Tag: creation

Pigeon and Pulpit

St. Eata’s church in Atcham is the ONLY church in the UK dedicated to St. Eata, who was Bishop based on the beautiful Northumbrian island of Lindisfarne from 681-685 A.D.! And how appropriate that this pigeon posed for me recently, on the pedestrian bridge at Atcham.

Nature speaks so clearly in Shropshire – as it does all over the world. St. Francis of Assisi preached to the bird – he was in touch with the natural world. Perhaps churches today can help call us back to nature – creation – like this pigeon did for me today!

New Blooms of Light

~

The light comes

in the morning

.

Like

a new creation

.

As the darkness

divides

.

And we see

all that is good

.

All

living things

.

Have their moment

of hope

.

Reaching high

into heaven

.

And we

like them

.

Feel the green shoots

bursting within

.

Budding into

new blooms of light.

~

dd

Whose earth is it?

When I came across this flock of ewes and lambs in March this year, they looked at me as if to question my right to be in their field.

Whose earth is it anyway?

Is it ours to do with as we please? Or is it “shared space” – even shared creation, as many living things actually create the environment we need for life.

It is good to be made to stop and think.

Perhaps the earth is more sacred than many of often think.

Perhaps we should behave more like guests than owners.

Whose earth is it anyway?

Sheep and lambs, Hanwood, Shropshire, March 2021