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A WHITE COLT’S TALE - On this holy road toward Christmas, when the night grows still, and our hearts lean toward wonder, I offer you a small tale stitched from light, scripture, and imagination. open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
A WHITE COLT’S TALE
A Children's Christmas Story by Ron Starbuck
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December 3, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A WHITE COLT’S TALE - On this holy road toward Christmas, when the night grows still, and our hearts lean toward wonder, I offer you a small tale stitched from light, scripture, and imagination. open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
Something new to think about today. open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
Breathing Beyond Outrage
Fear and division may be addicting, but prayer, compassion, and grace can heal us and our common life.
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September 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Something new to think about today. open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
Press Release for "You Are Accepted: In Conversation with Paul Tillich"
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August 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Press Release for "You Are Accepted: In Conversation with Paul Tillich"
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At the Still Point - We’d love your support in helping this new book reach more readers. open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
At the Still Point
In Convesation with Saint Julian
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August 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM
At the Still Point - We’d love your support in helping this new book reach more readers. open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
This is the first poem from a new collection of poetry from Saint Julian Press titled At the Still Point: In Conversation with Saint Julian. You may also listen to this reading of the poem and the poet’s commentary.
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THE FIRST DISCLOSURE ~ THE PASSION REVEALED
After Julian of Norwich, The Passion Visions
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August 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is the first poem from a new collection of poetry from Saint Julian Press titled At the Still Point: In Conversation with Saint Julian. You may also listen to this reading of the poem and the poet’s commentary.
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"At the Still Point" and "You Are Accepted" — two new poetry collections by Ron Starbuck — are paired as a single, luminous offering. Together, they form a contemplative journey into stillness, grace, and the deep embrace of acceptance.
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New Poetry Collections from Saint Julian Press
At the Still Point & You Are Accepted
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August 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"At the Still Point" and "You Are Accepted" — two new poetry collections by Ron Starbuck — are paired as a single, luminous offering. Together, they form a contemplative journey into stillness, grace, and the deep embrace of acceptance.
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There is a new movement rising — not with manifestos, but with candles. With chalices lifted in trembling hands. With poems spoken as prayers. With poets, priests, and people who know that when the world grows loud, the Church must grow holy. open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
Remembering the Ember
A Poet at the Threshold of the Oxford Movement
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July 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
There is a new movement rising — not with manifestos, but with candles. With chalices lifted in trembling hands. With poems spoken as prayers. With poets, priests, and people who know that when the world grows loud, the Church must grow holy. open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
YOU ARE ACCEPTED: Some words sound like thunder in the soul—not because they are loud, but because they arrive so quietly, so unexpectedly, that something inside you is never the same again.
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YOU ARE ACCEPTED
Grace may strike when - Your need is greatest
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July 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
YOU ARE ACCEPTED: Some words sound like thunder in the soul—not because they are loud, but because they arrive so quietly, so unexpectedly, that something inside you is never the same again.
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This is the first poem from "At the Still Point: In Conversation with Saint Julian." open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
THE FIRST DISCLOSURE ~ THE PASSION REVEALED
After Julian of Norwich, The Passion Visions
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July 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This is the first poem from "At the Still Point: In Conversation with Saint Julian." open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
God is the ground of our beseeching
and of our being and becoming.
Love is her meaning—Love without end. ~ At the Still Point: On Love, Longing, and the Mercy That Holds Us open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
At the Still Point: On Love, Longing, and the Mercy That Holds Us
A word from poet Ron Starbuck on his new collection of poetry.
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July 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
God is the ground of our beseeching
and of our being and becoming.
Love is her meaning—Love without end. ~ At the Still Point: On Love, Longing, and the Mercy That Holds Us open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
THE FOURTH DISCLOSURE ~ OUR CUP OF SALVATION - I've added a recording of the poem and commentary to this posting. open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
THE FOURTH DISCLOSURE ~ OUR CUP OF SALVATION
After Julian of Norwich, Revealing the Eucharist
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July 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
THE FOURTH DISCLOSURE ~ OUR CUP OF SALVATION - I've added a recording of the poem and commentary to this posting. open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
Today is the official release of this new collection of poetry. This is an essay in which the poet comments on his work. At the Still Point: On Love, Longing, and the Mercy That Holds Us open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
At the Still Point: On Love, Longing, and the Mercy That Holds Us
A word from poet Ron Starbuck on his new collection of poetry.
