With books and tapes and heady words
I chased after Him
But He was not to be run to ground

In the stillness
In the void
In the silent emptiness
I sensed his presence

“The Kingdom of God is not
to be attained through intellectual assent” – Fr. Gale White.
“Nor through intellectual ascent” – Joe David

“Fortunately, we are not in control” -- Willie

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