About the Author: Randall Wehler
A meandering stream runs close to a rural church dear to his childhood With clear water in springtime, turned a sullied brown by summer's end
Two stone tablets, given to Moses on the Sinai/Horeb mount The Decalogue, ten commandments in God's law was the count
Millennium, seven years, beast, Armageddon -- even the word "rapture" Terms of so-called truth emanating from a final book granted little stature
May we be comforted, God, by your eternal presence -- inward, around, among us As the ground of all being, your creation knows no boundaries
Embraced by all the natural wonders of the Creator's infinite realm The transition to adulthood seemed smooth for an outdoors kid like me
I've done much thinking of my own. Though not an expert nor having a theological degree (I am a former psychologist), I would like to share the listing I came up with that, to me, contrasts Biblical fundamentalism with what I perceive Progressive Christianity to be. Later in life, my listing may allow room for changes as I continue to grow spiritually.
As our lives tread onward, we find ourselves on the Earth side of a "door" Mortality certain to face us, we wonder what's beyond --what is the "more?"
About the life of Jesus of Nazareth, the Bible records some of the story A man who walked on Earth, helping us seek the God of eternal glory
An hourglass stands firmly on the mantle of a fireplace "Sands of time" are resting quietly at the glass bottom
A candle is burning yellow near the rail of an altar In the church setting its flame will likely not falter
As I step outside a crystal-clear night awaits me Star gazing's my passion and the sky views are free
God, Creator Supreme, we are forever a part of the divine spirit that permeates our lives in every way, known and unknown. Your love is manifested in granting us the capacity to relate to the divine essence of life and being -- toward an existence beyond mortality, having no end in the temporal domain of eternity.
