Dorothea Mackellar wrote the classic Australian poem, “My Country” in which she compared Australia to our English, pre-colonial roots in the rural British Isles. The love of field and coppice, Of green and shaded lanes. Of ordered woods and gardens Is running in your veins. Strong love of grey-blue distance Brown streams and soft dim […]

Sighing and The Divine Response (Prologue to Chapters 1-5) “The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. I open my mouth and pant [or sigh], longing for your commands. Turn to me and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name. Direct my footsteps […]