An Ecumenical Reach

An Ecumenical Reach

Imagine how much energy it must take

To meet with ecumenical leaders here and abroad.

Image for Christian witness sake

A global unity of Gospel not flawed.

A nascent church in the northern hemisphere

Emerged from the global south,

With blessings from primates Anglican mere,

A proclamation through the Gospel's mouth.

At its birth a needed constitution

Was enabled from an Allegheny hill

And ratified without Gospel substitution

With a plain old lone star ritual and quill.

Without its initial leadership of high quality

The nascent ship, almost sunken.

A clear vision, discipline, and polity,

Floated the ship, it did not bob, it was done can.

After a blessed five-year renewal

Like a relay; time to pass the baton

To another with plenty of fuel

Advancing ecumenical action anon.

Quickly it became evident

A broad vision and reach were in store,

To commune with those far and closely resident

And push open wide the ecumenical door.

An American, a Russian, both primates and cosmopolitan.

The nascent Anglican, the now-mature OCA,

And Saint Basil's Metropolitan.
Hmmm, there's something in the air, I say.