🔥 Kindling — Chapter 1 : Creation’s First Sermon

If the questions feel too big, don’t try to answer all of them.

Start with just one:

What part of creation speaks to you most strongly of the Divine presence?

Pause before you think.

Look around you — or step outside if you can.

Find one thing:
the sky, a tree, the wind, sunlight on a surface, even the quiet in a room.

Stay with it for a moment longer than you normally would.

Now ask:
What is this giving?

Is it holding something together?
Offering something freely?
Moving?
Resting?

Let your answer be simple.

Now take a second question:

How might you practice listening to creation this week?

Don’t overcomplicate it.

Choose one small action:

a walk without your phone,
a moment of stillness in the morning,
looking up instead of down for once.

That’s your practice.

Finally, consider:

Where do you see generosity in creation?

Think in concrete terms:

food from the ground,
air you didn’t earn,
water that keeps showing up.

You are surrounded by things that give without asking.

You don’t need a perfect answer.

You just need to notice.

That’s where the listening begins.