Hi Ralph,
I wrote a book about John 1-5, titled Call the Words a Sage and about myself I wrote:
"Brian Bouton, MD, is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy 1957, Harvard College 1961, and University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 1965. He trained in psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital in the Boston area. He is currently in private practice in Chapel Hill, NC. He describes his practice as a therapy of the soul’s relationship with Christ. Following the Way and Word of the Cross bequeathed to us by our Lord Jesus Christ, Brian has dedicated this past decade to exploring the Word of God and how it manifests clearly and beautifully in the Prologue to the Gospel of John. It is his fervent hope that Call the Words A Sage expands and deepens the spiritual and mystical message of John’s Prologue and that his fellow Christians will use the Word Pray Poem Way illustrated in this book to write their own Word Pray poems, sharing them with Brian, in hopes of publishing an anthology of Word Pray Way Poems dedicated to our Lord Jesus Christ".
The poem part of the book, first page (3) goes: (MS Word-a poor copy of the pdf):
The form is an attempt at a sacred Acrostic poem which as far as I can tell, has
never been attempted before.
I N T HE B E G I NNI N G
Inward The inner oneness of God’s Word
Draws us deeper to Christ Lord
Nearness Harness us to see Thee clearly
Love Thee dearly seek Thee nearly
Transcendent Before all the Sun Resplendent
Father Son interdependent
Holy The Only Son Word most Holy
Before any thought unholy
Eternal Your Word turns original Love
Eternal letters from above
Before Way back perforce no time no thing
Vast empty before angels sing
Existence Sounding unvoiced into being
Lighting the blind into seeing
God Good God unseen in vast so deep
Shepherds our souls still and asleep
Innate Wisdom and Love connate in time
Grace and Truth resonate in rhyme
Nuanced Subtle simple a genius clock
Wheels within wheels danced unlock
Numinous Sacred beauty full and luminous
Life water from Christ fountainous
Infinite Limitless God full flowing mercy
Word rivers fathomless fluency
Natural Innate gift of endless giving
Scriptural gift for the living
Grace Graced by unwon mercy and love
Embracing Him God’s dove above
Brian Bouton, MD, is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy 1957, Harvard College 1961, and University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 1965. He trained in psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and
McLean Hospital in the Boston area. He is currently in private practice
in Chapel Hill, NC. He describes his practice as a therapy of the soul’s relationship with Christ. Following the Way and Word of the Cross bequeathed to us by our Lord Jesus Christ, Brian has dedicated this past decade to exploring the Word of God and how it manifests clearly and beautifully in the Prologue to the Gospel of John. It is his fervent hope that Call the Words A Sage expands and deepens the spiritual and mystical message of John’s Prologue and that his fellow Christians will use the Word Pray Poem Way illustrated in this book to write their own Word Pray poems, sharing them with Brian, in hopes of publishing an anthology of Word Pray Way Poems dedicated to our Lord Jesus Chris
I would love to send you a pdf copy of the book if you would like it.
I really appreciate the time, treasure and talent you freely give in studying John.
I am signed up with the Forum, but when I am in it, I do not see how to respond
to individual posts.
Thanks,
Brian