“Sometimes we confront something not within our common categories.  Do I see Kahil Gibran or Walt Whitman?  Is it the romantic or mystical poet?  Whether prose or poetry, he finds his own place yet is in the reader’s soul. Jim Whitehead. University of Arkansas Department of Literature.

“It’s difficult to imagine you as a minister as you seem so ‘average’ and unassuming.  Your time and effort with the children at Hagen House inspires me and keeps my faith in good works.” Thor Hagen.  Retired wrestler and founder of the Hagen House for Homeless Kids.  K.C., Missouri.

“Being a good soldier and a good soul with the essential audacity and tenderness the world needs is a rare event.  To live with the burden of service yet with the burden of confidentiality is often more than one can bear.  Clay has my salute.” Jim Tatum West Point

“Thank you for your friendship, youthful counsel and those moments when our minds worked its mysteries.  As a clinical minded man it is not often I see such empathetic depth in the poet.  I see this in you.” Harold Sherman. Founder of the Foundation for Psychic Research and Physic Healing.

“I will be with you always as your path prepares you for useful things.  It is a pleasure to be with you in these moments of The World Council of Religions. Our higher soul is with us and there will be light to guide us to a world of peace. To this, never waiver, my brother.” Kirpal Singh Ji. Founder of the World Council of Religions.   Master of the Sikhs.

Thanks for the opportunity to read The Universal Infidel. I’m right there with you on the necessity of letting go of much of our religious heritage in order to experience true enlightenments. Keep putting this message out into the world. We need to hear it again and again.

Oklahoma. USA