3rd July is the feast day of St Thomas who seems to be always disparaged as Doubting Thomas. Thomas is not alone in doubting. Peter too has doubts and questions, and even challenges Jesus directly.
But is doubting a bad thing?
Benefits of doubting: we question assumptions, we are more ready to see if there is a different view point, we are less quick to deride others. We learn because we seek to understand.
Today let us question, doubt our place in creation. Are humans really the supreme beings? Should we be more humble, more willing to see ourselves as part of a greater whole, living harmoniously in an intricate and interdependent ecosystem that is beyond our control?
He also said, ‘The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, and the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how. The earth produces of itself … Mark 4:26-28a
The earth will heal itself
when we are gone
the earth will heal itself
when we are gone
the air will breathe deep again
when we are gone
the clouds will carry their spring rain
when we are gone
the concrete will crumble to its core
when we are gone
the plastic will return to its source
when we are gone
the estuary will drink from the sea
when we are gone
the bees will nurture new colonies
when we are gone
the road will flower into a meadow
when we are gone
the tuna will leap for joy
when we are gone
the glass will grain into sand
when we are gone
the sun will warm new life
when we are gone
the earth will heal itself
when we are gone.
Ian Adams
Birdsong brings comfort
to my longing
I’m just as ecstatic as they are,
but with nothing to say!
Please universal soul, practice
some song or something through me!
Rumi
May the eternal creator, sustainer and redeemer go with us as we walk. Amen.
The Green Tau 