d.267, Becoming Real
Most often the change
begins quietly, like birth.
Somnolent infant
brought to the baptismal font.
Group gathered in
worship, God giving worth,
Liturgy done in a special
place not a secular haunt;
Individuals grow in
context, community surrounds each one.
Personality responds
to the mixed influences of life.
Creator provides
amazing abundance, real pain, real fun.
Spirit leads, guides,
inspires, gathers ‘midst sins’ strife.
Each day we walk
along the path, Word Made Flesh leads.
Eyes open, ears
alert, senses attuned to our job at hand.
Justice for the
unjust brings a confrontation with weeds.
Each walker required
to tote a load even in shifting sand.
Bring real change to
a world that resists heartily,
Dramatic moments
guaranteed throughout the day.
Conversation evolves,
sometimes dully, sometimes “smartilly”.
Being the change
agent, a significant price to pay;
Ground of Being
accompanies each living thing at all times.
Gathered spirituality
concretizes into expressed religions.
Healthy growth,
strong presence seen clearly in songs’ rhymes.
Open doors, willing
hearts, sincere hugs, informed decisions.
Religion’s the
artifact of the spiritual life.
Church facilities
either a workshop or tombstone.
Creator engages each
living thing as a husband a wife,
Lovingly sets a
meaning to be found, etched in stone.
Early childhood faith
rejoices in songs catchy, yummy snacks.
Adolescent faith questions
anything stable or solid it finds.
Early adult faith
wants the truth unvarnished, the facts.
Mature faith embraces
paradox, proceeding where’re life winds.
We make our way down
this path, a four minute air supply.
Adventurers all, Word
Made Flesh, our faithful leader;
Real adult faith a
goal to attain in service not ego to gratify;
Author your life’s
tome, not someone else’s reader.
The Rev. Ronald Allen Melver, M.Div.
20.8.13
