Questions in a Quiet Voice

Standard answers and sophistry
That certain sense of certainty
Prevent me from the ministry
Faith is a gift which I have but
One wonders still no matter what

The freedom of thought to cherish
Intellectual honesty
Albeit at the cost of all
My heritage this heresy
Keeps me from serving a parish

I live by faith and rise or fall
I have to do it honestly
To serve the God who gives me choice
Some questions in a quiet voice
And these nine books of poetry

+Steven Curtis Lance



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