When the Rain Speaks: Celebrating God's Presence in Nature

by Melannie Svoboda

Overview

When someone is deeply aware of what lies beneath the surface and points it out for us, it's a great gift. Here Sr. Melannie gives that gift with these deeply moving reflections on nature. On each page, she's saying, "Don't miss what is right in front of your eyes, all these spectacular gifts. Enjoy them, praise them, and pray with them. They speak of God." Each of these fifty reflections offers spiritual insights, questions for reflection and discussion, a Scriptural connection, and a closing prayer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781585956845
Publisher:	Twenty-Third Publications/Bayard
Publication date:	01/08/2008
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     vii
Introduction     1
The Ash Tree     5
Horses and Camels     8
Cosmic Voyage     11
The Art of Beholding     14
The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Seed     18
The I-Wanna-Be-Outdoors Gene     21
Microcosmos     24
Giraffe Design 101     27
When the Rain Speaks     30
What's the Matter?     34
The Hawk Knows His Business     38
Shedding     41
Bees     44
Taming Things     48
The Sun     52
John Muir     56
To the Kitten I Killed     59
The Way Things Get from Here to There     62
Rhinos, Warthogs, and Bats     66
The Owl     69
Photosynthesis Makes the World Go 'Round     73
The Mushroom Hunter     78
Soil     81
The Pine Grove     84
Miracles: Our Daily Bread     88
Snakes     92
Mountains     95
Water     99
The Heart     103
The Fruit and Berry Chart     106
How Much Time Do You Have?     109
The Pith of a Feather     113
The Buck Stopped Here     117
What Do You Say?     120
Snowflakes     124
Flowers     128
Resiliency     131
The Spider in My Room     135
Migration     138
Meditation in a Cemetery     143
Index     149