Christian Spirit-An Introduction Sancity and sanctuary Contemplation and judgment The beauty of creation Contemplating God's world Eyes turned toward God What is faith? Participating in God's Love All life like a day of celebration Within all, over all, under all Threading the needle In You, all things abide Who is the maker of souls and bodies? The Light of God God is closer to me than I am to myself Enter eagerly into the treasure house that is within you

slide 8 of 16 God showed me in my palm a little thing round as a ball about the size of a hazelnut. I looked at it with the eye of my understanding and asked myself: “What is this thing?” And I was answered: “It is everything that is created.” I wondered how it could survive since it seemed so little that it could suddenly disintegrate into nothing. The answer came: “It endures and ever will endure, because God loves it.” And so everything has being because of God’s love. Julian of Norwich (1342-1423) God, full beyond measure, brought creatures into being, not because He had need of anything, but so that they might participate in Him in proportion to their capacity, and that He Himself might rejoice in His works, through seeing them joyful and ever filled to overflowing with His inexhaustible gifts. Maximus the Confessor (580-662)