The Sermon of All Creation: Christians on NatureJudith Fitzgerald, Michael Oren Fitzgerald World Wisdom, Inc, 2005 - 164 pages With a profound vision of the sacred quality of creation, this collection of beautiful photographs of the natural world combined with commentaries by a host of Christian sages of all denominations, from the origins of Christianity through the 19th century, provides answers to how we should view the relationship between the Creator and creation as well as understand how the divine activity permeates the entire universe. |
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... wilderness seems to be alive and familiar , full of humanity . The very stones seem talkative , sympathetic , brotherly . No wonder when we consider that we all have the same Father and Mother . Nature is ever at work building and ...
... wilderness seems to be alive and familiar , full of humanity . The very stones seem talkative , sympathetic , brotherly . No wonder when we consider that we all have the same Father and Mother . Nature is ever at work building and ...
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... wilderness , I find something more dear and con- nate than in streets or villages . In the tranquil landscape , and especially in the distant line of the horizon , man beholds somewhat as beautiful as his own nature . Ralph Waldo ...
... wilderness , I find something more dear and con- nate than in streets or villages . In the tranquil landscape , and especially in the distant line of the horizon , man beholds somewhat as beautiful as his own nature . Ralph Waldo ...
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