Nature provides a theater for some of our most dramatic experiences of the sacred. The settings may vary but the feelings are universal. Communion with nature may take place while walking though the woods, watching a sunset, fishing in a mountain stream, looking at the waves of the ocean, observing ripples in a lake, or sitting under a tree in park. Often these occasions turn into mystical moments when we sense that all inhabitants of the world — the trees, flowers, fields, streams, hills, rocks, dolphins, bears, birds, and babies — are our relations, as Native Americans express it.

The 48 poems and prayers in this glorious celebratory book by Lois Rock and Ruth Rivers bear witness to the abundant beauties and glories of our world. There are some familiar poems by e e cummings, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Christina Rossetti, as well as a few traditional gems from Christian literature. The ditties by Lois Rock enable us to re-enchant the world and reverence animals and plants and all that we see. The end result of This Amazing World is that it brings alive our sense of wonder and makes each day one in which we can become explorers on a new adventure.