CMP Review 2025-10-05

In early 2017 I had the privilege of announcing a great discovery: we had found the draft of Charlotte Mason’s seventh poetry volume. I was so excited and I wanted to share a sample with the world. I chose the poem “Increase our Faith.” I introduced it with these words:

Some things are just too good to escape the notice of divine providence. Mason wrote these beautiful verses but never brought them to the publisher. God had other plans, and now Mason’s words of beauty and power speak to us as if they were penned only yesterday. This particular poem is notable for its depth of theological insight and its dramatic implications for spiritual formation. Please read it carefully, with your heart and your mind, because this one packs a punch.

Later I selected this poem for use in workshops on Mason’s poetry. And a friend of mine who came to Christ explained to me, “I cannot think of a more divinely beautiful and elegant way to capture my story and my message than these stanzas.”

Please take time to listen to, read, and reflect on this timeless piece. Find it here.

@artmiddlekauff

🖼️: Parable of the Mustard Seed by Jan Luyken