Verily, verily, I say unto thee I am the master of the gate You should approach on bended knee And don’t be fretful while you wait. I am the shepherd, you are the sheep, And I’ll rejoice when the pen is full Full of the righteous, faithful meek ‘Cause I’m not in this for the wool.
Philip, a synodical deacon in the ELCA Metropolitan New York synod, is a retired communicator for American Baptist Churches USA, the U.S. Conference for the World Council of Churches, the U.S. National Council of Churches, and two Philadelphia area daily newspapers. He and his spouse, the Rev. Dr. Martha M. Cruz, are the parents of six adults and are members of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rye Brook, N.Y. They live in Port Chester, N.Y.
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