Poem written for Divinity's 65th Anniversary Celebration on September 8, 2013:
“Spiritual
Energy” Pastor Doug
Meeting places on Pearl
and in the school
No where long enough
for spiritual energy to pool.
The first sanctuary,
fellowship hall, and gym
A familiar space to
gather, worship, and confess sin.
The intensity of
baptisms, communions, weddings, and death
Confirmations, confessions,
conniving, and all the rest.
Spiritual energy
confounded and abounded
Moving to a new
sanctuary rounded.
Spiritual energy filled
the people that came
Some very gifted and
yet quite insane.
A God who answers
prayers who we cannot see?
A Mighty Fortress is
Our God for the lonely me?
In spite of insanity,
faith persisted
The Christ on wood
could not be resisted.
Jesus filled us up with
spiritual energy
To follow the Via de Cristo
with communal synergy.
Carrying the presence,
serving a meal, Stephen ministry:
Spiritual energy blows
through our 65 year history.
Joining hands with the
ELCA the past 25 years
September 8th
we let go of all of our fears.
Inside and outside, we
will give thanks
As spiritual energy
fills our ranks.
If you’re not feeling
it because you’re not here
Come and experience a
place made holy by our joys and tears.
