04/09/2026
‘Tiny drops of stillness’ fell gently through our day. Eighteen people joined Archdeacon Scott for a Quiet Day in the Forest at Chiltern last Wednesday. We were enveloped by the soundscape - the natural symphony of birds and frogs. We heard or saw over 30 different species of birds and discovered many different flowering plants including orchids and peas.
"The bushland has no spectacular beauty, no instant gratification - only an artless placement of colour, shape and shadow ... a purity of sound ... a fragrance of leaf and of earth ... and a quiet stillness. That is the true enchantment of the Australian bush. It reveals itself slowly to those who open their senses to it". ‘Bush Seasons’ by Joan Semmens.
‘When we pay attention to nature, wonder is rekindled within us … wonder and awe at God’s creation … with the art of attention we see the great web of connectivity - we see creation’s loveliness and its beauty and also its scariness and harshness - but it is a rekindling of that life affirming, world affirming horizon for a relationship with creation … when we recognise awe and wonder we are also on the threshold of worship’, Bishop Graeme Usher -Bishop of Norwich & Lead Bishop on the Environment CofE.