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June 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Today is the official release of this new collection of poetry. This is an essay in which the poet comments on his work. At the Still Point: On Love, Longing, and the Mercy That Holds Us open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
Saint Julian Press Book Review:
Unabashed Faith: Resisting Anti-Spiritual Influences in the Modern World by The Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
Unabashed Faith: Resisting Anti-Spiritual Influences in the Modern World by The Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
Unabashed Faith
Resisting Anti-Spiritual Influences in the Modern World
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June 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Saint Julian Press Book Review:
Unabashed Faith: Resisting Anti-Spiritual Influences in the Modern World by The Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
Unabashed Faith: Resisting Anti-Spiritual Influences in the Modern World by The Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
A new essay on a theology of faith and science, "Faith and Quantum Physics." open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
Faith and Quantum Physics
In Search of the Cosmic Christ
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June 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A new essay on a theology of faith and science, "Faith and Quantum Physics." open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
Book Review: "Unabashed Faith: Resisting Anti-Spiritual Influences in the Modern World" by The Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle
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Unabashed Faith
Resisting Anti-Spiritual Influences in the Modern World
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June 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Book Review: "Unabashed Faith: Resisting Anti-Spiritual Influences in the Modern World" by The Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle
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Today, June 1st, is the official release date for this new book from Mnemosyne Books, a new imprint of Saint Julian Press.
Please congratulate the author, Jennifer Boulanger.
Here is a book review I wrote and shared on Substack.
A Song For Olaf: open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
Please congratulate the author, Jennifer Boulanger.
Here is a book review I wrote and shared on Substack.
A Song For Olaf: open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
A Song For Olaf
A Memoir Of Sibling Love At The Dawn Of The HIV-AIDS Pandemic
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June 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Today, June 1st, is the official release date for this new book from Mnemosyne Books, a new imprint of Saint Julian Press.
Please congratulate the author, Jennifer Boulanger.
Here is a book review I wrote and shared on Substack.
A Song For Olaf: open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
Please congratulate the author, Jennifer Boulanger.
Here is a book review I wrote and shared on Substack.
A Song For Olaf: open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
Faith Beyond the Edges
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Faith Beyond the Edges
Theologian Paul Knitter and the Ever-Expanding Christ
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May 27, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Faith Beyond the Edges
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A DEEPER REMEMBRANCE
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A DEEPER REMEMBRANCE
For poet and teacher Kevin McGrath - whose light still dances upon the edge of my memory.
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May 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A DEEPER REMEMBRANCE
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THE OTHER ORDER
The Beatitudes were never meant to be embroidered on pillows or used as a means of quiet protest. They were meant to turn the world upside down—or right side up. This poem, “The Other Order,” is one of the pieces from a new collection of poetry.
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The Beatitudes were never meant to be embroidered on pillows or used as a means of quiet protest. They were meant to turn the world upside down—or right side up. This poem, “The Other Order,” is one of the pieces from a new collection of poetry.
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THE OTHER ORDER
The Paradox of the Beatitudes
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May 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
THE OTHER ORDER
The Beatitudes were never meant to be embroidered on pillows or used as a means of quiet protest. They were meant to turn the world upside down—or right side up. This poem, “The Other Order,” is one of the pieces from a new collection of poetry.
open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
The Beatitudes were never meant to be embroidered on pillows or used as a means of quiet protest. They were meant to turn the world upside down—or right side up. This poem, “The Other Order,” is one of the pieces from a new collection of poetry.
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An older poem is presented in a new way. — Mockingbird Morning open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
Mockingbird Morning
There is Something About Being an Episcopalian
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May 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
An older poem is presented in a new way. — Mockingbird Morning open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
Introduction: This essay offers a vision of restoration grounded in human dignity, communal healing, and the transformative power of grace, which departs sharply from the determinism of classical Calvinism.
The Infinite Possibilities of All Things Under Heaven open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
The Infinite Possibilities of All Things Under Heaven open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
The Infinite Possibilities of All Things Under Heaven
After all the Peace Treaties and Promises of 40 Acres and a Mule
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May 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Introduction: This essay offers a vision of restoration grounded in human dignity, communal healing, and the transformative power of grace, which departs sharply from the determinism of classical Calvinism.
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The Infinite Possibilities of All Things Under Heaven open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
The Misunderstood Faith
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The Misunderstood Faith
On Being a Progressive Christian in a Time of Trial
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April 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The Misunderstood Faith
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This is an Easter hymn for an Easter people. Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates today and those who may not, especially close friends and family celebrating Passover, which ends this evening.
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ON THE THIRD MORNING
John 20:1-18 and Luke 24:1-12
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April 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This is an Easter hymn for an Easter people. Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates today and those who may not, especially close friends and family celebrating Passover, which ends this evening.
ON THE THIRD MORNING open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
ON THE THIRD MORNING open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
A new essay: A Sacred Conversation open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
A Sacred Conversation
Holding the Center in a Time of Division & Pain
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April 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A new essay: A Sacred Conversation open.substack.com/pub/ronstarb...
A Bruised Brand, A Broken Mirror
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A Bruised Brand, A Broken Mirror
Amereica as an Idea, a Promise
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April 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A Bruised Brand, A Broken Mirror
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