by Ron Starbuck
There is something
about
being an Episcopalian.
Something that draws me,
engages me,
moves me forward,
makes me think,
and makes me quake.
There is something there,
something that defines me,
embraces me,
holds me wholly
and holy still,
within, thy stillness
Something, that rings true
across and through the mind.
Something that touches,
that binds and almost breaks,
that bends a heart,
to hear a voice.
Something that knows a love,
and feels a joy,
that sees a mystery
to which I smile,
as you smile back
God in heaven
we are a community
that one day soon.
I hope;
I pray,
will know no bounds
or boundaries
in this world.
Thy kingdom
comes;
thy will,
will be done,
on earth
as much
as in heaven.
Unexpectedly
it may seem to some
in spite
of all we fear to do
or do not do.
By your good grace,
thy kingdom comes,
ready or not,
here it comes,
within us,
all around us.
It comes with
or without expectation,
time to wake up.
Now!
From:
THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT BEING AN EPISCOPALIAN, ISBN-13: 978-0-9965231-7-2
Ron Starbuck has published several volumes of poetry and he has been deeply engaged in an Interfaith-Buddhist-Christian dialogue for many years. Ron holds a lifelong interest in Christian mysticism, comparative religion, theology, and various forms of contemplative practice. He is a former Vice President with JP Morgan Chase, now serving in the public sector on an information technology executive management team. Forming a nonprofit press to work with emerging and established writers and poets, and tendering new introductions to the world at large in the framework of an interfaith and cross cultural literary dialogue has been a long time dream. He has written occasionally for Parabola Magazine and also author’s an online blog titled Interconnections.