The Sermon of All Creation: An Introduction Fall Ferns and Trees Cold Mountain Spring Water Red Dawn Sunset Eye of the Desert Wildflowers Marshlands Setting Sun Cacti Purple Sky Snow on Cedars Spreading Branches Twilight Yellow Mist

slide 5 of 16 In this light my spirit suddenly saw through all, and in and by all the creatures, even in herbs and grass; it knew God, who He is and how He is and what His will is. And suddenly in that light my will was set on by a mighty impulse to describe the Being of God. Jacob Boehme (1575-1624) When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained, what is man, that thou art mindful of him? Psalm 8:3-4 God is not only to be known in His blessed and incomprehensible being, for this is something which is reserved for His saints in the age to come. He is also to be known from the grandeur and beauty of His creatures, from His providence which governs the world day by day, from His righteousness and from the wonders which He shows to His saints in each generation.… When we consider that He numbers the raindrops, the sand of the sea and the stars of heaven, we are amazed at the grandeur of His nature and His wisdom. John Cassian (ca. 360-435)