The Words on my Face: Poems to help you open to God in the silence

What happens if you sit in the silence and open to God? This book is a selection of poems about what happened to Pete Armstrong when he did just that over a prolonged period of time. These poems will support you in your own spiritual life and, in particular, encourage you to conduct your own investigation into what happens if you open to God in the silence. Whichever spiritual tradition – or none – in which you find a home, there is much here to stimulate you, encourage you, support you, and make you smile. At the end of the book you can read a reflection on the links between the spiritual journey and writing poetry, and the particular process through which these poems developed. There are also notes on many of the poems that provide a fascinating behind-the-page glimpse into how they came into being. Pete’s own spiritual experiences and researches have been wide-ranging and detailed. He translates fluently between Christian, Quaker and Buddhist language. Find insight and inspiration in these warm and generous accounts of what can happen if we enter into deeper meditative states.