I chose this path
believing it would
authenticate my desire
to speak and seek
faith
That somehow degree
would provide credential
into the club
And yet on the other side
I realize
the letters after my name
will not permit me
entrance into any
hierarchy of supposed
“rightness”
That on the shadow side of
Eternity
I will always be a resident Alien
in and not of
Qualified long before
letters etched their bold debut
It is hubris of knowledge really…
Because I am created
in the Image of God
I am qualified
The priesthood of ALL believers….
The Church
with or without
Buildings
Deep Church
Part of the Body
perfectly autonomous
and deeply dependendent
working towards wholeness
in truth
and in
Love