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Part Four: Creation and our senses

As you pray, I wonder what your context is? Where are you praying: a church, a study, on the move, in a car, on train, or bus? You may be at home caring for a loved one, supervising children, or may be sitting in an armchair or lying in bed. My guess is that most of us will be indoors.

In this season of the church’s year, we are encouraged to focus our prayers on creation. “Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.” famously said Architect Frank Lloyd Wright

Today, may I invite you to do something different: to allow creation to guide your prayers. Let’s try to get close to nature, in whatever way is practical. Let’s deliberately take a small amount of time out of our routines, to be attentive to what is around us, and deliberately use one of our senses to pray, allowing Creation to shape our intercession before God.

Today let’s try to Touch.
Taking careful and deliberate notice of what we can touch around us.
Focusing on the textures of a fallen leaf, the grass beneath our feet, the bark of a tree and then giving voice to our prayer.

Lord of Creation,
Thank you.
Amen.

Prayer exercise written by Revd Alex Bienfait - Co-ordinator of ‘Walk Church’

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