Volume 8, Issue 2, November 1998

THE WAY

The Way

by Ross Readhead

You will not be saved
By General Motors
Or your corporate wealth.

You will not be saved
By globalization
Or the free markets.

You will not be saved
By the revolution of common sense
Or by the common weal.

You will not be saved
By larger prisons and jails
Or by the severity of the law.

You will not be saved
By means of chance
Or the luck of the lottery.

You will not be saved
By religion's solemn assemblies
Or merely the talk of justice.

You will not be saved
Unless you come to grips
With the spirit of your soul.

Then who can be saved
Jesus' listeners asked.
They were told
To leave it to God;

To those who follow
The way of love;
Be a part
Of the realm of God.

Love can be costly,
It can demand your all,
But it makes you see
The divine in us all.

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"Religion NOW" is published in limited edition by the Rev. Ross E. Readhead, B.A., B.D., Certificate of Corrections, McMaster University, in the interest of furthering knowledge and participation in religion. Dialogue is invited and welcomed.