

#CreationSpirituality resists preaching of #cheapguilt that disempowers ppl & reinforces #shame & pessimism & fails to honor/unleash the power of #creativity. Whether this teaching comes thru ideologies of #OriginalSin in religion or consumer #capitalism, it is equally pernicious.
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Who are #CreationSpirituality -aligned #authors & what are the #books Matthew Fox recommends?
#angels #artasmeditation #consciousness #cosmology #creativity #deepecology #deepecumenism #divinefeminine #Jesus+Christ #mystics #practices #psychology #religion+theology #sacredactivism
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#Diversity is the nature of the Universe...
There are many wells of #faith & knowledge drawing from one underground river of Divine Wisdom. The practice of honoring, learning, & celebrating the wisdom gathered from these wells is #DeepEcumenism. #CreationSpirituality
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Image: The underground river of Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park. Wikimedia.

#CreationSpirituality is about simplifying our lifestyles, for how else can we ensure the Earth survives the human experiment? It's about spirituality & not religion as such, finding common ground w/ faith believers but not putting concepts, dogmas or doctrines ahead of experience. #OrderOfTheSacredEarth bit.ly/4hkaVA6

#CreationSpirituality is about recovering #nature and all of #creation as #sacred again, supporting #eco-activists and others seeking social, racial, gender and environmental justice. #LoveProtect+DefendMotherEarth #OrderOfTheSacredEarth
Little Finnish eco-activist photo: MoudBarthez, Flickr
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#CreationSpirituality emphasizes the #sacredness of Earth. It encourages #creativity to combat works causing #globalwarming & #climatechange & other expressions of #injustice, while working hard to interfere w/ the #suffering of #MotherEarth & her creatures. bit.ly/3Ql5rsN
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Photo: Greenpeace, Berlin